06/01/2024
Our group “Sticks and Baws” was created initially to give a group of friends an opportunity to get out of the house once per week and socialise with other men and get talking.
Every member of the group has been affected by su***de in one way or another. We’ve all lost friends or family to this issue. We genuinely believe that talking and socialising helps. After sharing the group on Facebook it’s grown arms and legs which really shows that there’s an appetite for this sort of thing in the area.
We need to talk and this group is already helping within our area.
We’ve decided to fundraise for two amazing charities which deal with the issue of male su***de. Men matter Scotland and Chris’s house.
Men matter Scotland is a peer support group which gets men together and talking while engaging in activities. Much like what we’re trying to do with sticks and baws.
Chris’s house is a crisis centre and is the first non medical 24 hour centre of its type in Scotland.
We’re hoping to do our small part to help these charities to continue to do their amazing work.
So dig deep if you can you’ll be sponsoring mostly over weight guys putting themselves through 10 miles of mud, sweat and tears for each other.
If you’re reading this and struggling please reach out to either of these charities or come along for a game of pool and a chat.
You matter. Men matter.
