Elliott Rae

Elliott Rae is one of the UK’s most prominent writers and speakers on fatherhood and masculinity. Elliott created the Parenting Out Loud culture change programme which has revolutionised the national conversation about working fathers. Parenting Out Loud supports employers to build workplace cultures where dads can be loud and proud about their caring responsibilities at work. And is a thriving community for working dads who want to do things differently. Through Parenting Out Loud, Elliott has influenced organisations to improve their paternity leave offering, introduce better flexible working policies, change leadership behaviour and create thriving networks for men and working dads.

In 2025, Parenting Out Loud organised the world’s first annual Working Dads’ Summit whichmarked an important moment for the de-gendered on parenting roles and kicked off a new national conversation around working dads in the UK. And in 2026, will host the annual Equal Parenting Week which will engage thousands of parents and employers in a conversation around sharing the care. As an author, Elliott curated the bestselling book, DAD, and as a presenter, he fronted the seminal BBC One documentary ‘Becoming Dad’ which was one of the 20 most watched documentaries across the whole BBC network in 2022.

Elliott co-hosts the popular podcast, To Be A Boy, with Joeli Brearley, founder of Pregnant Then Screwed. The podcast explores parenting, raising boys and masculinitly. To Be A Boy is one of the most listened to parenting podcasts in the UK, reaching number 1 in the Apple parenting podcast chart and number 7 in the UK Spotify all podcast charts. The podcast attracts high profile guests and recently featured an interview with the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer.

Elliott has written for publications such as The Independent, The Telegraph and Grazia. He frequently appears across the media, including a feature on Loose Women and regular contributions to LBC, Radio 5 Live, BBC Politics Show and BBC Radio London.

Elliott has held senior Inclusion positions in large companies, most notably as the Head of DEI Delivery at HM Treasury. In 2025, Elliott was awarded a MBE from the King for his work supporting new dads and he was recognised by the United Nations and awarded the #HeForShe Change maker of the year award by UN Women UK.