Who are Mentalmate CIO?

Everyone should have someone to talk to. It sounds so simple, yet so many people don’t have that, which is where Mentalmate comes in! We are building a group of mental mates through boxing down at the Mentalmate Boxing Gym in the Neepsend area of Sheffield 6 days per week . We have found that it is much easier to talk and discuss your feelings whilst exercising, if attendees do not wish to talk then that’s fine but it’s nice to know that you are surrounded by people who are all there for the same reason.

We started up Mentalmate following our founders battles with their own mental health problems , one of the main coping mechanisms for him was boxing. Boxing allowed him to clear his head and relieve some stress and anxiety whilst also building up my physical fitness. In January 2020 we decided to start Mentalmate as we wondered how many other people felt the same as us. How many other people would enjoy getting together and doing some boxing and talking? Since then we have gone from strength to strength as a group and hopefully we will continue to grow.

It’s so important to look after your mental health like you would your physical health and at our Mentalmate boxing sessions you can do both! Sometimes people don’t feel able to talk with friends and family for the fear of being judged or treated differently, down at our sessions everyone is welcome, all sizes and abilities with no prior boxing experience needed

What do we do?

At Mentalmate we currently provide 6x boxing sessions per week, these sessions are all free of charge as we believe that people shouldn’t have to pay for mental health support.

We currently have over 250 people signed up to our sessions, with attendees aging from 5 years old to 70 years old. Mentalmate is a safe space to discuss your feelings regardless of age, gender, race or physical fitness.

How will your donation will be used?

All donations received will directly go into the continuation of providing our free sessions. We are also looking to provide further free sessions, so we can help more and more people within the area access classes for their mental and physical wellbeing.