Men Matter Scotland

Exciting update - the success of our group in Kilsyth has led to us launching a new hub in #Cumbernauld, every Friday from 10am to 8pm kicking off April 10th.

Thanks to everyone who joined our latest Breakfast & Learn at The Harvester on Napier Rd this morning 🤝 Over coffee and a breakfast roll, Martin Melly from @MenScotland led an important discussion on supporting men’s mental health in the workplace. 1/2

"The Glasgow Times article has been updated to properly highlight @MenScotland and my fundraising efforts, with the paywall removed. Huge thanks to @Glasgow_Times for helping raise awareness for #MensMentalHealth #Echobox=1759210560-3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/25503711.…

WC Parkers is supporting mental health in the fire service. Grateful to be working with charities like @MenScotland. They went to the Clyde today to share river‑rescue experience and learn from their frontline work. Different roles, same mission: saving lives.❤️ @fire_scot

The date has been set for this year's Lava Cup! The Lava Cup 🏆 Tournament is a seven-a-side international football tournament which raises money for local charities, and this year’s event will be held at Petershill Park in Glasgow on Saturday, May 23rd from 10am - 5pm. The International Lava Cup is a tournament for over-40s, played annually in Scotland, with teams travelling from all over the world for the prestigious event. The grassroots tournament, which was formed by Marc Boal, started out with a pilot event in 2022 at Cormack Park in Aberdeen and has gone from strength to strength to become an annual invitational event! Marc Boal, Lava Cup Organiser, said: "Playing international football is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for many of us; players aged 40 to 75 are now doing this! The new friendships, bonding, and well-being it creates are providing a pathway to actively change the way people think and, more importantly, change lives. At the same time, we are also raising funds for local charities in the Springburn community.” The tournament is organised in conjunction with the Icelandic 🇮🇸 touring side Throttur Reykjavik Old Boys, who have been coming to Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 since 2018! The name of the tournament replicates the trophy which is actually made of lava picked from the most recent eruption from an Icelandic volcano! 🌋 The lava for this year’s trophy was collected from the Sundhnúkur volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula, near the fishing town of Grindavík, Iceland. 🇮🇸 The 2026 trophy is the heaviest ever… weighing in at a hefty 3.2kg. This is due to molten lava containing a mix of elements such as iron, magnesium, silicon, and others such as aluminium. Each of these forms minerals (mainly oxides), and each mineral has a different melting point. The first minerals to hit their melting points are iron and magnesium oxides: they form crystals, which are also found within the trophy. An Italian quartz marble plinth sits on a solid sapele mahogany base. There is also red crystalline cobalt glass (which represents magma) that are placed beside the main lava tower to give the trophy a distinctive look. Last year's Lava Cup was won by Danish 🇩🇰 club Lyngby Boldklub which took place at Falkirk FC and the tournament raised £3,735 for two local charities! Twenty teams are taking part this year and coming from all over the world including sides from the USA 🇺🇸 Portugal 🇵🇹 Czech Republic 🇨🇿 Iceland 🇮🇸 Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Poland 🇵🇱 Germany 🇩🇪 Norway 🇳🇴 and Holland 🇳🇱 This year's Lava Cup Tournament will partner & support the incredible charities Men Matter Scotland & Partick Thistle Charitable Trust. Hats off to Marc, and everyone involved, and we hope this year's Lava Cup is yet another success in what is a wonderful concept! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 @MenScotland @ThistleTrust @marcboal #LavaCup2026 #LavaCup #GrassrootsFootball #MenMatterScotland #over40sfootball @LyngbyBoldklub

Suicidal thoughts and depression can quietly infiltrate your life. This ongoing struggle can gradually gain control, but it doesn’t have to. When you don’t have the strength to take another step, ask those you love to pull you. You’re never alone in this 🧡

🏃‍♂️| MEN MATTER SCOTLAND Well done to our manager Stewart Maxwell who raised over £4000 for @MenScotland by taking part in the Malaga Marathon last week!

@fae_see Hmm. Works OK for me @fae_see - are you doing it via Facebook Giving or our PayPal page? If you like I can DM you the PayPal (and thank you!)

@MenScotland There's an issue when trying to donate. It's saying try later with an apology.

This time of year will be hard for a lot of us, for many different reason. If you choose to donate, share or even just watch this — we appreciate you. And to any man who’s struggling this Christmas… we’re here to give you the gift of hope. youtu.be/zfVv05lApg8?si…

We’re (Susie Bennett and I) delighted to be working with @MenScotland on this important new project.

Really excited to be working with the University of Glasgow in awarding a PhD scholarship to research male suicide in Scotland under the supervision of @suicideresearch. We hope this will inform @MenScotland do, as well as inform Scotland’s approach to tackling suicide.

On International Men’s Day I was pleased to recognise Drumchapel-based @MenScotland who provide a positive support network for men across Scotland.   The Leader of the House joined me in acknowledging their great work & congratulating Ian Sproull who ran 10 marathons in 10 days.

@fae_see Thank you!

@MenScotland Thanks for sharing. The podcast was amazing. I've learned a lot in a brief time from it. Happy International Men's Day to you all. What you are all doing is amazing!

On #InternationalMensDay we’ve been out asking guys three big questions. Check out the new #MenMatter pod here: youtu.be/xTBYB2yXkIE?si…

Shout out to all the dads, brothers, husbands, sons, grandpas, uncles, nephews and best pals on #InternationalMensDay Do us a favour and check in on the guys in your life today - even if it's just to ask how many times they've re-watched the goals from last night! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Sign up to walk @thekiltwalk with Men Matter Scotland today! forms.office.com/e/cWPifYyBs8

Men Matter Scotland provides a positive support network for men across Scotland. I was pleased to visit their base in Drumchapel to meet the team, learn more about their work, & present a copy of my parliamentary motion recognising all that @MenScotland do.

The @thekiltwalk is back for 2026! Join our team at Men Matter Scotland and get your marching boots on for men's mental health. We're hoping to have a big team walk with us in Glasgow in APRIL 2026 so get in touch with us, using the link below. forms.office.com/e/cWPifYyBs8

These look pretty special 👀 #MenMatter