The Murrumbidgee Men's Group, founded by Riverina men Rhys Cummins and Jesse Warran-Rigby, held its first get-together session on Sunday for men to connect and support each other.

The group's purpose is to create a non-judgemental environment for men to talk openly and freely about mental health issues they may be facing, including depressing and thoughts about suicide.

Mr Warran-Rigby, a youth worker based in Junee, said the initiative came about after he and Mr Cummins spoke about their shared experiences and realised that the region's services could be improved.

"We've known each other for about two years and we've definitely become closer in the past eight months after his attempted suicide and mine," Mr Warran-Rigby said.

The pair's experiences also included being time at Wagga Base Hospital's acute mental health unit.

Mr Warran-Rigby said their bond grew from being honest with each other.

"Speaking to him about depression and suicide secures the bond and then once I got out of the acute unit, he opened up his family to me. I stayed there for more than a week," he said.

"That's where bonds really happen because actions speak louder than words - we'll be brothers for life."

The 31-year-old said the newly formed group is focused on providing more targeted resources for men in the region in the long term.

"Issues like more trauma and domestic violence counsellors for men," he said.

"But we also take a holistic approach to it. For example, we'll a mental health first-aid course for families later in the year."

Mr Cummins, 29, said they helped each other by "smashing the stigma of mental health and talking it out".

"We're just a couple of blokes trying to help the region," he said.

"We'll be linking men in with services that can help them. We've lined up a few guest speakers in mental health to come to talk to the group and provide information about local services."

Asked about how he encourages men to talk about issues they may be facing, the peer worker in mental health said it is not weak to talk about them.

"It's important for men to talk about their issues because at the end of the day, we're humans," he said.

"We feel hurt, anger and sadness as anyone would."

The next Murrumbidgee Men's Group session is a barbecue at Kooringal Community Centre on September 1.