Checkmate: A Men’s Mental Health Hub

02/09/2026

Wednesday night⚽️!!

Always good to see the lads on a Wednesday and have a good hours crack as well as knock about.

There is always room for more if anyone fancies a game any Wednesday, give us a message and we will get you involved🤝

30/08/2026

11 lads out paddle boarding at Witton Castle this morning 🌊

What a laugh and great fun, definitely something we will be booking again .

Massive thanks to Chris Stockill. In the spring time he set out to cut people’s grass in return for donations to checkmate. The money raised has paid for today to get 11 lads out and about and doing something abit different.

27/08/2026

What a great thing to put on for the community on this bank holiday , and we are very much grateful for the hard work put in to the day.

If anyone would like to support us get on down to the volti this Sunday. 👏

4 days to go.dnt forget its beach themed so get those hawian shirts out lads.most outrageous shirt gets a prize.

26/08/2026

Brilliant game tonight for 9 a side ⚽️
Well played lads 👏

On top of the football I’d like everyone to wish a massive happy birthday to one of the checkmate lads Kyle Jones. top lad and a massive miss when he’s not playing. Hope youv had a class day brother. 👊

19/08/2026

Class turnout tonight for football. 👏

Hard work, competitive and some decent football played.

Always good to see some new faces getting involved as well. Well done lads, same again next week! ⚽️💪

16/08/2026

What a day up Buttermere! 🏔️

10 miles of some unreal scenery, climbing over Red Pike, High Stile and High Crag before making our way back around for a well earned dip in the lake 🌊

Great company, plenty of laughs and an absolutely class day out.

Unreal lads, already looking forward to the next one! 💪

08/08/2026

What a brilliant weekend of walking and talking. 🚶 🌊

It’s honestly amazing to see the benefit getting out for a walk and abit of crack can do for people.

Yesterday under The Conscious Self banner we walked along the cliffs at Seaham and had a picnic and bonfire on the beach. Meeting new people with shared interests.

Today we were at Richmond for a river walk, cold dip and a bbq. Really good to see faces of new and old and talking about life in a positive way.

Just a little message for anyone who needs to hear it.

Life is way too short to keep living a miserable existence, stop caring what people might think and live the life you want to live. Do the basics, Surround your self with better people, eat better food, exercise and your life will go from 0 to 100 very fast. Keep going and show up each day. Compound every thing that is good in life and before you know it your on the path to becoming a much healthier, happier and more confident person. 🙏

03/08/2026

Theres a couple of walks on this weekend, the first walk is on Friday and is John Potts first event as a community leader for The Conscious Self.

🌅 Friday 6pm Seaham Noses Point car park (next to Blast Beach)

We’ll head along the cliffs for a relaxed circular walk (around 1 hour), then make our way down to the beach for a bonfire, a bit of crack and to chill while watching the sun set 🔥

Bring a picnic, a flask and come along for a good evening outdoors. Everyone welcome, men and women 👍

🌿 Saturday morning we’re heading down to Richmond for a walk and talk, followed by a dip in the river and a riverside bbq on us 🔥

Everyone is welcome, so bring your family and come along for a great morning outdoors. We’ll meet at the car park in the Market Place 👍

02/08/2026

Absolutely fantastic achievement today Hannah Bowron has completed her skydive! She has jumped from 14,000ft which takes bags of bravery for anyone to do, A massive well done from all us at Checkmate👏

Hannah has also raised £500! We couldn’t be more grateful that she has chosen us to raise money for, this goes an incredibly long way and we couldn’t appreciate her more. here are some photos of her amazing accomplishment! Some girl Hannah!💪