Enlisting the help of Pringles, Movember has sprayed the capital’s streets with over 75 graffiti messages that they hope will encourage the public to check in on their male friends.
Consisting of five individual questions, the installation covering London’s pavements is the charity’s latest attempt to continue conversation about men’s mental heath.
This includes exploring the stigmas that surround men’s emotional wellbeing and, more importantly, how to break them.
Questions prompting open conversation around men’s mental health pop up in Brick Lane
Problems with the pandemic
Movember’s Director of Fathers and Relationships, Suf Patel, shares why now more than ever, opening communication is vital:
“Covid has had a negative impact on people in terms of feeling more isolated and disconnected due to working from home,” he says.
“We’re all about ensuring we’re raising awareness around social isolation and then giving the communities around men and men themselves the tools, support and information so they can stay socially connected.”
Working from home during the pandemic has only made things worse, prompting large corporations to take action.
Standing up against shocking statistics
Last year in the UK alone, ten men a day took their own lives. Social distancing and heightened isolation is forcing the world, and the global economy, to sit up and take notice.
Looking after the wellbeing of employees, either by backing campaigns such as Movember or providing better in house resources, is at the forefront of most corporate agendas. However, some people feel that this is just another box companies feel obliged to tick.
A long-time supporter of the awareness month and facing his own mental health battles, James Martin hopes this is only the beginning of much longer conversations:
“It’s great to see Mr. Pringle go tache-less and big corporations getting involved, but what it can’t be is a tick-box.
It can’t just be something that’s done one month a year. This has got to be something we concentrate on every single day.”
Doing its bit for the hairy cause, the graffiti will stay put throughout the duration of November.
It is hoped pedestrians will start watching their steps and go about their days more mindful of men’s mental health.
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StandfirstEast London streets have been sprayed with 75 graffiti messages to get the city talking.
Enlisting the help of Pringles, Movember has sprayed the capital’s streets with over 75 graffiti messages that they hope will encourage the public to check in on their male friends.
Consisting of five individual questions, the installation covering London’s pavements is the charity’s latest attempt to continue conversation about men’s mental heath.
This includes exploring the stigmas that surround men’s emotional wellbeing and, more importantly, how to break them.
Questions prompting open conversation around men’s mental health pop up in Brick Lane
Problems with the pandemic
Movember’s Director of Fathers and Relationships, Suf Patel, shares why now more than ever, opening communication is vital:
“Covid has had a negative impact on people in terms of feeling more isolated and disconnected due to working from home,” he says.
“We’re all about ensuring we’re raising awareness around social isolation and then giving the communities around men and men themselves the tools, support and information so they can stay socially connected.”
Working from home during the pandemic has only made things worse, prompting large corporations to take action.
Standing up against shocking statistics
Last year in the UK alone, ten men a day took their own lives. Social distancing and heightened isolation is forcing the world, and the global economy, to sit up and take notice.
Looking after the wellbeing of employees, either by backing campaigns such as Movember or providing better in house resources, is at the forefront of most corporate agendas. However, some people feel that this is just another box companies feel obliged to tick.
A long-time supporter of the awareness month and facing his own mental health battles, James Martin hopes this is only the beginning of much longer conversations:
“It’s great to see Mr. Pringle go tache-less and big corporations getting involved, but what it can’t be is a tick-box.
It can’t just be something that’s done one month a year. This has got to be something we concentrate on every single day.”
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