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Men’s Minds Matter

Men’s Minds Matter is dedicated to preventing male suicide and supporting men in mental health crisis. Their approach focuses on suicide intervention, education, and awareness, creating resources and frameworks to help men manage psychological distress. Through campaigns, workshops, and research, they aim to break down stigma and provide life-saving support for those at risk.

For more details, visit the Men's Minds Matter website.

How Funding Helped

When Men’s Minds Matter began working with David Riddell Memorial CIO, the agreed goal was to strengthen their fundraising capacity rather than fund a single project. This strategic focus aimed to make the charity self-sustaining, ensuring long-term impact.

Since receiving funding, the charity has made significant progress:

  • Developed a diversified fundraising strategy, reducing reliance on any single income source.

  • Doubled fundraising income between 2023 and 2024, with a target to double again in 2025 (a 200% increase), excluding David Riddell Memorial CIO funding.

  • Are now able to be self-sustaining which is enabling further growth and investment in the development of their approach to psychological intervention for people at risk of suicide.

This stability allows Men’s Minds Matter to expand its support, including:

  • Offering more crisis support for those in need.

  • Running impactful campaigns (like “The S Word” and “adopt a middle-aged man”) to challenge stigma and raise awareness of suicide in men.

  • Delivering workshops and carrying out research to refine their approach.

  • Developing their unique approach to intervention so that it is more easily accessible to those in need.

You can explore more on their Instagram: @mensmindsmatter‍ ‍

Testimonials for workshops

General population workshop:

  • “The workshop covered a list of accessible skills and techniques that one could use to support someone in a crisis.”

  • “I feel better informed and empowered”

  • “Enlightening”

  • “Understanding how important it is to open these conversations with people close to you.”

  • “I really enjoyed and appreciated the team providing the space to allow us to have open conversations and participate our knowledge and experiences with mental health and suicide.”

  • “It highlighted the issues around men's mental health and lack of support out there for them.”

  • “I found the workshop very useful and some key activities and actions to take away and use in real life situations.”

  • “Very professional and plenty of tips, and ideas. Good range of info and having first hand experience from someone who has been suicidal was powerful.”

Clinicians workshop:

  • "A comprehensive model"

  • "The model was really helpful"

  • "Enjoyed all of it"

  • "Really helpful to see the model and how it brought in lots of aspects from different (existing psychological) models"

  • "Provides containment in the context of an often uncontained setting (acute care)"

  • "Really liked the presentation of the model"

  • "The formulation and intervention framework which was brought to life by Nigel"

  • "The model was really helpful in reflecting on the different components at play in psychological entrapment/suicidality, and how these may interact"

  • "I thought it (the training) was excellent"

  • "Absolutely fantastic and so informative"

  • "Your model is the crystallisation of 30 years of my psychological career."