The Work We Fund

Funded projects
1,320+
Men's Health Partners
20
Countries
20
We work closely with our global men's health partners to ensure collaboration, transparency and accountability for every project we fund. We monitor this through report cards which detail what we seek to achieve, key measures and the impact.
Prostate Cancer
"Together with the brightest minds in research, we aim to achieve significant breakthroughs in the hope of beating prostate cancer. Our disruptive funding approach identifies revolutionary ways to accelerate health outcomes by creating strong, global collaborative teams." Dr. Colleen Nelson, Global Scientific Chair.
Men's Health
"One Mo can help change the face of men’s health through the powerful conversations created globally during Movember. Men have the chance to confidently discuss men’s health with people around them, resulting in men taking action early, helping change and save lives." Paul Villanti, Executive Director, Programs
Mental health and suicide prevention
“The number of men taking their own lives around the world is one of the biggest challenges of our time. Movember is working to ensure all men and boys look after their mental health and are comfortable to seek help when they’re struggling.”
Brendan Maher, Global Director, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention.
Testicular Cancer
“Despite being the 2nd most common cancer in young men, testicular cancer is often a forgotten cancer due to early detection and treatment. Our projects look at underinvested areas such as improving access to healthcare services and treatment options for relapse” Paul Villanti, Executive Director, Programs.

Movember A & E Campaign 2015

Movember Funding to Date

CAD 2,136,766

What we seek to achieve

The Movember Foundation’s annual Awareness and Education program aims to increase the understanding of the health risks that men face, educate them on how to live a happier, healthier and longer life, alert them to when to take action about their health and increase their overall physical activity.

Country
Canada
Implemented by
The Movember Foundation
Project start date
July 2015
Project Status
Completed July 2016

About the project

As part of our annual awareness campaign, we ask men, supported by the women in their lives, to grow a moustache and we ask men and women to MOVE for 30 days, during the month of ‘Movember’. Their actions not only raise funds but also equally importantly deliver on the following awareness and education objectives:

  1. Raise awareness and understanding of the health risks men face
  2. Increase the number of men taking action for their health
  3. Increase levels of physical activity
As part of our men’s health strategy that seeks to have men and boys living longer, happier, healthier lives, the Awareness and Education Program aims to increase awareness, knowledge and action taking that leads to boys and men being mentally and physically healthy. It also aims to develop new knowledge about what works well for what men when it comes to engaging with and acting on their health.
Evidence shows that men are more vulnerable to many health problems across lifespan and cultures and that health outcomes of boys and men lag significantly behind those of girls and women. We know that on average across the world men die six years earlier than women. Men are significantly impacted by poor mental health, this is highlighted by the high rates of suicide amongst men where three out of four suicides are men. The World Health Organisation estimates that 510,000 men die from suicide globally each year, which equates to one every minute.

The impact of prostate and testicular cancer on the lives of boys and men is substantial. Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men worldwide and is the 5th leading cause of cancer death among men worldwide. For men and boys aged between 15 and 40, testicular cancer is the most common cancer for all countries except Australia. These are just some of the statistics that show exactly why urgent action is needed to raise awareness about men’s health.

Improving men’s health has the potential to positively influence outcomes not only for men, but also more widely for women, children and society as a whole.
 
Healthy and unhealthy lifestyle practices tend to cluster together. Evidence shows that these poor health behaviours also tend to un-cluster, particularly around physical activity.
Focusing on physical activity has multiple benefits for both physical and mental health and is an area of new activity for the Awareness and Education Program with the introduction in 2015 of the MOVE initiative. MOVE is a 30-day fitness challenge that encourages people to MOVE every day of Movember, how they MOVE each day is up to them and there is a significant focus on the variety of MOVE’s and commitments depending on existing levels of activity.
For the month of Movember, men effectively become walking, talking billboards for men’s health, sparking both private and public conversations. Each year, conversations are initiated by the Movember community, face-to-face, online and through the media. These are conversations that: raise awareness and educate men and women of the key health issues men face; that change behaviour and prompt men to engage in their health and know when to take action.**

Movember participants demonstrate that they spend time thinking about improving their health, visit a doctor for a specific reason and discuss their health with others. Movember participants who make a commitment to MOVE increase their daily levels of physical activity for the thirty days of Movember.

By putting a fun twist on a serious issue, Movember aims to change the actions and attitudes of men when it comes to their health and raise much needed funds. The moustache is a catalyst for change and gives men the opportunity and confidence to talk about their health with others.

(Local investment CAD 2,136,766)

Prostate Cancer Research Alliance

The Program will fund research that leverages Australia's existing strengths in prostate cancer biomedical research to deliver outcomes that can be translated into clinical practice within the next 5 to 7 years.

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Australia
AUD 12,150,000
USA - Mass market, multi-platform public media documentary series & campaign

This project uses a mass market, multi dimensional campaigns to shift populations understanding, attitudes and intentions and ultimately improve health outcomes on a large scale. Focusing on Youth Mental Health we will be working in partnership with PBS to deliver a documentary series supported with educational, digital and in person elements delivered across the USA.

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United States
USD 2,400,000
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across ten countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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South Africa
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across ten countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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Spain
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across ten countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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Ireland
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across ten countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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Switzerland
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across ten countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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Sweden
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across ten countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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United States
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across ten countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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United Kingdom
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across 15 countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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Canada
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Ironman Registry

IRONMAN is an international, population-based registry of 5,000 men with advanced prostate cancer across 15 countries. It seeks to understand clinical outcomes associated with management of advanced prostate cancer and understand the biological and clinical diversity of the disease.

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Australia
Global Funding AUD equivalent 18,905,25
Movember – Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride Clinician Scientist Award - 2017

Clinician Scientist Awards aim to support outstanding, clinically qualified professionals who have gained a PhD in health research, to combine their clinical career with a research career and establish themselves as independent researchers in the field of prostate cancer.

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Australia
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TrueNTH Global Registry

Established in 2017 and operating across 17 countries, the TrueNTH Global Registry is an international project that aims to improve the physical and mental health of men with prostate cancer. Clinicians and hospitals contributing data to TrueNTH Global Registry receive regular, risk-adjusted reports on their patients’ health outcomes as compared to other clinicians and hospitals globally. This will support improvement in clinical practice and patient outcomes over time.

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Australia
Global funding AUD equivalent 20,336,828
Canadian Men's Health & Wellbeing Innovation Challenge

To support the implementation of outside the box proof of concept ideas that disrupt long held assumptions/myths about men and their health which will encourage doing things differently and ultimately lead to improved health outcomes.

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Canada
CAD 1,923,149
Prostate Cancer Outcomes - Registry Australia and New Zealand

The Prostate Cancer Outcomes Registry of Australia and New Zealand (PCOR-ANZ) is a clinical quality registry collecting data on the diagnosis, clinical care and outcomes for men living with prostate cancer across Australia and New Zealand.

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Australia
Global funding AUD equivalent 22,397,860
TrueNTH Testicular Cancer

TrueNTH Testicular Cancer is a website, optimised for mobile devices, that aims to bring resources to men who are facing a diagnosis and early treatment for testicular cancer. We have created a resource that delivers information to men to help them navigate the early stages of treatment along with the functionality to connect with a survivor who has lived through the same experience to facilitate peer support and a capacity to seek advice from experts in the field relating to the Testicular Cancer Journey. 

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Australia
AUD 1,180,594
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