Mackenzie and James, rugby for men’s mental-health

Aim

Please join me and make a difference? Every donation will help. Thank you in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much

James and I have decided to run a boy’s touch rugby tournament within our school. To raise money for a Brothers and Arms for Men’s mental health and suicide prevention they are dedicated to reducing male suicide which is the single biggest killer of men under the age of 45. Its so serious and rarely discussed and numbers show that in the UK 75% of suicides are male. The idea behind this came from being at an only boy‘s boarding school and being brought up in a masculine environment with not every boy/young man feels able to speak about how they are feeling and may not feel able to chat to someone for help. Brothers in Arms educates and provide a service for boys and men alike to speak to someone about their problems or how they feel. Brother in Arms has recently developed an app that offers men to privately have the support ranging from relaxation techniques such as meditation to thought training, sleep improvement, and goal progress tracking. The app further is their free immediate ability licensed clinical physiologists are as they are called mental fitness coaches. They are on hand Monday to Friday from 8am to 8pm for free. The waiting time to see a professional like them through the NHS would be around 12 weeks pre covid. Where here through the app you can have these coaches to speak to in a matter of seconds with the apps instant message. It‘s an amazing cause which supports such a current topic which used to be something that was never discussed.We are aiming to encourage boys and men to speak up , and this charity is one that best represents our aims. Thanks to anyone who donates , it is massively appreciated by us both. 

This project successfully funded on 1st December 2020