Happy International Men’s Day

A happy International Men’s Day to all men and boys across the UK, and, to all those wonderful women and girls who support them.

Three Key Themes for International Men’s Day in the UK are:

  • Making a positive difference to the wellbeing and lives of men and boys
  • Raising awareness and/or funds for charities supporting men and boys’ wellbeing
  • Promoting a positive conversation about men, manhood and masculinity

Events – Get Involved

There are over 150 ways to get involved – see our Events Page: https://ukmensday.org.uk/events/list/

There are community events, mental health discussions, award announcements, student events, charity promotion campaigns, political events, lectures, conferences, staff support days, book launches, film showings, comedy nights, get-togethers and fundraisers.

Supporters

There a huge range of organisations involved: https://ukmensday.org.uk/organisations-supporting-international-mens-day/

Employers, public bodies, universities, charities, football clubs, community groups, entertainers and more. Once again Parliament is holding a debate in the House of Commons’ Chamber.

Social Media

Please follow #InternationalMensDay on Twitter and elsewhere – and of course, please feel free to post your own messages on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc.

We always love posts from women about the support, importance and happiness that men and boys bring to their lives

Our Twitter name is @Ukmensday and Facebook is  https://www.facebook.com/InternationalMensDayUk

Post a Video

It would be great that any alongside powerful and heartfelt messages, if any wonderful women could post short videos to Facebook and/or Twitter (with the #InternationalMensDay) on the lines of (feel free to do whatever is comfortable):

  1. Who the most important men are or have been in their lives and why
  2. Why it is important that we look after the wellbeing of men and boys

That is it. Please feel free to use tag in @ukmensday if you want but the important hashtag is #InternationalMensDay

Thank You

However you choose to support International Men’s Day, a big thank you from the whole UK Team

Happy International Men’s Day