This research is being conducted through Dublin City University’s School of Psychology.  They are, currently, recruiting participants, and males are especially needed!  Participation involves completing a twenty minute survey once per month for three months.  This study aims to capture the impact of the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak, and to identify useful coping skills and habits for managing wellbeing - as well as potential predictors for problematic mental health during a pandemic.  To find out more, see: http://bit.ly/Adj2COVID

Look Good Feel Better is offering a ‘Zoom’ workshop for men on Friday 26th February 2021, from 1.00pm to 3.00pm.  This will be hosted by men's grooming expert, Mark Sproston, aka ‘The Shave Doctor’.  This workshop will offer practical advice, as well as providing a safe place for men to connect with other men with a cancer diagnosis.  Special guest speaker, Jack Bell, from Derby County Football Club Community Trust, will deliver a short talk on: the role and the importance of physical activity; how physical activity can reduce the side effects of cancer and treatment; ideas for how you can increase exercise levels.  Jack works closely with Macmillan Cancer Support and is happy to take some questions after the session.  To book a place, or for more information, email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Tel: 0754 5551531.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour provide evidence-based public health recommendations for children, adolescents, adults and older adults on the amount of physical activity (frequency, intensity and duration) required to offer significant health benefits and mitigate health risks.  For the first time, recommendations are provided on the associations between sedentary behaviour and health outcomes, as well as for sub-populations, and people living with chronic conditions or disability.  Download the guidelines at: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/336656

Belfast Men’s Health Group has recently recorded a podcast with Malachi Cush.  Malachi is a singer-songwriter from County Tyrone - who many will remember as a performer on the first ever series of BBC's ‘Fame Academy’.  In this podcast, he talks about the community he grew up in, his background, his career, and his plans for the future.  He also talks about mental health and wellbeing in the world of musicians during the current COVID-19 situation.  Listen in at: https://belfastmenshealthgroup.podbean.com

As part of the cross-border 'Innovation Recovery' education for mental health programme, you are invited to join an online men's health session on Thursday 18th February 2021, from 11.00am to Noon.  If you're interested, Tel: 028 7186 5149 (NI)  |  087 409 8630 (RoI) or Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (NI)  |  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (RoI).

The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact upon health and social care in Northern Ireland during 2020.  The Patient and Client Council is keen to hear how the pandemic affected your health care or social care, and how appropriate and effective you feel the Health and Social Care (HSC) response to COVID-19 has been.  You are invited to take part in a survey to evaluate the HSC response to COVID-19 from the perspective of a service user.  For more information, see: https://patientclientcouncil.hscni.net/novel-coronavirus/https-wh1-snapsurveys-com-s-aspk160855003903

People in Northern Ireland are invited to apply for a free place on an online suicide prevention awareness course.  This programme will be held in each of the Health Trust areas over the coming months.  The programme covers: (i) factors that lead to poor mental health, emotional distress and suicide; (ii) the role of mental health and emotions in relation to suicide prevention awareness; (iii) the 'Connect 4-Way Model' for helping persons experiencing emotional distress or suicide'; (iv) tools and resources for support in your community; and (v) the role of self-care and wellbeing in strengthening mental health and preventing suicide.  Find out more at: https://freshmindseducation.com/pha-link_life

To mark its twenty-first birthday, the Men's Health Forum in Ireland (MHFI) launched two ‘Men’s Health in Numbers’ reports in December 2020.  These described changes in significant markers of men’s health on the island of Ireland in the last twenty years, and offered a lay person’s synopsis of contemporary key men’s health statistics in the Republic of Ireland.  Both documents can be downloaded at: https://mhfi.org/news/1096-men-s-health-in-numbers.html

You are invited to a 'Twitter Chat' with the authors, on Wednesday 13th January 2021 at 7.00pm (GMT), to discuss the findings and the issues raised ...