\n This award was sponsored by The Park Royal Hotel (Image: Dave Gillespie)\n<\/p>\n
\n Nathan and Ian launched More Than Men in the summer of 2023, wanting to provide a safe space for men to talk about their mental health.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThey consistently put others first, creating a safe, welcoming space where men can talk openly, feel understood, and know they\u2019re not alone,\u201d the nomination reads.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cAt a time when men\u2019s mental health is often hidden or stigmatised, More Than Men steps forward with compassion, honesty, and genuine care.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Nathan and Ian have provided a safe space for men to open up (Image: Dave Gillespie)\n<\/p>\n
\n The group supports men by checking in on people, building trust, and creating a community.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThey\u2019ve helped break down barriers, encourage men to speak up, and show that asking for help is a strength, not a weakness,\u201d the nomination continues.\n<\/p>\n
\n More Than Men is now expanding their support to young people too, recognising how important early mental health intervention is.\n<\/p>\n
\n Nathan and Ian want to support the next generation before struggles become a crisis.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWhether it\u2019s through meet\u2011ups, messages, or simply being there when someone needs them, More Than Men makes a real difference every single day,\u201d the nomination says.\n<\/p>\n
\n They want to support the next generation (Image: Dave Gillespie)\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cTheir work is heartfelt, consistent, and life\u2011changing.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThey are the definition of everyday heroes.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Speaking after their award win, Nathan and Ian said: \u201cThis really isn’t for us, it’s for all the lads who use our services – they inspire each other on a daily basis.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It takes a lot of courage to admit you’ve got mental health issues, and the hardest thing to do is to speak about your struggles and open up.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They are the winners of our Everyday Hero Award in the Warrington Guardian Inspiration Awards 2026. The 11th…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[134,554,555,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-398887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}