Movember Challenge: Communicate Better Raises Record-Breaking Funds for Men's Health

Dec 7, 2017

Communicate Better's hairy boys have raised a record-breaking £500 for The Movember Foundation to raise awareness around men's mental health, and fight against testicular cancer.

A hair-raising November saw our men grow out a snazzy tash, all for a good cause, and break their £200 target.

Finance Director Scott Currie led the way, whilst James Woolgar (Internal Account Manager), Paul Griffiths (Senior Business Advisor) and Tom Lambert (Solutions Architect) also held the flag for The Hairy Upper Lip Experience.

"I'm extremely proud and thrilled over the boys' efforts", said Wayne Cartwright, CEO.

"The fact that they have come together to raise money for such an important cause is truly admirable and inspirational for everyone at Communicate Better,

"As always, the support from everyone else has been second to none."

Men’s mental health is one of the UK's most under-reported and under-treated medical challenges. In 2013 alone, 6,233 people took their own lives in the UK – almost eight out of 10 of them were men.

Figures from 2014 suggest men are almost three times more likely to take their own life than women and are far less likely to seek help from friends, family or a charity. Overall 3 in 4 UK suicides are men.

Meanwhile, Testicular Cancer is the most common form of cancer amongst men under 40, with almost half of all diagnoses being in men under 35 years old. An estimated 307,000 men will lose their life to it in 2017.

And there's still time to support our boys' work! Go ahead and make a small donation here - every pound raised will help give men’s health, both mental and physical, the attention it deserves.