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Talk Ourselves Well was created after losing our mates to suicide. Twitter

We talk open and honestly about the various challenges and experiences of life 👊🏻

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24/10/2026

Sit with the Warriors 👀💯

Yesterday, I attended the doctor's with a young man....

After struggling for years, battling mental ill health, dyslexia, consumed by grief, he spoke to the Doctor with brutal truth and honesty about the dark thought processes within his mind...💔

This man has done everything he can do to avoid this day until today, where he has shown courage I didn't know existed, bravery over bravado, truth over smoke screen bu****it...

This man goes to the gym, engages with others, does all the stuff he needs to do, all the stuff that is suggested to calm the mind, nature, walking, wellbeing... 🌳🚶‍♂️🏋‍♂️

Volunteers his own time at various projects, because he wants to engage with humans and humanity and values people for who they are...

Today, he accepted that he needs support, that his way despite all the good he does, isn't working and that he has reached out to engage with help from others, that it ain't weakness, it's strength 💪

That man, is my youngest son, .partington2

We are close af and what he talked about with the doctor, we have already discussed a thousand times or more

Change has to come from within...
Change has to come from having the heart to accept help...
Change comes when those who need it, need it and are prepared to take action
Change comes when those who dream become doers...

Today, my son became a man, one who wears his heart on his sleeve but could also strangle the fuxking life out of someone in an instant if they cross him the wrong way 💪🤣

Today is the start of a process, a process that he knows will bring pain, more soul torture, more tears, more frustration, anger, sadness and hurting

Today, he made the decision to put himself first and I couldn't be more fuxking prouder of him ❤️❤️❤️

With respect, I asked him if I could share this with you and he chose to say "Course you can because it's real s**t..."

23/10/2026

22/10/2026

Every Thursday 7pm till 9pm
Whitehall Park Costa Del Darwen

Come n have a brew, sitting in nature, relaxation essential, talking and listening optional

15/10/2026

Walks, Music Fundraisers, Marathon Runners, Cold Water Dippers, Raves, Facilitating Gigs...

Talk Ourselves Well was about creating something unique 🔥👌

After my experiences of early years trauma, being an addict, criminal, homeless, potless, lost af lived experiences combined with working within rehabs, homelessness, supported accommodation, working with vulnerable kids and adults, gave me a lot of ideas of what not to follow and how to do it differently 💯🙏

To be different, you have to dare, to dare, you have to dream, to dream is to create action, otherwise it stays a dream👀

Our journey has been self funded via donations through kind individuals, usually creating walks or running marathons, ultramarathons and the prestigious Arctic 100❄️

We only ever got £2k funding through BwD CVS and we used that to train people in accredited Mental Health First Aid training

People literally challenging themselves and putting their bodies on the line whilst supporting mens mental health and wellbeing, raisin the profile of su***de prevention within our locality and the North West of the UK, fuxking LEGENDS 💯❤️

Tol everyone who has raised money or our profile, supported our mission, you all have a special place in my heart ❤️ ❤️❤️

14/10/2026

Continued...

So after Mick put the money down on the table, it had to happen 🤣

In August 2021, the Man Support Collective at Whitehall Park was born, an outdoor session for blokes to talk, listen or just relax, from 2 men with a mission to engaging thousands of people by allowing men to show their vulnerability by us sharing our own selves and stories of struggles in life

No pressure, no gimmicks, 'no turns to talk', a free flowing format because I don't believe in taking turns or raising of hands to speak, no rules, just agreements, a space that was built on trust, respect and honesty

People have sat around fires since time began
It's where people sit to eat, share stories, communicate, settle disagreements, teach, learn, encourage, motivate and inspire each other as well as taking solace in the light and heat provided to shield us from the cold and darkness

A place that treated everyone as an equal, no judgement, no ego, no blame, just a place to offload, to find oneself, to not be alone, to form friendships, to be a staple support systems tor each other

The aim was always for the Man Support Collective to become self sustainable 💯🙏🔥👊

13/10/2026

Talk Ourselves Well ANNOUNCEMENT (See pics for full official announcement) ❤️👊

After my own personal struggles with staying or wanting to remain alive in 2019 and the loss of Raz Hammond and then Jonny Stones around the same time was too much comprehend in such a short space of time 💔💔💔

I put a personal status on social media titled - Ego - the Silent Killer of Men, which literally went viral locally overnight as our little town of Darwen had experienced a lot of lads passing in a very short space of time and something had to be done about it 💯👊

I was skint, in debt, couldn't be assed writing funding bids for pittance funding, I decided that from, initially a place of anger, which was really hurting, despair, frustration and sadness in the disguise of anger that I would create something totally new, without fuxk all but energy and passion n willing to act, create a movement of awareness, education and empowerment for blokes 👨

Without funding but giving a fuxk is a powerful energy 👀

From Anger & Passion became Action and Si Donnelly was created the day after.
2 weeks after that we held our first 'Community Walk' which had 7 participants 💯🙏

The lockdown thing started n fuxked up our ideas, so we did more stuff online and created a page and a family group so people who were feeling out of sorts could share their experiences in a private space 😍

My big Bro, Mick Keryk, who had been kicking cancers ass for 5 years, got told he was in 'remission', the week after the Big C(▪︎nt) came back with a vengeance n put him in hospital for some serious surgery 😕

When I collected him from his hospital discharge, I thought he literally had weeks to live, he was that fuxked 😒

He said to me on the way home "Thanks mate for keeping me alive, watching your videos gave the strength and motivation to keep fighting, when we get home I'm giving you some money so we can start this Man's group you've got floating around your head, let's turn it into a reality n help more lads stay alive"

True to his word, he came downstairs and dropped 1K cash on the table n said "There ya go lad, you have to do it now, let's get started!"

To be continued tomorrow...

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