Get your razor at the ready as today marks the end of Movember. The charity awareness month for men’s health was set up in 2003 over pints in a pub in Melbourne, Australia. Since then the movement has grown worldwide and the UK base in Clerkenwell is lathering up to celebrate another year.
The Movember Foundation works to put men’s health in the spotlight. Men have worse long term health than women and die on average six years earlier. The charity focuses in particular on tackling prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health.
Osmond Croft is Development Manager for the Movember Foundation, he’s raised around £600 for his Movember moustache but did admit it’s been less successful with the ladies. Osmond asked people to “Look into the cause, have conversations about mental health, talk about things and go to the doctor to get checked.”
Men and women bristling to get involved but who might be follicly challenged can help in other ways. The Movember Foundation encouraged people to “take on a physical challenge for the month or host an event, have a party, have a pub quiz. Anything to raise funds.”
One Movember employee we met even went as far as a full body spray tan to highlight his lack of moustache. The less bushy moustache is known as the “lame-Mo”.
The Movember Foundation has funded more than 1200 men’s health projects worldwide since it started in 2003. By 2030 they hope to reduce the number of men dying prematurely by 25%. As bristles are shaved today and tomorrow, many local moustache growers and Movember supporters are behind this aim.
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Get your razor at the ready as today marks the end of Movember. The charity awareness month for men’s health was set up in 2003 over pints in a pub in Melbourne, Australia. Since then the movement has grown worldwide and the UK base in Clerkenwell is lathering up to celebrate another year.
The Movember Foundation works to put men’s health in the spotlight. Men have worse long term health than women and die on average six years earlier. The charity focuses in particular on tackling prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health.
Osmond Croft is Development Manager for the Movember Foundation, he’s raised around £600 for his Movember moustache but did admit it’s been less successful with the ladies. Osmond asked people to “Look into the cause, have conversations about mental health, talk about things and go to the doctor to get checked.”
Men and women bristling to get involved but who might be follicly challenged can help in other ways. The Movember Foundation encouraged people to “take on a physical challenge for the month or host an event, have a party, have a pub quiz. Anything to raise funds.”
One Movember employee we met even went as far as a full body spray tan to highlight his lack of moustache. The less bushy moustache is known as the “lame-Mo”.
The Movember Foundation has funded more than 1200 men’s health projects worldwide since it started in 2003. By 2030 they hope to reduce the number of men dying prematurely by 25%. As bristles are shaved today and tomorrow, many local moustache growers and Movember supporters are behind this aim.
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