Parenting through (and beyond) a pandemic

Our guest speaker to lunch will be Dave Atkinson the CEO of the Parenting Place.

Dave Atkinson is married to Phoebe and the proud father of Harley and Kyla. Dave has worked in a variety of roles at Parenting Place since 2006, most recently stepping into the role of CEO in August 2020. Starting as a presenter with Attitude, Parenting Place’s youth resilience and life skills programme, Dave delivered talks to over 300,000 students and their parents. In senior leadership roles, Dave has overseen Parenting Place’s creative, marketing and storytelling work. A gifted communicator with a wealth of life experience, Dave speaks with passion, relatability, humour and hope.In his spare time, you will find Dave playing with his kids, helping his wife run a local community garden, or from time to time travelling internationally as a humanitarian filmmaker.