The Work We Fund

Funded projects
1,320+
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.

Social Innovators Challenge - Boxing Futures

Movember Funding to Date

Global funding AUD equivalent 10,492,242

What we seek to achieve

To support the development and trialling of innovative ideas that could lead to creative solutions that increase levels of social connections and feelings of belongingness for men; particularly those who are at greater risk of becoming socially isolated. These include key ‘at risk’ population groups including new fathers, unemployed men, divorced men and men of low socio economic status.

Country
United Kingdom
Co-funded
Distinguished Gentleman's Ride GBP 40,736
Implemented by
Movember
Project start date
October 2015
Project Status
In progress

About the project

In late 2015, Movember released a three-phased funding opportunity within Australia, Canada, and the UK, that utilized an innovative approach to identifying and funding creative and non-traditional solutions that were co-designed by men to improve mental health and wellbeing outcomes through increased social connectivity.

The initiative was a direct response to findings from previously funded Movember research through beyondblue that highlighted an overall dissatisfaction for men, particularly in their middle years, with the quantity and quality of their friendships and elucidated the importance of strong social support networks to mitigate the associated risk factors of isolation and loneliness on depression, anxiety, and suicide.

The goal is to increase our understanding about what will engage men in healthier behaviour patterns, build positive relationships, and increase levels of social connections through the development, piloting and evaluation of innovative initiatives explicitly aimed at restoring and strengthening the social connections of men. 

First Person Consulting has been engaged as the evaluation partner for this initiative. 

Project Funding: 
Phase 1 Development GBP 12,360
Phase 2 Piloting GBP 99,289
Phase 2 Extended Piloting GBP 70,770
Phase 3 Scaling GBP 353,850

Project Description: Brothers Through Boxing (BTB) targets young NEET (not in employment, education or training) men, aged between 16 – 25 years old. This population is extremely hard to reach, socially excluded, with a lack of access to rights, goods and services that inhibit participation in normal relationships and activities.

BTB positively addresses young men’s feelings of loneliness and isolation by building their social connections through a two-stage programme. Stage 1 was a six months Boxercise program, comprised of a physical element to enable initial social connection and a workshop providing a common ground upon which young men directly address, recognise, understand and resolve issues of isolation and loneliness that is delivered through the “Road to Resurgence” (RTR) toolset.

Stage 2 is an Alumni Program for graduated program participants to enable maintenance of existing relationships and cultivation of new friendships with peer mentoring for new participants. Boxing Futures is currently in Phase 3 scaling BTB in Peterborough, Cambridge, Bedford and London.

Prostate Cancer Research Alliance

The Program will fund research that leverages Australia's existing strengths in prostate cancer biomedical research to deliver outcomes that can be translated into clinical practice within the next 5 to 7 years.

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Australia
AUD 12,150,000
USA - Mass market, multi-platform public media documentary series & campaign

This project uses a mass market, multi dimensional campaigns to shift populations understanding, attitudes and intentions and ultimately improve health outcomes on a large scale. Focusing on Youth Mental Health we will be working in partnership with PBS to deliver a documentary series supported with educational, digital and in person elements delivered across the USA.

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United States
USD 2,400,000
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across ten countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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South Africa
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across ten countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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Spain
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across ten countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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Ireland
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across ten countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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Switzerland
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across ten countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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Sweden
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across ten countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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United States
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across ten countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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United Kingdom
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across 15 countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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Canada
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across 15 countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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Australia
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Movember – Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride Clinician Scientist Award - 2017

Clinician Scientist Awards aim to support outstanding, clinically qualified professionals who have gained a PhD in health research, to combine their clinical career with a research career and establish themselves as independent researchers in the field of prostate cancer.

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Australia
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TrueNTH Global Registry

Established in 2017 and operating across 17 countries, the TrueNTH Global Registry is an international project that aims to improve the physical and mental health of men with prostate cancer. Clinicians and hospitals contributing data to TrueNTH Global Registry receive regular, risk-adjusted reports on their patients’ health outcomes as compared to other clinicians and hospitals globally. This will support improvement in clinical practice and patient outcomes over time.

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Australia
Global funding AUD equivalent 20,336,828
Canadian Men's Health & Wellbeing Innovation Challenge

To support the implementation of outside the box proof of concept ideas that disrupt long held assumptions/myths about men and their health which will encourage doing things differently and ultimately lead to improved health outcomes.

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Canada
CAD 1,923,149
Prostate Cancer Outcomes - Registry Australia and New Zealand

The Prostate Cancer Outcomes Registry of Australia and New Zealand (PCOR-ANZ) is a clinical quality registry collecting data on the diagnosis, clinical care and outcomes for men living with prostate cancer across Australia and New Zealand.

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Australia
Global funding AUD equivalent 22,397,860
TrueNTH Testicular Cancer

TrueNTH Testicular Cancer is a website, optimised for mobile devices, that aims to bring resources to men who are facing a diagnosis and early treatment for testicular cancer. We have created a resource that delivers information to men to help them navigate the early stages of treatment along with the functionality to connect with a survivor who has lived through the same experience to facilitate peer support and a capacity to seek advice from experts in the field relating to the Testicular Cancer Journey. 

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Australia
AUD 1,180,594
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