The following are the key vision statements for Ballybeen Men’s Motivation Group. 

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These statements reflect what the group wishes to achieve by 2020:

 

 

The Group / Premises/ Timescale - 2020

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• Set up our own premises (ideally that we own), building a social asset in the area- owned, managed and run by men of the community and bringing jobs into the area for men

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• Initially having leased a unit in the Ballyoran Centre on a temporary basis to get started as Men’s Shed aimed at building that camaraderie in the area and breaking down some social barriers that men may have

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• Bringing a sense of pride back to the estate

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• Make men in the estate healthier but also linking this to health and well-being of the family too

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• Drive and develop a sustainable group with its own income stream

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• Address social needs for men

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• Establish group as one of the most successful in Northern Ireland addressing men’s health and motivation issues

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• Take a grass roots approach and provide family based support for the role of men in their social life, in the home and in their working lives

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• Develop allotment project to give men a focus but also to improve health and well-being through growing own vegetables

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• Develop a support network for men - be part of a wider UK, Ireland or Worldwide men’s health body and lobby for change in the way in which this is prioritised at government level

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• Engage in university based research in order to further the message that this type of work needs support

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• Intergenerational male projects making sure there are role models for young men and that older men start to understand the psyche of a young man as well and vice versa

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• Deliver community resources on behalf of wider community

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• Link with the women’s centre on family based projects

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• Focus on men – making their lives better- address isolation and loneliness

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• We want to be here for the long haul – want to support men throughout their lives