MensCraft

20/11/2025

Come and support our members who are taking to the stage for the VERY FIRST TIME at the MensLaugh Comedy Showcase!

Friday 28th November at 7:30pm. The Dojo, Maddermarket, Norwich. Free entry. Donations welcome.

19/11/2025

A new and much-needed national men's health strategy launched today. As we start to read and digest it, we're asking ourselves: What does it mean for the men we work with in Norfolk and Suffolk? Over the coming weeks, we'll be working with other local stakeholders to apply the strategy at a local level, ensuring that it meets local needs and priorities. Have you read it yet? What did you think?

18/11/2025

Is he right about men reading fiction books??

15/11/2025

The MensLaugh Comedy Showcase 2025 is back in Norwich! Friday 28th November at 7:30pm.🤣🎤

15/11/2025

Get it out of your head and clear your mind! A few places left on our FREE Bullet Journalling Workshop for men, Friday 21 Nov, 3-5pm at MensCraft, Norwich. Link to register in bio.

13/11/2025

Feeling adrift or swamped by mental clutter? Map your life and master your mind; stress less, live more!

Daily pressures leave little room for gaining clarity and perspective on life. This workshop introduces Bullet Journalling - a versatile, proven method for gaining focus and direction. Learn how this simple, structured practice reduces stress and helps you prioritise what matters most in your life.

Join experienced facilitator Liane Ward for this powerful, hands-on session, providing a supportive space to creatively map your goals, dreams, and challenges to build effective strategies for personal growth.

This free, two-hour taster session takes place at MensCraft in Norwich on Friday 21 November, 3-5pm. Register now: https://events.humanitix.com/life-mapping-bullet-journal-workshop

11/11/2025

Our new monthly drop-in service on Fridays in Norwich and Great Yarmouth offers fathers:
• confidential and non-judgemental listening
• help understanding the family courts, mediation, etc.
• help filling out forms or making appointments
• support to prepare for and attend meetings with eg social workers
• attending family court with you (as a
'McKenzie Friend'
• developing tools and tactics for child-centred fathering
• finding strategies to co-parent in the best interests of your child
• supporting you if you are not having contact with your children
• letting you know about other organisations that can help or courses/information that might be useful

05/11/2025

Find magic in the mess! Join our FREE men’s yoga taster session this coming Monday, 10.30 - 12.30 at The Dojo, MensCraft, in Norwich. A few places still available. Led by Jax of Freedom Wellbeing Project, this session is full of easy exercises that will help you to stress less and live more. No experience is necessary, just an openness and willingness to participate. Register for free here: https://events.humanitix.com/magic-in-the-mess-mens-yoga

30/10/2025

NOW BOOKING IN NORWICH:
Men's yoga taster session: 10 November, 10.30am - 12.30pm
Men's bullet journalling workshop, 21 November, 3pm - 5pm
PAY WHAT YOU CAN - all donations welcome

We're building a new therapeutic service just for men in Norfolk and Waveney and we want to hear from you to ensure we're on the right track; it could make a big difference to you and other men. Complete our five-minute survey and get the chance to win a £50 Amazon voucher.

29/10/2025

Common Sense Media surveyed more than 1,000 adolescent boys across the country on subjects like the material they see online, where they find community, what they do to fit in, and how it all makes them feel. The results are complicated, compelling, and occasionally concerning. Read the report:

From social media to gaming, apps, and more, adolescent boys spend hours each day online. Our new research reveals how this relates to their identities, relationships, and emotional well-being.

29/10/2025

Men's role in family life is changing and this can be a marvellous as well as a challenging experience. MensCraft co-founder and father of some 40 years, Andy Wood, and his colleague Thom Bailey explore this in a theatre workshop format called The Life of Dads, on Saturday 8 November at Norwich Theatre - part of its Shape of the Family: Fatherhood season. Andy says:

"Our aim is to give dads a chance to reflect upon and to process the experience and to share that with other dads. We do this in the safety of a closed group with us, seasoned facilitators, and using the dramatic space as our medium. You don't need to know or have any experience of theatre or drama. We're not going to 'create a piece of theatre' for public consumption. We use drama to create short vignettes which show good and bad experiences. When the protagonist watches part of his story acted back to him, it can create a level of distance which allows him to reflect upon and integrate that experience better."

Join Andy and Thom, 11am - 4pm on Saturday 8th November. Tickets are just £10 and available direct from Norwich Theatre:
https://norwichtheatre.org/whats-on/the-life-of-dads-with-man-alive/

A five-hour interactive workshop, using the Theatre of Self-Expression, to explore the theme of modern fatherhood, focussing on participants and their experience of becoming and being fathers

24/10/2025

After two completely sold-out performances last year, MATT returns by popular demand — now touring venues across Norfolk and Suffolk. Based on the real-life story of writer, director and lead actor Peter Dewar, MATT is a raw, real and thought-provoking journey through depression, addiction and the fight to survive. It dives headfirst into the darkness — unflinching, emotionally charged, and painfully honest.

But this is more than just Matt’s story. It’s also about the devastating impact mental illness can have on the people who love him — the partner left in silence, the parents consumed by fear and helplessness.

Praised as “brutally honest,” “a masterpiece of resilience,” and “unforgettable,” MATT is a powerful, emotional, and ultimately hopeful piece of theatre that dares to speak the truth.
One night. One fight. One story that stays with you. Last year’s tickets sold out fast — book now to avoid missing out.
Over 18s only – contains mature and emotionally intense themes.

Members and staff from MensCraft wanting to attend the Norwich show on 30th October can get a 20% discount for group bookings of five or more.