I meant to post this a week ago but I swanned off on holiday the morning after and spent an entire week without signal! Sorry/not sorry…

Anyway… Another excellent night was had by all last week on Thursday when the Guardians had our second public meet up, again hosted at The Bridge Inn, followed by a fantastic curry over at Rajput in Wall Heath.

As you can see from the photos, we had a much bigger group this time around and it was great to meet new folks as well as some of the regular faces.

As always, the conversation touched on some really meaningful topics as we discussed what it means to really be in a dark place but also, most importantly, how we can help each other to never reach those dark places at all. This is what it means to be part of the Guardians Guild. Here in the Guardians, we don’t focus on the crossroads; the place we inevitably find ourselves at during the dark times. Our aim is to “shift left”; to teach each other how to never reach those crossroads in the first place.

And so… We implore you to look at yourself and think how often do you actually get out and enjoy yourself? How often do you have a couple of drinks and a curry with your mates? If the answer is “Not often enough”, then come along to our next meet and meet the friendship group you never knew you needed.

Check out our Events page for details of our next public meet or come along to one of our other events and just have a chat with one of the lads!

We’re pretty busy over the next few weeks. Here’s a little update on where we’re going to be over the next few weeks.

Men’s Mental Health Group (26/03/26)

We’re supporting a men’s mental health group at Spring Meadow Sports and Social Club, Cradley Heath,
B64 6LB on Thursday 26th March at 7pm. This group is free to attend and representation from the Guardian’s will be around to talk about our experiences.

Feel free to pop along and attend, no pressure, no judgement.

Next Guardians Guild Meet Up (02/04/26)

Our next meet up is now in the diary!

Come join us on Thursday 2nd April at the The Bridge Inn, Moss Grove, Kingswinford.

As usual, we’ll be meeting at 7pm, before heading over to the Rajput restaurant for about 8:30pm for a well-deserved curry! As always, if you join us, you’ll get a 10% discount on your meal!

AWW – Oblivion (11/04/26)

Come along to Luxor, Cradley Heath for an evening of epic sports entertainment on Saturday 11th April. The Guardians Guild will be assisting the lovely folks at Alternative Wrestling World as stewards for their Full Force wrestling show.

Come and see your favourite AWW wrestlers in action and catch the Guardians at the same time. Check out the AWW Facebook page for all details: https://www.facebook.com/AWWrestlingUK

As always, check out our Events page or our Facebook page for details of everything we’ve got going on!

Our first Guardians Guild meet up was a great success!

We had two new faces at the meet up this week and we all had a great evening. The conversation flowed as easily as the beer and we all walked away feeling that a good night was had by all!

The feedback from our new attendees was excellent and we’re sure we’ll see them again at our next meet up.

We would love to thank The Bridge Inn, Kingswinford and Rajput, Wall Heath for hosting us and for being so accommodating.

We really hope to see more of you in the future!

Check our Events page for the date of our next meeting.

We are extremely proud to announce that Rajput, Wall Heath are our first offical Guardians Guild sponsor! Not only has the Rajput committed to providing the Guild with some well-received financial support, they have also offered a discount to anyone joining us for food at one of our Guild meet ups.

So, even more reason to come along to our next guild meet up! Please see our Events section for dates of our next planned event.

We’re really pleased to announce that the Guardians Guild have been working with AWW – Alternative Wrestling World, volunteering at their public wrestling shows as stewards.

We’ve been keeping the crowd safe, whilst also promoting our work towards creating a stigma-free environment for men to speak about mental health. We are hoping that this will blossom into a really promising partnership and we fully intend to provide our services to every AWW show in the near future.

As you know, it can often be difficult for men to speak about their own mental health, which is why Rich and Daz also spent some time on Black Country Radio on February the 4th alongside our charity partners Black Country Mental Health. We had a great time, chatting about our own experiences and getting into some very deep conversations about the work we do here in the Guardians Guild.

Watch this space for more events as we continue to expand. We’ve got lots planned for the future, including launching our Guild phone line and social media pages. Watch this space!

We are really pleased to announce that our shop is finally online. After a few ups and downs with trademarking, we have vaulted the final hurdle and are now getting things ready to really start building momentum.

As part of our soft launch you will see a limited edition “Low-Key” t-shirt for sale in the store right now. Grab it early and be one of the first to champion the guild.

Cheers!

Our site is live and ready to go! Only a few tests left to complete and our official Garrison Guild online shop will also go live very shortly.

We hope the shop will be live by Friday 15th August. If it happens any sooner we will add a post to let you know.

Until then, have a listen to the Garrison Guild album over on the Music page and have a read of our story on the About page.