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The Saltcoats Men's Group

J john1976  •  2024-09-12  •  No comments  •  Three Towns  • 

Investment project code: 663

Estimated Price

£750


Summary

The Saltcoats Men’s group meets every week in the Argyle Community Centre from 11am-1pm, offering a safe and welcoming space for men to chat over a game of snooker or pool.

Description

The group is about being supportive and encouraging to each other.  Building camaraderie and helping participants to reconnect with others and themselves.

  • Reducing loneliness and isolation
  • Reducing low mood and depression
  • Increasing a sense of purpose, community and belonging
  • Increasing a sense of routine, structure and self-worth  
  • Promoting health and wellbeing - time together and a safe and trusting space to open up to peers 
  • Providing peer support for mental health - checking in with each other - "anyone struggling today?"

The funding we're applying for would be spent as follows:

  • Cost of weekly room hire for a year (£350)
  • Cost of weekly refreshments/food provision per group – teas, coffees, juice and fruit
  • Cost of additional monthly or quarterly healthy activities and travel out with the community centre (e.g archery, bowling)
  • Cost of promoting the group and recruiting more group participants - to reach more men in the community who have poor mental health

Location: The group is Saltcoats based, an area of high deprivation, resulting in high numbers of people, particularly men suffering from social isolation, stigma and depression

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