The Man Cave
Facilitating healthy masculinity for boys and young men.
Both driven by a lifelong passion for social change and seeing the impact of mental illness and domestic violence, they saw the need to work with young men at a preventative level, empowering them to become great men for themselves, their relationships and their communities.
So they answered a call from Frankston High School in 2014, which was seeking a wellness program for its boys. Leaving aside their own ridiculously similar social enterprises (Hunter ran Change the Game and Jamin GameChangers), the pair met three nights a week for six weeks, designing the skeleton of a program they decided to call The Man Cave.
After six workshops in two days, the school’s principal pulled them aside.
It’s been six years since that workshop and The Man Cave has gone from strength to strength, impacting more than 15,000 boys, parents and teachers across Australia with programs that allow young men to explore and express their full humanity. It has hired a diverse team of charismatic, relatable and highly trained male facilitators from a range of backgrounds and built out its office HQ team to keep the operation running smoothly. The organisation has gathered global support from The Royal Family, and appeared on all major TV and news publications for the continued positive impact in communities.
The Man Cave has been guided since 2018 by two of its incredible founding board members in Ian Ward-Ambler and Michaela Healey. The Man Cave simply wouldn’t be where it is today without Ian and Michaela’s bold support from the organisation’s infancy and the wonderful support of Jono Nicholas and Carolyn Bendall.
