Adébísí

Please allow me to mentions names. These men that led each teams are the Heroes of our Camp. From the deepest part of my heart and on behalf of all admins and directors of Men’s Cave I say thank you. @OsuagwuBasil My journey and room partner , thank you very much for handling the welfare and taking care of us all. You literally became our servant on camp and your selflessness in ensuring everyone eats first before you ask for yours is highly appreciated. Thank your our welfare director @osi_kasa Our deputy camp commandant , you’re one of the silent action people on camp, gently getting people to take actions and your spirit moves round the camp ground and all caravans .🙌🙌🙌 Thank you for assisting our commandant Diligently @seungrafix despite coming in late , your presence brought immediate light and warmth to the camp ground. The PS alone was a game changer, and the football played. I am confident in your ability to make next years camp sporting activities greater than this. Thank you brother . @solomon__c From the depth of my heart brother. I can say words fail me to describe your immense talent, contribution, dedication and support through this camp. Your sessions are powerful and inspiring and your passion to enlighten members of the community is beyond the human mind. Thank you so much my brother for giving yourself to this course . @sholakenny Baba miiii … Even tho we felt like we want to die … we managed it through 🤣🤣🤣 your presence at the camp is more than a heavy lifting , you lifted our spirits, our souls and our mind beyond comprehension. Haaaa thank you so much for bringing and sharing your joy and love in the camp . @Ademola_Odumesi Program cordinator Ayeeeee. 🙌🙌🙌 making sure that all programs and sessions went smoothly. Your experience and jolly spirit is the transformer that powered our stay in camp. Having you in our corner is not just a blessing, it’s a miracle. @AtexXeta Our very own camp commandant. 🙌🙌🙌. Words are not enough to describe your commitment , your courage and authority. You made the camp a worthy experience for everyone. From planning to execution you stood firm . God bless you always our Commandant. @bisi3 All contents are officially credited to you brother. You saw a gap and stepped up without being asked. That’s the spirit of a selfless man. Thank you for creating memories worth having for us all. Cheers to a successful camping experience of the @menscave_uk ‘26. To a bigger and better 2027 Camp, we say let’s go. Your brother Nathan.

To Those Who Made This Possible Our speakers and facilitators who have chosen to share their expertise, experiences and time with this community, thank you. To our planning team and volunteers working behind the scenes, often doing the things nobody sees, thank you. To everyone who continues to believe in the vision and mission of Men’s Cave, thank you. And to every camper who made the decision to come: Thank you for choosing community. Thank you for showing up. Thank you for making room in your life for brotherhood. – at Birmingham, England

Men’s Cave did not start with a business plan. It started long before it had a name. For over seven years, I had been doing something that gradually became part of my life: supporting men. Creating spaces where men could talk, organising conferences where men could unburden. Having conversations about mental health, marriage, fatherhood, purpose, emotions, failure, relationships and the enormous pressure that comes with simply being called a man. I had listened to men, I had watched men cry. I had watched men carry things nobody around them knew existed and I had seen what could happen when a man finally found a safe enough space to put the weight down. Then one day, I saw a tweet from @Ademola_Odumesi . It was a simple comment about an initiative for men in the UK; “How sweet for men to have something like this (a camp experience for men) in the UK.” That sentence stayed with me because I knew exactly what “something like this” could mean and perhaps more importantly, I was prepared. The pot had been on the fire for seven years. By the time that tweet came, it wasn’t warm anymore, It was boiling. I didn’t need to suddenly become passionate about men, I had already spent years sitting with them, listening to them, teaching them and creating spaces for them. There was already a blueprint. So I went back to my dashboard, back to the ideas, back to the lessons, back to the experiences and frameworks I had accumulated over seven years of working around men’s emotional wellbeing and personal development. And something became clear; Perhaps it was time to build a home for the work. That home became @menscave_uk Men’s Cave. I stepped fully into something that had almost become a lifestyle for me: Helping men discover themselves again, not because men are weak, but because even strong men need somewhere to take off the armour. Somewhere to talk without being ridiculed. Somewhere to meet other men beyond work and responsibilities. Somewhere to become better husbands, fathers, leaders, entrepreneurs and human beings. And somewhere, occasionally, to simply say: “Brother, I’m not okay.” Today, Men’s Cave is becoming much bigger than that tweet. Sometimes purpose doesn’t arrive as a completely new idea. Sometimes you’ve been preparing for it for years. Then one moment comes along and says: Now. That tweet was my NOW!!!. Seven years of doing what I do met one moment of opportunity, and I stepped forward. That is why I started Men’s Cave. And we are only just beginning. #MensCave #WhyIStartedMensCave #MensMentalHealth #MensWellbeing #Brotherhood #MensHealth #Purpose – at Linton Colliery, England