One man in five dies before the age of 65.
TOGETHER we can change that.

Look out for the lost boys

20/07/16 . Partners

Save The Children have published research showing that boys in England are twice as likely as girls to fall behind by age five.

They're launching a campaign to support England's lost boys.

Save The Children estimate that last year in England, some 80,000 boys started school struggling to express themselves, speak in full sentences, or understand simple instructions from parents, teachers and friends. They're calling on politicians to invest in children’s futures by supporting parents and making sure staff have what they need to deliver world-class childcare.

'This is a much needed campaign which we're delighted to back,' said Men's Health Forum CEO Martin Tod. 'We need early, effective intervention to ensure that lost boys don't turn into lost men with all the difficult social and personal challenges that results in, including poorer mental and physical health.'

The Men’s Health Forum need your support

It’s tough for men to ask for help but if you don’t ask when you need it, things generally only get worse. So we’re asking.

In the UK, one man in five dies before the age of 65. If we had health policies and services that better reflected the needs of the whole population, it might not be like that. But it is. Policies and services and indeed men have been like this for a long time and they don’t change overnight just because we want them to.

It’s true that the UK’s men don’t have it bad compared to some other groups. We’re not asking you to ‘feel sorry’ for men or put them first. We’re talking here about something more complicated, something that falls outside the traditional charity fund-raising model of ‘doing something for those less fortunate than ourselves’. That model raises money but it seldom changes much. We’re talking about changing the way we look at the world. There is nothing inevitable about premature male death. Services accessible to all, a population better informed. These would benefit everyone - rich and poor, young and old, male and female - and that’s what we’re campaigning for.

We’re not asking you to look at images of pity, we’re just asking you to look around at the society you live in, at the men you know and at the families with sons, fathers and grandads missing.

Here’s our fund-raising page - please chip in if you can.

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