When “I’m Fine” Becomes a Lie

Sep 29, 2025 | News

Let me start with a picture. I’m sitting in a room. There’s music playing – quiet, background stuff, softening the edges. I can hear conversations, voices overlapping. I can feel the chair beneath me, but I don’t know where I am. I don’t know who I’m with. For a...

The Baton of Hope comes to MensCraft

Sep 22, 2025 | Events, News

An emotional day full of grief, love and – above all – hope. Just in case you’re reading about the Baton of Hope for the first time, a recap: it is the UK’s largest suicide prevention initiative and the world’s first physical icon of mental health. It was founded in...

Hidden

Aug 14, 2025 | Pit Stop

There is currently an exhibition at St Peter Mancroft Church in central Norwich inspired by the theme, ‘Hidden’. Last week Norwich Pit Stop Social members welcomed Tim from the social enterprise, Eastern Regional Media CIC to our gathering. ERM are...

Silent Struggles: Why older men aren’t speaking about mental health and how we can start the conversation

Aug 13, 2025 | News, Soapbox

Having recently started a Pit Stop off-shoot for older men, Positive Elders, the arrival of this guest blog by Rosie Buckey – a young freelance writer with a passion for mental health – was timely. In it, Rosie considers some of the challenges faced by...

Silence Within: Reflections

Jul 22, 2025 | News, Pit Stop

Earlier this month, we organised a group silence for men at Wymondham Abbey. This was not a religious experience, nor was there any requirement or guidance to meditate. It was simply an opportunity to sit together in silence, thinking, feeling, observing – or...

The MensCraft Dojo is an opportunity for us to build on what we already do, reach more people and raise some much-needed money

Jul 10, 2025 | Events, News

The Workshop, Kemp’s Rest, The Dojo. The part of the Maddermarket Theatre that MensCraft has been using as a meeting and performance space for a little over a year has had its share of names. It’s time to shine a light on how it came to be, and our hopes and plans for...

Cabinets of Curiosity – Wonder Rooms!

Jul 8, 2025 | Pit Stop

A small group of Norwich Pit Stop members are currently working on a project in partnership with Norfolk Museums Service to create our own ‘Cabinet of Curiosity’ in our main activities room at the Maddermarket Theatre site. The ‘cabinets’ for...

The Baton of Hope is coming to Norwich and we’re honoured to be part of it

Jun 25, 2025 | Events, News

The Baton of Hope is the UK’s largest suicide prevention initiative and the world’s first physical icon of mental health. It arrives in Norwich on Wednesday 17 September and comes to MensCraft at 14:00. The statistics around suicide are stark and shocking: 700,000...

New Caring Dads Programme starts in April

Mar 4, 2025 | News

”I’ve made a change in my life from the way I was in the choices I make. The choices I made caused a lot of damage… I listen more and weigh up situations and think what I’m going to do before I do it.” MensCraft is one of the only providers in the East of England...

The Bearded Villain fundraisers (with hearts of gold)

Jan 30, 2025 | News

We are delighted that the East of England Chapter of the Bearded Villains have chosen to support MensCraft for their latest fundraiser, Beast from the East v2, which takes place on Saturday 8th February from 1pm at The Earlham on Earlham Road in Norwich, NR2. The East...