The Work We Fund

Funded projects
1,250+
Men's Health Partners
20
Countries
20
We work closely with our global men's health partners to ensure collaboration, transparency and accountability for every project we fund. We monitor this through report cards which detail what we seek to achieve, key measures and the impact.
Prostate Cancer
"Together with the brightest minds in research, we aim to achieve significant breakthroughs in the hope of beating prostate cancer. Our disruptive funding approach identifies revolutionary ways to accelerate health outcomes by creating strong, global collaborative teams." Dr. Colleen Nelson, Global Scientific Chair.
Men's Health
"One Mo can help change the face of men’s health through the powerful conversations created globally during Movember. Men have the chance to confidently discuss men’s health with people around them, resulting in men taking action early, helping change and save lives." Paul Villanti, Executive Director, Programs
Mental health and suicide prevention
“The number of men taking their own lives around the world is one of the biggest challenges of our time. Movember is working to ensure all men and boys look after their mental health and are comfortable to seek help when they’re struggling.”
Brendan Maher, Global Director, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention.
Testicular Cancer
“Despite being the 2nd most common cancer in young men, testicular cancer is often a forgotten cancer due to early detection and treatment. Our projects look at underinvested areas such as improving access to healthcare services and treatment options for relapse” Paul Villanti, Executive Director, Programs.

Awareness: Raising the Profile of Prostate Cancer, Including Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Movember Funding to Date

GBP 3,550,000

What we seek to achieve

Increased awareness and knowledge of prostate cancer among the public so more people understand the key facts about prostate cancer and will act on that knowledge.

Country
United Kingdom
Co-funded
all other supporters of The Prostate Cancer Charity
Implemented by
The Prostate Cancer Charity (now Prostate Cancer UK)
Project start date
2007
Project Status
Project Completed

About the project

Despite growing awareness among some groups of men, many men lack knowledge about prostate cancer and how it can affect them, especially among lower socio-economic groups.Movember funding helped to fund a range of activities, including Prostate Cancer Awareness Month every March, which is also supported by the major retailer, Marks & Spencer, in its stores.
Movember funding also helped us make what was originally only an Awareness Week into a campaign that we can now run for the whole month. By improving the reach of our key messages and creating integrated marketing communications, we enable conversations to happen about prostate cancer and men's health which is often something that many men find difficult to talk about.

The broad aims of this project were:
• Increase the public knowledge and awareness of prostate cancer and how it can affect men
• Ensure men and their families feel more able to speak about their health and prostate cancer in particular
• Ensure men and their families are more aware that Prostate Cancer UK provides support and information to help them
• Successfully deliver campaigns such as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month backed by integrated communications

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