Who’s That? The Man in the Corner

At a recent Pit Stop Social in Norwich, I was speaking to one of our members, Stephen, about his social anxiety. He chose to explain his experience of this with a poem. With his permission, I will share this with you here: Who’s That? The Man in the Corner Here...

An Inspirational Man

Here is a piece written by Katie Mottram, MensCraft’s Prevention and Positive Activities Coordinator, HMP Norwich. It describes the remarkable recovery journey of her inspirational friend, Dave… My mate Dave did time in Strangeways. He’s one of the most...

Pit Stop Sound Connections: Christmas Songs

Here’s an excerpt from the last Pit Stop Sound Connections before Christmas. They will continue from our new location at the Maddermarket Theatre on Wed 11th January 11.00-1.00pm. This week we selected songs or artists beginning with the letter ‘D’ or our favourite...

Pit Stop History Visit to Great Yarmouth Minster

On Monday 7th November the Norwich Pit Stop History Health Walks members went ‘on tour’ and met with Pit Stop members from Great Yarmouth during a visit to Britain’s largest medieval parish church. The size of the church reflects the wealth...

Visions from Manifest East

I recently attended the ‘Manifest East’ men’s camp in South Cambridgeshire. This was something that was completely outside of my ‘comfort zone’, but, as it was organised by MensCraft founder member, Andy Wood, I was resolved to honour him by experiencing it and, as...