There are five days of the week and five ways to well-being. Can you see where we’re going with this?

The five ways to well-being are five things we can all do that are scientifically proven to help us feel better. For the CAN DO Challenge, we’re calling on everyone to choose a different way to well-being to try each day of Men’s Health Week.​

*Connect – connect with other people (eg. call an old friend you haven’t since before lockdown) #connectmonday

*(Be) Active – move your body (eg. go for a run/walk/swim/dance/etc) #activetuesday

*Notice – take notice of the environment around you (eg. turn off your phone for an hour) #noticewednesday

*Discover – learn something new (eg. read a book you haven’t read before) #discoverthursday

*Offer (or give) – do something for someone else (eg. volunteer for a local community group) #offerfriday

#MensMentalHealthWeek is trying to encourage us to talk about how we feel about where we are now in the Covid-19 pandemic – Better mental health in a Covid world.

At KC we want to encourage all staff and students to open up and talk to each other. Whether that’s checking in on your mates or seeking help from our Counsellor or through the FIKA app. Let’s keep talking about how we are feeling. 

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The Forum has long called for a National Men’s Health Strategy. At last parliament’s Equalities Committee agrees.

Following the welcome decision to recognise the role of sex and gender in health with the decision to start work on a Women’s Health Strategy for England, the case for a similar men’s health strategy is now unanswerable.

A strategy – not just for England – but also in the other countries of the UK – will enable the many challenges around prevention, care and outcomes in both the physical and mental health of men and boys to be addressed in a comprehensive and systematic way. Men’s health policies and strategies already work effectively in a number of countries including Ireland and Australia. Learn More