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It’s time to make your mo-ve for men’s health
Movember is coming this November, bringing a month of fundraising and conversations about men’s health. This year’s campaign, Make a Growmitment, encourages you to raise funds for men’s health by growing a moustache, moving 60km, hosting an event or taking on your own challenge, and inviting a friend or colleague to join you.
Why Movember matters
Movember is a global charity focused on mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. Funds raised support research, health programs and resources for men and their families.
The need is clear. Movember reports that globally, men die nearly five years earlier than women, often from preventable causes. Around 60 men are lost to suicide across the world every hour, the figure behind its 60km Move challenge.
Taking part helps fund this work and gives you a reason to bring men’s health into conversations with friends, family and colleagues.
What is a Growmitment
A Growmitment is your commitment to take on Movember. You might grow a moustache with a mate, organise a fundraiser with your team or set yourself a challenge and invite others to support it.
The idea is to do something together for the men in your life and community. Anyone can get involved, whether you can grow a Mo or not.
Choose how you’ll get involved
Grow a Mo
Start clean-shaven on 1 November and grow your moustache throughout the month. Use the questions it attracts to talk about the cause and ask for donations.
Move for mental health
Run or walk 60km across November. Invite a friend along or organise lunchtime walks with colleagues.
Host a Mo-ment
Bring people together for a fundraising morning tea, trivia night or barbecue.
Mo Your Own Way
Choose your own challenge, from learning a skill to taking on a personal goal.
Donate
Back someone’s Growmitment or give directly to Movember.
Join the move-ment today
Ready to make your Growmitment? Sign up for Movember, choose your activity and set up your Mo Space fundraising page. Then share your plan and invite someone to join you.
Click here to sign up.
Key takeaway
Make your Growmitment before November begins. Pick an activity that suits you and ask a friend or colleague to get involved.
Your wellbeing, your way
Keep looking after your own wellbeing as you support the cause. Explore WHEREFIT’s fitness and mind and mood categories for options that suit you, and keep an eye out for Movember-specific perks throughout November. Start by choosing how you’ll take part this year.