The Canterbury Men’s Centre emerged from the August 2005 Men’s Issues Summit. Since then our manager and board have been diligently working on creating the centre. We officially opened in April 2008.

We are based in Christchurch Community House which has served as an excellent development base.

We are now providing drop-in support for men dealing with personal issues and also phone in referrals, as well as working with other agencies to develop services for men.

We involve ourselves in men’s health initiatives and men’s health advocacy as the opportunities arise.

Manager Annual Report – AGM 2009

We support Canterbury Men’s health and well being by:

* 0ffering drop-in and referral support for men in a crisis or who are looking to expand themselves

* assessing existing services, identifying the needs of men/boys, and helping organisations in the community to set up relevant responses

* acting as a contact place, information portal and referrer for men wanting to access community services

If you want to receive our monthly e-newsletter about community/health/education for Canterbury men then please write to our manager at donaldhelp@canmen.org.nz (remove the word help from the e-mail address please). If you want to receive our list of services for men and boys please contact us as well.