Movember's Game Changers program

Movember's Game Changers program is sponsored by Movember. Movember is expanding its Game Changers program to New York City and Atlanta, building on successful pilots in Chicago and California. The program supports community organizations that use sport programming to provide mental health support for boys and young men.

Here are 10 men’s health initiatives your funds are supporting. Thank you to our Movember Community whose fundraising year after year makes the work, we do possible. 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.

Movember’s Game Changers program expands to New York City and Atlanta** After pilots in Chicago and California showed over 80% of youth participants reporting increased confidence in mental and emotional wellbeing, Movember is expanding its Game Changers program to New York City and Atlanta through its existing partnership with Laureus USA- building on the program’s continued investment in Chicago.

Through a $1,275,000 investment, Movember will support 14 community organisations across the three cities to leverage sport programming, from soccer to skateboarding to lacrosse, as an entry point for mental health support for boys and young men. . Find out more.

**2. 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. **3. Strengthening prostate cancer care for Black men** One in six Black men in the US will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, compared to one in eight White men — and they're more likely to be diagnosed younger and face worse sexual health side effects after treatment.

Movember is partnering with ConDUC to co-design a new tool with clinicians and community health partners in the US that helps Black men and their doctors navigate these conversations together. Find out more. **4.

Life after divorce: 7 tips for men** Divorce brings a wave of contradictory emotions, and it's normal for them to stick around longer than you'd like. Movember mental health expert Dr. Steve Robertson shares seven practical ways for men to cope, from giving themselves time to grieve to leaning on old friends, plus advice for dads navigating co-parenting, backed by Movember’s Family Man program. Find out more.

**5. Why social connection matters after prostate cancer for Black men** **6. 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. **7. ****Building the evidence base for community-led men's health programs** Community organisations 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 organisations and prove what's working. Find out more. **8.

****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 organisations 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. **9. ****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.

**10. Closing the equity gap in prostate cancer care** Where you live and who you are still shapes the cancer care you get. In the US, Black men face greater stress and lower wellbeing after prostate cancer treatment than non-Hispanic White men.

Movember's $4,400,000 USD, 18-grant multi-year program includes three US recipients: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre’s CONNECT Study is examining social isolation and loneliness among Black men with prostate cancer in Houston, the University of California, San Francisco’s GUIDE PCa project is generating and evaluating health equity interventions in low socioeconomic areas of California, and a partnership with Mayo Clinic is delivering a nonclinical navigation program for Black men and their caregivers.

Find out more.