On behalf of everyone at the Men and Boys Coalition charity (who run the International Men’s Day platform) we would like to thank everyone who took part in #InternationalMensDay / International Men’s Day in 2024. It was the best ever!.

There are still lots number of talks and events this week too.

• At least 800 organisations were involved (it was so hard to keep up) with events, talks and positive messages about the contribution their male employees make. We have lots more to add to this list!
• 90/100k tweets and it was the third highest yesterday (any measures on other channels, please do feel free to send to us!).
• An excellent House of Commons debate once again
• Landmark policy announcements especially Greater Manchester Combined Authority launched a gender-based violence plan for male victims of interpersonal violence (thank you to We Are Survivors for their work on this).
• Other policy announcements including the Victim Commissioner calling for a national strategy similar to the above – plus great domestic abuse research in male victims was announced in Northern Ireland.
• Plus more pushing on issues such as equal parenting and the importance of dads from the Fatherhood Institute, Elliot Rae, Lads Need Dads and others.
• Anniversaries such as Future Men’s 20th, UK Men’s Sheds Awards in Parliament and other awards for dads in Portsmouth and role models in Northampton. Even Enniskillen Castle was lit up.
• We found four male staff networks.
• Support from the Government plus lots of Government Department events too.
• Lots of fundraisers for men and boys’ charities.
• ITV’s Loose Men was a blast and TalkSport had a three hour men’s mental health show.
• And of course, the public too with heartfelt messages to the men and boys in their lives.

Remember there’s still lots more going on – check out our website ore search on social media

We will be updating everything on the website and getting ready for 2025 in the new year.

Thank you from all the whole IMD UK Ambassador Team!

Ally, Ben, Caroline, Dan, Duncan, Geoffrey, Glen, Mark, Maz and Sonia