02/04/2026
Meet the facilitator post. 👌
Meet Andrew everyone, one of the facilitators at AMC in Sunderland. If you are having a difficult time at the moment or just need support join us like he did every Monday from 7-9 pm at the fans museum in Sunderland or at Kayall Road library.
Read Andrew's inspirational story below. 👌
What brought me to Andy’s Man’s Club? 👌
Last Year when going through a break up with the Mother of my three amazing children, I plucked up the courage turn up to AMC after seeing a post on Facebook. I've always been a person that has dealt with my issues, stress or problems by not talking about them, suffering in silence with the “man up” mentality, and essentially running away from them, pushing people away and not wanting to be a burden on somebody else.
Totally scared by the thoughts of restarting my life at 36, it could have been so easy to follow these traits and spiral into drink, depression and thinking there isn’t any hope. Turning up to Andy’s Man’s Club was the fundamental restart to my life. Finally admitting to myself that I wasn’t ok, and that it’s perfectly fine to not be.
How has Andy’s Man’s club benefitted me? 👌
AMC has positively impacted my life in every aspect of the words. I learnt so much about myself from just simply opening up. I’ve learnt that I’ve never handled big events in my life well which I could have just by talking about them. From deaths of family or friends, injuries, grief, miscarriage, money, work, parenting. No matter what stress, I handled everything in the same way.. silence and saying I’m ok. AMC changed my whole dynamic on this and it’s totally fine to talk about how you feel, it’s ok to mention if something is bothering you.
Not everything has to be a battle with your own mind. Im now at peace with myself, I invest in the time spent with my children more instead of “maybe later”. The weekly reset gives me peace and I feel so much happier for it. Since becoming a facilitator at AMC it’s one of the proudest things I’ve done in my entire life. I’ve met some amazing people and to be part of their inspiring journeys is just incredible. To be able to give back to what it done for me is so amazing.
Why should men come to Andy’s man’s club?👌
Coming from a pub manager who has spent most of my adult life around men, I can not recommend Andy’s man’s club highly enough to any man who is struggling. Whether you think your problems are big or small, simply talking about them has the ability to take the weight you are carrying off your shoulders.
Just to go there with like minded people, and talk about how your week has been, good or bad.. you can come out of there feeling brand new, reset and ready for your week ahead. It’s time to put the stigma behind us that men always have to be ok, it’s ok to not be ok… And most importantly it’s ok to talk about it!