Man Tuesday goes Weekly by Zoom

If there's one positive to take from COVID-19, it's communities using the internet to bring people together. Take the 2 support groups Andy's Man Club and Man Tuesday. Both are weekly events, both support men's mental health and both utilise webcam tech to bring people together from their homes.

I've been a long-time member of Andy's Man Club, but I've never tried Man Tuesday, neither in person or online. I may take a look. Both organisations are running group webcam sessions this week.

What would be ideal is for support groups such as these, whose services and goals overlap, to coordinate to allow for people who work different hours to find groups of people- I'm particularly thinking of men who are isolated from others- no matter what their weekly routine might be. What would also be a big step forward- after lockdown ends and we can meet face to face- is for these groups to continue having online meets on separate days from the face-to-face groups. A few AMC guys have been having regular group webcam chats to check in with each other, and it's been great having people to turn to and to be there for others to turn to.