Let’s have a walk!

How do we get men to talk about their mental health? That was the starting point of the ‘Men-tal Health’ project. As you could read in their first blog ‘Men-tal Health’.

They came up with two phases within their project:

Confession Box

• “What was the lowest point you experienced mentally during your time at university?”

• Post results on bulletin board

• We are hoping this initiative will allow students at the UT to feel more heard and supported, whilst creating a more supportive environment, through a sense of relatability.

They have successfully produced and placed a confession box in the university library. And have received some great early on success, with the box being almost completely full after 2 days!

Men’s Mental Health Walk

• Walk with pit stops for male students to open up about the problems they face

• We are hoping to ‘open up the conversation’, creating a snowball effect, where men feel more comfortable talking to each other about the issues they face, whilst making male students at our university feel heard.

Men-tal Heath:

Participants: Andrey, Jelle, Juan, Brenda, Diane, Sam

Coach: Jeanne van Straten

Theme: Men’s Mental Health

Target group: Men (University)