It's back in business - MASH Meet & Eat sessions to be announced
source: Catalyst/Tippa Naphtali
published: 4 August 2025
We are pleased to announce that the long-awaited MASH Meet & Eat sessions are back.
The sessions were so popular until they were discontinued in early 2019 due to a lack of funding resources. The very first eat-out had taken place in November 2017.
We have secured discounted prices for buffet meals with a number of restaurants across Birmingham.
The sessions will be open to anyone with lived experience of mental health issues, their carers, friends, and support staff from a wide range of organisations and agencies. See the flyer here
So, what is Meet & Eat?
It is simply about enjoying relaxed evenings with good food and company (helping to alleviate isolation and loneliness), while sampling fine multicultural cuisine from around Birmingham, Sandwell and, eventually, the wider Black Country.
The sessions will be open to anyone with lived experience of mental health issues, their carers, friends and support staff from all sorts of agencies.
Tippa Naphtali said; "We're simply taking a thing that we all do in everyday life, tweaking it and injecting a little resource, to ensure that those who do not often enjoy socialising in this way, can do so in an affordable and safe space, with familiar people around them."
How to book
If you are interested in attending the sessions, you will find booking details frequently updated here: www.mashhub.org.uk/eatingout
Numbers at each session will be limited. This will be stated on the booking form.
Meal charge is between £9.00 - £11.50 per head.
Meet & Eat Hardship Fund
For attendees experiencing severe financial difficulties, the Hardship Fund will cover the meal cost and contribute to local travel costs.
If you need assistance contact: Clive Coley (Projects & Development Manager)
E: clive.coley@catalyst4change.org.uk, M: 07599 295 265
