WHAT WE OFFER
Our Activities
- Free Boxing & Gym Sessions- Boxing in Ely, Monday 10.30-11.30 & Tuesday 10.30-11.30 and Gym in Ely 11.30-12.30Delivered through local community connections, led by positive role-model instructors to strengthen both mental and physical health.
- Weekly Wellbeing Walks – Thursday free Ely 10.00-12.30Fresh air, good company, and a safe space to talk—helping men build peer relationships, gain clarity, and improve wellbeing.
- Community Outreach - monthlyPurposeful activities with local projects (e.g., litter picks, garden clear-ups, household support) that build confidence, self-worth, and a sense of contribution.
- Gardening for Wellbeing – Ely Thursday 10-12Weekly sessions that encourage routine, friendship, confidence, and self-esteem through hands-on activity.
- Wellbeing mentoring – Men changing lives booklet is a six-week course that talk though community belonging, mental wellbeing, resilience and physical health. Created and designed by people with lived experience of mental health, substance misuse and experience of supporting people to change. Anxiety-management support delivered by men who’ve overcome their own challenges and gone on to further success—boosting confidence to pursue training, volunteering, education, and employment.
- AmbassadorsMen who’ve completed the MCL programme and transformed their lives give back by mentoring others and embedding MCL’s values across the project.
Joined-Up Local Support
MCL works closely with local services across housing, substance misuse, legal and money advice, employment, training, and education—ensuring person-centred, locally rooted support. Agencies currently facilitating sessions include Pobl, Speak Easy, United Welsh, CADVAS, Citizens Advice, Into Work, Cruse Bereavement Care, and ACE. And great connection to free rehabs throughout the UK.