Thursday 28 February 2013

News Update #3 March 2013


In this month’s news update you can read about:
  • Plans for a £500k centre for men’s rites work in Sussex
  • An invitation to help co-create The Big Man Gathering 2013
  • A new list of UK Men’s Groups who gather on Facebook
  • A free online seminar for men
  • News of a Scottish Death Lodge
  • News of a workshop for men of all ages
  • Our featured groups this month is MENSPEAK in London
  • A list of events for men happening in March 2013
  • Round up of other news and information on men’s groups
  • Contributors, writers, bloggers, social media editors wanted

Abandofbrothers seeking £500,000 for permanent home

Brighton-based men's rites charity abandofbrothers is joining forces with painter David Freud to raise half a million pounds to help establish a permanent home for its groundbreaking work in the city. Read more here

Could you help co-create the Big Man Gathering 2013?

The second Big Man Gathering will take place in September 2013, it will be co-created by various men's groups and facilitators from around the UK and if you want to be part of that process then we'd like to hear from you. Read more here

Men’s Groups On Facebook

If you are on facebook then we have some great news for you - you can now follow UK Men's Groups on facebook at the following link: www.facebook.com/UKMensGroups. You may also be interested to know that several UK Men's Groups run facebook pages and groups that you can visit and join. Read more here

Free online seminar for men happening now!

The Mankind Project(USA) is hosting a free Online Summit for men called The Power of Purpose over the next four days (Wednesday 27 February to Saturday 2 March 2013).Speakers include Dan Millman, Lion Goodman, Neale Donald Walsch and Jack Canfield. Read more here

Scottish Death Lodge Planned This Summer

Dave Bingham of Wild Earth is hosting a "Guided Death Lodge" in the Scottish Highlands."The Art of Letting Go" is a 5 day residential that runs from Wednesday June 5th to Sunday June 8th. Read more here

Nick Clements Runs Men Of All Ages Workshop

Professor Nick Clements is hosting a cross-generational workshop in Stroud this May that he says to enable men to "step into their indigenous beauty". Read more here

MENSPEAK in London is our featured men’s group this month

Kenny D'Cruz runs the MENSPEAK Men's Groups in London. These include monthly open groups, closed circles for men and occasional social activities like comedy nights and camping. Read more here

Events for men happening in March 2013

We’re working hard to list all men’s events happening in the UK in one place on line so do please update us. We have events in March listed for MKP, Journeyman UK, MROP, Lifebuilders and MensCraft. Read more here

Some other news on men’s groups

A couple of reminders from previous newsletters – firstly a reminder of the European men’s symposium is happening in May – read more here – and Tricia McLeod would like to hear from men interested in woman-led group on sexuality, sensuality and intimacy with women – read more here – and David Polak is running a weekend retreat in Newmarket in May/June – read more here - and to keep up with our full list of events for men - see this link.

Contributors wanted for UK Men’s Groups

Are you are a writer, blogger, social media expert, web developer, designer, willing volunteer? Would you like to help us develop UK Men’s Groups as a great free resource for men and men’s groups all over the UK? If so – or if you can recommend someone – please contact glen@glenpoole.com

That’s all for this month. Remember to join the UK Men’s Groups Facebook Page for more news and chat

To see previous news updates, click here now and if you have an item you'd like to see included in our April news update contact glen@glenpoole.com by Friday 22 March.  

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