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

Congratulations RSPH awards winners

31/10/16 . Partners

The Forum was well-represented at the Royal Society of Public Health Awards last week.

The landmark event, which celebrates outstanding contributions to championing the public’s health, was hosted by Men's Health Forum associate Graham Rushbrook. Graham and his fantastic jacket, a contribution to health and wellbeing in itself, was joined by co-hosts Angela Rippon and Lord Kamlesh Patel, a member and former chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men's Health.

All the award winners deserve congratulations for their dedicated and often life-changing efforts but a special shout goes to Food Nation, the Men's Health Forum's partner on an innovative new men's nutrition project (watch this space), who were the Healthier Lifestyles Award winner and won the overall award, the Public Health Minister's award 2016. Well done, guys.

The event's entertainment was provided by another Men's Health Forum associate, John Ryan. John puts the ha ha ha in health and showcased some of the hard-hitting but hilarious material he includes in his set as the Men's Health Forum's comedy contractor.

The Forum's deputy CEO Tracy Herd, who was one of the award judges, represented the Forum along with trustee Su Wang and our guest Clare Fleming, the Director of Membership and Communications at IIRSM.

A great evening. Thanks RSPH – and congratulations again to all the award winners.

  • Full story on the RSPH site
  • Images: Food Nation with Angela, Graham and the jacket, John Ryan entertains and a picture of health: the Forum's table at the event.

Food Nation with Angela, Graham and the jacket

The Comedy Contractor John Ryan

Picture of health: the Men's Health Forum table

 

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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