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Two Weeks to Go!

23/05/14 . Blog

 

Preparation for Men’s Health Week is hotting up.

The resource pack has been launched, local events are being announced and awareness campaigns planned. In a little over a fortnight, Men’s Health Forum will be celebrating our 12th annual Men’s Health Week, which this year focusses on men’s health and work, including unemployment and stress/anxiety.  Here in the Forum’s offices, we’re really excited for the week, seeing the great events local groups and organisations are planning.

Men's Health Week Stress Image

 

Unemployment and Male Health Report Launch

One of the highlights of the week is the launch of Sick of being unemployed: the health issues of out-of-work men and how support services are failing to address them, a joint report from the Men’s Health Forum and the Work Foundation. Men are more likely to suffer adverse health consequences from unemployment than women, yet also less likely to access health services, making this a particular area of concern.

To launch this report there will be a breakfast seminar to discuss men’s health and unemployment. The event is from 8:30-10:00 am on Wednesday 11th June. Speakers include Norman Lamb MP, Minister of State for Care and Support, as well as the Men’s Health Forum and The Work Foundation.

To join us for this event, book your tickets here.

Across the Country

Other events recently announced for the week include free men's Health MOTs in Oxford, a 5-a-side community football tournament in Greenwich, and Ping-Pong in Leeds!

It’s not too late to get involved in Men’s Health Week yourself – simply sign up to receive our resource pack with posters, graphics and lots of handy tips and advice. If you are planning an event or activity, don’t forget to share your plans with us, either via mhw@menshealthweek.org.uk, or on twitter @menshealthforum and using the hashtag #MHW14.
 

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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