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Bristol Rovers Community Trust launch new mental health programme
A “beautifully simple medicine” is how the co-founder of a new mental health programme for men describes the new group.
Bristol Rovers Community Trust have joined forces with Talk Club to create the Bristol Rovers Talk Club, part of a behaviour-changing movement aimed at getting men to talk more openly about their thoughts, feelings, worries and day-to-day gripes.
Talk Club groups are relaxed, informal and non-judgemental – a place where men can simply go in and get off their chest what’s been happening in their week.
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Talk Club co-founder, Gavin Thorpe, said: “We all experience life’s highs and lows and we believe Bristol Rovers Talk Club can be there for both…
“It’s a fantastic welcoming community of men simply getting stuff off their chest daily. There are no therapists, no couches and no judgement – just regular men sitting in a private and safe space at the Memorial Stadium listening and talking.
“It’s a beautifully simple medicine that we rarely give ourselves, the ability to share how we really feel.”
Bristol Rovers Community Trust chief executive, Adam Tutton, added: “I am delighted we have partnered with Talk Club to set up our own Bristol Rovers Talk Club based here at the Memorial Stadium.
“Our previous mental health programmes and events have proved incredibly popular and we felt it was vitally important to remind all men that they are not alone, that other men feel exactly the same way they do, and if we share our feelings we can become mentally stronger.
“Together we can change the way we look after our mental health and help end suicide.”
To join the Bristol Rovers Talk Club Facebook Group, visit www.facebook.com/groups/talkclubbristolrovers
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