Archive for September 2011

Men’s Network supports Walk 4 Life This Sunday   Leave a comment

The Men’s Network is supporting the ITV Walk 4 LIfe in Brighton & Hove this Sunday 25th September. Join hundreds of people on a 1 mile walk along the seafront from the Peace Statue on Hove Lawns. The Men’s Network’s Beat Male Cancer Team will be there with our new Male Cancer Awareness Ambassador, Ryan Walshe, [...]

Posted September 23, 2011 by glenpoole in NEWS

European men twice as likely to die before 65   Leave a comment

Men across Europe are twice as likely to die before they are 65 according to a major new report into European Men’s Health. The Report shows that every year more than twice as many men of working age (16-64) die as women with some 630,000 male and 300,000 female deaths across the EU27 countries in [...]

Posted September 20, 2011 by glenpoole in NEWS, World News On Men's Issues

Gay old men more likely to be lonely   1 comment

Isolation in older age is one of the key inequalities that men are more likely to face with charities like Age UK acknowledging that there is an increasing body of research evidence showing that the specific needs of older men are largely ignored in current services for older people.   Divorced and never married men are [...]

Posted September 20, 2011 by glenpoole in NEWS

Multicultural male mentors needed   Leave a comment

An innovative male mentoring program is inviting men from different ethnic backgrounds to take part in an intensive weekend training program that can help them develop their ability to work powerfully with men and boys from different communities. The Brighton-based charity behind the initiative – abandofbrothers – was established by a community of men who [...]

Posted September 18, 2011 by glenpoole in NEWS, World News On Men's Issues

International Men’s Day website launches in UK   Leave a comment

The Men’s Network has launched a new website to promote International Men’s Day 2011 (Saturday 19th November) in its role as the UK’s co-ordinator for the annual celebration of men and boys. International Men’s Day is still relatively unknown in UK and the website is an important step in delivering The Men’s Network’s objective of [...]

Posted September 18, 2011 by glenpoole in NEWS, News From The Men's Network

Men’s Groups in Brighton & Hove   6 comments

The Men’s Network in Brighton & Hove currently runs two men’s groups which are open to men of all ages and backgrounds. If you’d like to join one of our men’s groups or want support in setting up a men’s group in your community then contact us today  by emailing glen@themensnetwork.org.uk or call 07981 334222. [...]

Posted September 18, 2011 by glenpoole in NEWS

Blue September   Leave a comment

Good luck to our friends at The Men’s Health Forum with their new male cancer awareness campaign Blue September. Every year year 150,000 men are diagnosed with cancer in the UK and 81,000 men a year die – that’s nearly 10 men dying of cancer in the UK every hour of every day.  The way that [...]

Posted September 18, 2011 by glenpoole in NEWS, World News On Men's Issues

Discovering Men’s Sheds Conference   1 comment

The emerging Men’s Sheds movement in the UK will be the subject of a conference at Leicester University on Thursday 29 September 2011 – and well as being featured at The First National Conference for Men and Boys to be hosted by The Men’s Network in November Men’s Sheds are big in Australia (click here for [...]

Posted September 18, 2011 by glenpoole in NEWS

Time to get spiritual man…FREE workshops for men with spirit   2 comments

Men in Brighton & Hove are being given the opportunity to explore their spiritual side with the help of three FREE workshops hosted by a local school teacher. Rodney Browne from Bevendean planned the workshops whilst taking part in a leadership training program run by The Men’s Network, because he is committed to giving something [...]

Posted September 18, 2011 by glenpoole in NEWS

International Fathers Conference Comes To London   Leave a comment

The charity Working With Men is hosting an International Conference called Fathers Matter  in partnership with The International Federation for Parenting Education in London on Saturday 15th October 2011 This event aims to look at promising practice, strategy and research, from the UK and around the world. Additionally it will examine the future of father inclusive provision [...]

Posted September 14, 2011 by glenpoole in NEWS, World News On Men's Issues

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