Mates Meals & Mental Health
Mates Meals & Mental Health
Mates, Meals & Mental Health
Mates, Meals & Mental Health is about creating a relaxed, welcoming space for people to come together, connect over good food, and strengthen wellbeing through honest conversation, practical tools, and everyday strategies that actually help.
This session focuses on real talk, relatable stories, and simple actions that make a difference, grounded in what the challenges we are facing right now. From pressure at work, family responsibilities, financial stress, and the expectation to “just get on with it,” this workshop brings together insights, lived experience, and practical tools that help us to look after ourselves and those around us.
This is a gathering. A chance to slow down, share a meal, and reconnect with community. A space where everyone’s voice matters, stories are respected, and wellbeing is strengthened through connection, honesty, and shared learning.
COURSE INFORMATION
Length: 3 hours
Suited for: Anyone 18+ years old
Group bookings only
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What a workshop could feel like
A chance to connect: Settle in with familiar faces and new ones. Enjoy a relaxed environment where conversation comes naturally and mateship is front and centre.
Hear from those with lived experience: Listen to real stories from those who have navigated tough times and are willing to share what helped, practical tools, honest reflections, and the kind of wisdom that comes from experience.
Evidence‑based strategies you can use: Hands‑on, trauma‑informed activities grounded in current research to help manage stress, build resilience, and create moments of calm in busy lives.
Learn how to support your mates: Build confidence to check in, start a safe conversation, and offer support without needing to be an expert or have all the answers.
Insights into the pressures we face today: Explore the impacts of work stress, expectations to stay strong, financial pressure, family responsibilities, and the cultural norms that can make it hard to speak up and how we can lighten that load together.
What are the benefits
Build genuine connection: A warm, relaxed space to reconnect with mates, meet new people, and strengthen community bonds.
Feel seen, heard, and understood: Hear real stories from men with lived experience, honest, relatable, and full of practical wisdom.
Learn everyday wellbeing strategies: Simple tools you can use at home, at work, and in community life to reduce stress and support your mental health.
Strengthen your confidence to support others: Learn how to check in safely, have meaningful conversations, and offer support without feeling overwhelmed.
Understand the unique pressures we face today: Explore work stress, expectations of toughness, family responsibilities, and the realities shaping men’s wellbeing right now.
Experience activities that calm, ground, and reconnect: Hands‑on strategies that help regulate emotions, reset the nervous system, and create moments of calm.
Enjoy a break from the everyday: A chance to unwind, share a meal, and recharge in good company.
Walk away with practical tools: Not just inspiration, real, usable, evidence‑informed strategies you can apply immediately for yourself and your mates.
Every workshop is shaped to suit the needs, strengths, and stories of your organisation or community, creating a space that feels relevant, meaningful, and genuinely yours.
How to enrol
Please register your interest by clicking on the button below and one of our staff members will contact you to discuss further.
