What can I do to mark Men’s Health Week 2015?
Absolutely everyone can do something to support and celebrate Men’s Health Week (MHW) 2015. The focus for this year (i.e. ‘Creating Culture Change’) lends itself to a wide range of ways to mark this occasion. However, you don’t have to stick rigidly to this particular topic. Anything which encourages men and boys to lead healthier lifestyles, to be more aware of preventable health problems, and to seek early detection and treatment for health difficulties will be very welcome. You might have time, energy and resources to plan something big. However, even if you can’t, there are still simple and easy ways to get involved. These could include, for example ...
- Putting-up a poster and/or sending the postcards to people you know.
- Advertising MHW on your own website.
- Creating a link from your website to the MHW 2015 web page (www.mhfi.org/mhw/mhw-2015.html).
- Sending an email to everyone in your contacts list about Men’s Health Week and asking them to forward the message.
- Inserting the MHW logo (www.mhfi.org/mhw/mhw-image-pack.html) into your outgoing emails.
- Becoming a fan of the Men’s Health Week in Ireland’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/MensHealthWeek) and sending the link to all your friends.
- Including information about MHW in your mailouts / newsletters.
- Telling others about what is happening in your area during MHW by posting details on the MHW website (www.mhfi.org/mhw/promote-an-event.html).
- Reminding your colleagues to follow all the latest MHW news on Twitter (www.twitter.com/MensHealthIRL).
- Tweeting about MHW 2015, and including #CreatingCultureChange in your tweet.
- Encouraging the men you know to get involved in some of the activities taking place around the country ...
Doing one or more of these simple (and cost-free) things would contribute hugely to MHW 2015!
For even more ideas, download a copy of our paper on what you can do to mark MHW 2015 at: www.mhfi.org/mhw2015celebrateit.pdf