What has MANWELL ever done for me?

​Jan Benz has been with MANWELL from the start and is our director of Safeguarding and Inclusion.

The other day I met an old school friend who I hadn’t seen for about five years. He commented on how much weight I’d lost and how different I looked. So I told him enthusiastically about MANWELL. I could see in his eyes, as I was talking, that he wasn’t convinced. He could see the weight loss for himself and I told him about the weekly footy games, but I know there’s more to MANWELL than that.

It got me thinking… other than playing football and losing weight what has MANWELL done for me? At the risk of paraphrasing Monty Python, I then proceeded to tell him that in the past year I had met over 100 new friends. New friends who like me, were dealing with a range of mental health, confidence and anxiety issues. I said that although some of my issues were still present, I no longer feel isolated as I can share my feelings with over 100 people who support me.

MANWELL is a community of men who are always there for each other.

In that community there are over 100 amazing individuals who are experts in various fields. Recently, this community has given me: careers guidance, help with running a 5K and physical health advice.

I now know that if I have any problem I can post it on one of our groups and within minutes there will be lads from MANWELL ready and willing to help me. I have new confidence in everything I do which comes from knowing I have 100 people behind me helping me to achieve just about anything I put my mind to. It’s time to set new targets and to reach higher than I ever have before.

As we said our goodbyes, he was looking a lot more convinced about what MANWELL could do for him! You see MANWELL reaches the parts other weight loss programmes cannot reach.