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26/10/2026

Men’s Mental Health Champion

Ballon d’Or winner

National treasure

All around legend!

Harry Kane we salute you! 🫡👊💪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️

19/10/2026

William Chapman dreamed of being an actor as a boy. By the age of ten, he had appeared in a number of BBC and ITV productions. His former teacher remembered him as “vibrant, talented and popular”, a boy from a “lovely family” who “had the potential to become a household name”.

William was 24 when he died after he entered the tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park during a mental health crisis. His family are now trying to piece together what happened to their beloved son.

We can’t know what was going through your mind, but we hope you have found peace, William. You were far more than what happened that day. You deserve better than some of the responses from the same public who parrot ‘It’s okay not to be okay’.

Boys. Even the worst circumstances can feel different over time. But as men we can be impulsive.

If you’re struggling, please reach out and get some support to stay safe. Even if that’s all you can do, it can do a lot, because it creates the time, space and opportunity for things to start to feel different. And though it may not feel like they will right now, speak to anyone who has struggled in the past. Things do get easier.

Speak to a mate. They care about you. If you can’t speak to someone close, call Samaritans on 116 123, find your local ANDYSMANCLUB , or speak to your GP.

If you want a place where you can jump on, have a laugh, and not necessarily share what’s going on straight away, jump on Lads’ Advice. It’s a place where you don’t need to be struggling with something, but if the time ever comes, you’ll know you can ask for advice or support and the lads will rally without judgement.

If you’re struggling with thoughts of su***de and don’t feel you can stay safe, call 999 or go to A&E. You matter. People care about you and want to support you to find a way through what’s going on, together.

If you’re a man in suicidal crisis but are currently safe, and live in London, Liverpool, Birmingham or Newcastle, James’ Place provides free, in-person support to look at what’s causing you to feel like you may not want to be alive, and to work to change those things for the better.

You’re not in this alone mate.

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Often, situations like this leave us wanting to help but unsure how. We’re raising money for James’ Place UK in memory of our mate, Corporal Steve Hughes (Royal Welsh). If you’d like to support, the links in our bio, and in the comments.

Thank you!

13/10/2026

Please support our fundraiser in memory of Corporal Steve Hughes (Royal Welsh), so that James’ Place can continue to deliver free, in person, life saving support to men in suicidal crisis.

Clickable link in comments.

Thank you! 🙏👊

10/10/2026

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We want what you bring to the table.

You can also support by getting behind our group fundraiser for James’ Place UK

www.justgiving.com/page/justbef**kingkind

Thank you!

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07/10/2026

It’s a dog’s life 😂 🐶

ROYAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION

The Padre

Letter in today’s The Telegraph

03/10/2026

A reel about last weekends from Tom & Danni: Unfiltered ’s step dad Ryan

A mega effort from all concerned 👊

For Tom to come and meet 15 blokes, most of whom he’d never met, and then take on his first mountain - at times requiring hand and feet scrambles - placing trust in the boys to support - and being willing to just go for it- only ten months after losing his sight shows courage, trust, and self-belief that would be out of reach for many, and that most would have to dig deep to find.

Similarly Tom’s brother Olly’s ability at 16 to take on the personal challenge of summiting Yr Wydffa, alongside meeting a group of lads nearly all of whom were a fair bit older than him, and have the emotional intelligence to support Tom where needed, but step back and not impede on his independence when not needed was mega to see. The love and respect they have for eachother as brothers was obvious to all of us and plenty of the lads have been in touch since last weekend to say how much love and respect they have for both lads, and how much they had bought to, and taught the group. Inspiring without even trying.

Thanks to Ryan for brining the lads along and making it such a class weekend.

Thanks also to Steve Hughes ‘s cousin Kate for allowing us use of her bunk house and for doing everything possible to make the accomodation work as the base to achieve everything we wanted and more from the weekend.

Please consider supporting our fundraiser for James’ Place UK, so that that can continue their essential and life saving work: www.justgiving.com/page/justbef**kingkind

If you like what we do and want to get involved, don’t forget to join us Lads’ Advice on Facebook.

Love.

27/09/2026

What a weekend! 🗻✅💪👊💙👏🔥

https://www.justgiving.com/page/justbef**kingkind

22/09/2026

This Saturday, at least 15 men from Lads’ Advice will travel to Wales from across the UK to climb Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) in memory of our co-founder, Cpl Steve Hughes, and in aid of our group fundraiser in his memory for James’ Place UK

Steve, a Corporal in The Royal Welsh, died by su***de last August aged 25.

His funeral took place at St Padarn’s Church in the shadow of Yr Wyddfa, and his ashes are interred nearby.

Bringing the lads together there feels particularly significant.

Around 15 men die by su***de in the UK every day. That’s roughly one man on the mountain for every man the UK loses to su***de on an average day.

Joining us on the climb is one of our newest members, Tom, 19.

Ten months ago, then 18, Tom lost his sight in a firework accident. Six months later, his daughter was born.

He is now training for the 2027 TCS London Marathon with his mum, Danni, as his guide runner. This weekend, Yr Wyddfa is the next challenge on his training plan. His younger brother, Olly, will be climbing alongside us.

It will be Tom’s first real mountain, but by no means his first metaphorical one.

In the spirit of our motto, , we’ll start together and finish together, because no man should have to climb his mountain alone.

At the summit, we’ll raise a toast to absent friends.

Every donation helps James’ Place provide free, life-saving support to men in suicidal crisis. Please donate if you can, or share this post and help us to spread the word.

https://www.justgiving.com/page/justbef**kingkind

You can follow Tom and Danni’s progress towards the London Marathon on their page Tom & Danni: Unfiltered

Thank you.

Special thanks to Charlie Kerry Pickering for the event stash design 👊

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