Movember has launched its annual month-long fundraising campaign featuring its mental health ambassador Dr Alex George of Love Island fame, and Olympic gymnast Max Whitlock.
The campaign celebrates moustaches of all sizes – patchy moustaches to no moustaches at all, to bushy taches. It also features former rugby union player Ugo Monye, Sunday Brunch presenter Simon Rimmer, Welsh broadcaster Matt Johnson, British actors Kola Bokinni and Jack James Ryan, as well as Paralympian Blaine Hunt.
Anne-Cecile Berthier, Movember UK & Europe country director, said they are driven by a bold mission to change the face of men’s health. “But that mission isn’t ours to tackle alone. To truly make a difference, we need to unite our global community of supporters.”
The Movember executive highlighted that moustache or no moustache, there are countless ways to show support and get involved. “From moving 60km in the month, hosting an event or taking an epic challenge, we encourage everyone to answer the call and get involved this Movember and help stop men from dying too young.”
Movember’s latest campaign follows recent research that established that 33 percent of Brits saw not being able to grow a moustache as the biggest barrier of being involved in past Movember fundraising campaigns. It stated that 24 percent of British men hadn’t taken part because they were dissatisfied with the growth of their, and about 17 percent of those surveyed didn’t know there were other ways to fundraise outside of growing a moustache.
Moreover, the research revealed that 66 percent of Brits have been affected by mental health issues either personally or through someone they know. 42 percent have been affected by suicide, 27 percent by prostate cancer and a fifth by testicular cancer.
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