10 men’s health initiatives your donations helped fund in 2026
A massive thank you to our global Movember Community whose fundraising year after year makes the work, we do possible.
Here are 10 men’s health initiatives your funds are supporting:
1. Kicking up a fuss for better paternity leave
High profile ambassadors in the world of sport, Ugo Monye and Troy Deeney played 10-minute football matches in a Westminster park - one minute for every day of UK statutory paternity leave, the worst in Europe, in support of Movember's new report, “‘Extra Time’ With Dad”, which calls on government to fund six weeks of paternity leave at 90% pay. Find out more.
2. Confession Box: relationship advice young men actually trust
Young men are hungry for relationship guidance – but there’s a gap between where they are going for answers and finding good advice. Movember's Confession Box is a YouTube series that is a space for real, unfiltered conversations reflecting how young men actually talk about relationships and helping us better understand what truly resonates with them. After watching the series, 69% of young men said they'd already used its advice in real life. Find out more.
3. Prostate cancer screening in the UK is set to TRANSFORM
The first men have been recruited to TRANSFORM, the UK's biggest prostate cancer screening trial in decades, testing PSA tests, genetic spit tests and fast MRI scans in combinations never tried at this scale. Movember backed the £42 million trial from the ground floor with £1.545 million, and it's purposely designed so at least one in ten of the eventual 300,000 participants are Black men, who face double the risk. Find out more.
4. Inside the manosphere: what young men actually see on TikTok
Movember researchers analyzed the real TikTok viewing histories of 142 young men to build a world-first tool for mapping masculinity content online. They found harmful narratives rarely stand alone, they're woven into everyday feeds of sport, gaming and fitness, which is exactly why they resonate. Find out more.
5. Reshaping what young men see online, in order to change how they see themselves
Over 60% of young men are engaging with online masculinity influencers, and that content is shaping their views of manhood in both good and bad ways. The Young Men and Media Collective, co-led by Movember and Equimundo, is setting out to ‘learn what works’ to shift online masculinity narratives by funding nine creators and organizations to test new content through themes and formats of gaming, podcasts, poetry, journalism, sports and horror. This content will offer healthier alternatives to the "success = being relentlessly rich and ripped" ideal pushed to young men online. Find out more.
6. Building the evidence base for community-led men's health programs
Community organizations are already changing the lives of boys and young men, but that work is often under-recognized and under-evidenced. Movember's new Community Men's Health Research Program is investing in 16 early-career researchers across Canada, Ireland, the UK and California to embed within these organizations and prove what's working. Find out more.
7.Over £6M million to support community-led men's health programmes
Movember is doubling the UK government's investment with £3 million toward a new £6.3 million Men's Health Community Fund, backing England's first Men's Health Strategy. The partnership with the Department of Health and Social Care will trial community-based approaches to reach men earlier, with Movember funding focused on supporting young men Find out more.
8. Changing the story for Black men and prostate cancer
Black men in the UK face double the risk of prostate cancer, are more likely to be diagnosed younger, and more likely to receive an incurable diagnosis. Not through anything they've done, but because the system wasn't built with them in mind. Movember is funding Prostate Cancer UK's Black Health Equity programme to close that gap on diagnosis, treatment and support over the next five years. Find out more.
9. What we actually know about esports and mental health
Two things can be true at once: esports offers real connection and skill-building, while also carrying real risks like burnout, harassment and anxiety. Movember's largest-ever review of esports research (77% of participants men) found the evidence too fragmented for simple rules of thumb, laying the groundwork for the first mental health guidelines built specifically for esports players. Find out more.
10. Know your testicular cancer facts
Testicular cancer is the #1 cancer among young men. But most guys don’t know it. Our annual Know Thy Nuts campaign, held during Testicular Cancer Awareness Month in April, encourages young men to know their risk, know their nuts and know what to do if something doesn’t feel quite right down there. We break down the risk factors, symptoms and treatment options, plus how to do a simple self-exam in the shower. Find out more.