Have you seen 'We Forgot We Were Kings - A Weekend Retreat for Men Exploring Masculinity and Healing in the Irish Landscape'?  This will be held from 24th - 26th September 2021 in the Burren, Co. Clare.  Find out more at: https://www.boghill.com/events/we-forgot-we-were-kings

During Men's Health Week 2021, the Dads Direct network and Belfast Men's Health Group released a series of podcasts focusing upon fathers' work in Northern Ireland.  Four podcasts were produced:

1. Stephen Barr (Start 360) talked about the Lads 2 Dads programme for young fathers.
2. Keith Cullen (Splash Sure Start) spoke about his work with fathers in Craigavon.
3. Joan Davis (Family Mediation NI) focused on the need to support parents who are separating to negotiate practical solutions to resolving family disputes and maintaining meaningful relationships with their children.
4. Cahir Murray (Dads Project, Parenting NI) talked about the needs of fathers who are separating, separated or involved with the family court service.

You can listen to them all at: https://belfastmenshealthgroup.podbean.com  

Bladder cancer affects over 490 men and women each year in Ireland - with men being 78% more likely to develop the condition than women.  Sadly, around 222 people die from the disease annually.  However, this doesn’t have to be the case.  When detected early, bladder cancer is very treatable.  The Marie Keating Foundation is running a campaign to 'Give Bladder Cancer the Red Card', and has produced a Bladder Cancer Awareness Toolkit.  During #MensHealthWeek 2021 make sure you download a copy.  #CheckItOut at: https://www.mhfi.org/MKF2021.pdf

Belfast Men’s Health Group (BMHG) invites you to join them for an online celebration of #MensHealthWeek 2021.  On Thursday 17th June 2021, they are running a series of events via Zoom, and you are welcome to join any or all of them.  These include: the launch of a new Northern Ireland Men's Health Report Card; an introduction to Tai-Chi; a virtual historical tour of Belfast City Cemetery; gardening tips; hidden walkways for you to explore; and a live cooking-for-men demonstration with Chef Jeffers. You can find out more / register at: https://tinyurl.com/4bvd47s4  BMHG has also produced a 'calendar' of practical things that you can think about doing on each day of the week.  #CheckItOut at: https://tinyurl.com/32xxvejf

Men's Aid Ireland invite you to attend a webinar, at 1.00pm on Monday 14th June 2021, focusing upon 'what to do when things are difficult at home'.  The guest speaker is Dr Melissa Corbally, Assistant Professor, Dublin City University.  Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to get the login link for this Zoom event.  #MensHealthWeek 2021  #CheckItOut

The Marie Keating Foundation invites you to join them at one or more of a series of Men’s Wellness Webinars which will kick-off during Men's Health Week.  The first of these will be held on Tuesday 15th June 2021 at 7.00pm.  The guest speaker for this event is Dr Mark Rowe, and he will explore: 'your prescription for happiness, vitality, self-help and positive lifestyle changes'.  Find out more at: https://www.mariekeating.ie/events/connecting-and-re-engaging-with-eachother-webinar-week-one

You are invited to the second in a series of webinars focusing upon 'Engaging Men'.  This event - exploring 'The How of Men’s Health' - will take place on Wednesday 16th June 2021, from Noon to 1.15pm.  It is being held at this time to mark Men's Health Week 2021.  Registration for the webinar is available at: https://tinyurl.com/2vct28jt

At this event, you will hear from local projects about: the fears that some men have about joining a health programme; key elements of the engagement process; and practical examples of how to connect effectively with men.  The special guest is Mayo GAA legend David Brady who, during COVID, found a unique way to connect with men through a shared interest in Gaelic Football.

This series of webinars is hosted by HSE Health and Wellbeing, in partnership with the Men’s Health Forum in Ireland, the Men’s Development Network and the National Centre for Men's Health in IT Carlow.  Each event brings together expert insights and learning from the delivery of the HSE National Men’s Health Action Plan (titled 'Healthy Ireland - Men').

 

To mark its twenty-first birthday in 2020, the Men's Health Forum in Ireland (MHFI) undertook a research project titled ‘Men’s Health in Numbers’.  Funded by the Health Service Executive’s Health and Wellbeing Division, this sought to produce:

1. A comprehensive Trends Report that describes, in detail, changes in significant markers of men’s health on the island of Ireland in the last twenty years.
2. An infographically-driven Men’s Health Report Card that provides a lay person’s synopsis of contemporary key men’s health statistics in the Republic of Ireland.

These were officially launched at a webinar in December 2020

In early 2021 - with financial support from the Carers Support Service in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust - MHFI began work on producing a Northern Ireland version of the Report Card.  This will be officially launched at a webinar during Men's Health Week 2021.

Electronic copies of the Report Card can be downloaded by clicking here.  For hard copies, contact Belfast Men's Health Group at: https://belfastmenshealthgroup.org/contact