{"id":167799,"date":"2025-09-29T09:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T09:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/167799\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T09:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T09:36:11","slug":"kendal-mental-health-service-closes-after-four-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/167799\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendal mental health service closes after four years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The Bro Room was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk\/news\/19643970.kendal-man-sets-bro-room-help-men-mental-health\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">set up by James Wood in 2021 to offer peer support for men<\/a>, both in person and online.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  However, Mr Wood said the Kendal-based group would no longer be active after its final meeting which is due to take place at 7pm on Tuesday, September 30.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He said: &#8220;Despite our best efforts to recruit new facilitators and members, we have seen a steady decline in numbers this year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Without the time or financial resources to turn that around &#8211; and with the support we once received from referring services no longer in place &#8211; it feels like the right, though difficult, time to bring things to a close.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The service was said to have helped over 150 men, who found &#8216;community, support and understanding&#8217; through their membership, since its conception.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We want to thank each and every one of you for being part of Bro Room,&#8221; Mr Wood added.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;None of it would have been possible without your presence, honesty, and willingness to show up.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Our final meeting will be held next week on September 30 &#8211; it would be wonderful to see as many of you there as possible so we can gather one last time, share gratitude, and say goodbye properly.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Other mental health services were highlighted in the hope that people can still find the support they need following the Bro Room&#8217;s closure.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;For those still seeking support, we suggest you try Andy&#8217;s Man Club Kendal for in person meetings or, if you\u2019d prefer online meetings, Mentell provides an excellent service,&#8221; said Mr Wood.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I also wish to thank all those on the Development Group past and present for the time and effort everyone involved has given over the years.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It has very much been a team effort throughout and this would not have been possible without your support and input.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bro Room was set up by James Wood in 2021 to offer peer support for men, both&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[102,1906,6623,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-167799","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-mental-health","10":"tag-mentalhealth","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}