Checkmate: A Men’s Mental Health Hub

09/09/2026

Another class turn out for football once again ⚽️

Some good football played and great well fought battles in this one tonight, well played lads 👏

08/09/2026

Massive thank you to everyone at The Voltigeur and everyone who came down to the fun day to show their support.

£1,710.32 raised for Checkmate is absolutely incredible and will go straight back into what we do and helping us get more lads involved.

We honestly can’t thank you all enough for getting behind us and showing what a community can do when everyone comes together.

And a massive thank you to Kerry Dudding and the team at the Volti for choosing Checkmate and putting so much into making the day happen. We appreciate it more than you know. ❤️

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05/09/2026

Padel back on tonight and what a laugh. 🎾

8 lads out on a Saturday night, good sport and great fun.
Drop us a message to get involved, padel will be back on weekly for our 8 man game and once per month for our 16 man padel and pizza tournament.

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! 💪