Movember at Work 2026 — Workplace Activities, Ideas and Workshops for UK Teams

Movember falls across the whole month of November, with International Men’s Day inside it on 19 November. For UK employers, it’s the biggest annual men’s wellbeing moment — and increasingly, the moment organisations move beyond fundraising and moustaches into the workshop investment that actually shifts men’s mental health, prostate cancer awareness and suicide prevention capability. Specifically, this guide covers what Movember is, why workplaces should mark it properly, the workshops UK employers book most often, sample agendas and how to plan a November campaign that lands.

Also planning Men’s Health Week (June)?

Looking for the June moment, not November? Specifically, see our Men’s Health Month workplace ideas guide and ideas for Men’s Health Week for the June campaign run by the Men’s Health Forum.

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What is Movember?

Movember is run by the Movember Foundation, established in 2003 in Australia and now the world’s largest men’s health charity. Specifically, it runs throughout November each year, and is recognised in workplaces across the UK, Ireland, Europe, North America and Asia.

The campaign focuses on three core pillars of men’s health:

1. Mental health and suicide prevention — the most workplace-relevant pillar
2. Prostate cancer — early detection, awareness, the conversations men don’t have with their GPs
3. Testicular cancer — under-discussed but more common in younger men

Furthermore, the famous “Mo” (moustache) tradition is the visible cultural moment — men growing moustaches across November to raise awareness and funds. As a result, Movember has become the most recognisable men’s health campaign globally.

However, the campaign is much more than moustaches. Specifically, organisations that get genuine workplace value from Movember go beyond fundraising into workshop investment — building real capability across the three pillars.

If Movember is prompting a wider look at men’s mental health support in your organisation, our Men’s Wellbeing workshops run year-round — not just in November. Practical, evidence-based sessions covering the specific shape men’s mental health takes at work.

Why Movember matters at work — and why fundraising isn’t enough

The data on men’s wellbeing is sharp. Specifically:

• Suicide is the biggest cause of death in UK men under 50 — three-quarters of UK suicides are men
• One in eight men in the UK will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime
• Testicular cancer is the most common cancer in men aged 15-49
• Only 25% of men experiencing mental health symptoms talk to a healthcare professional — significantly less than women

Furthermore, in workplace contexts, men disclose less, take less mental health-related time off, and engage less with EAP services than women. As a result, men’s mental health at work is often invisible — until it’s a crisis.

The fundraising-only Movember problem. Specifically, the most common workplace approach to Movember is fundraising — moustache photos, donation drives, charity matching. Furthermore, while this raises money for the Movember Foundation (which is genuinely valuable), it rarely shifts behaviour or capability inside your own workforce. As a result, the gap between Movember awareness and Movember workplace investment is exactly where the meaningful change happens.

Specifically, the workplaces that get genuine value from Movember add workshop investment alongside fundraising — training managers, equipping the wider workforce with practical capability, and building the year-round culture where men feel able to talk.

Six ways to mark Movember at work

Six formats consistently land well with UK workforces. Specifically, our most thoughtful clients tend to combine two or three of these into a coherent November programme.

1. A Men’s Mental Health workshop

The single most-booked Movember workshop. Specifically, our Men’s Mental Health Workshop maps directly to Movember’s mental health pillar — covering male depression, anxiety, the cultural barriers that stop men talking, and the practical capability the wider workforce needs. As a result, it’s the natural workshop for organisations running a serious Movember campaign rather than just fundraising.

2. A Prostate Cancer Awareness workshop

Specifically, our Prostate Cancer Awareness Workshop maps directly to Movember’s prostate cancer pillar. Furthermore, this is the workshop most often booked alongside Men’s Mental Health to cover two of the three Movember pillars in one programme.

3. A panel discussion or fireside chat

For organisations wanting a more visible cultural moment, a panel discussion with senior male leaders, lived-experience voices and clinical specialists. Specifically, panels work particularly well when senior men share their own mental health experiences openly. As a result, employees feel permission to ask for support — and the wider culture shifts.

4. Leadership commitments

Specifically, the simplest and most powerful Movember activity: senior male leaders publicly commit to one behaviour they’ll model to support men’s mental health in the year ahead. Furthermore, examples might include sharing their own mental health experience, normalising EAP usage, or visibly using flexible working themselves. As a result, leadership behaviour shifts faster than any policy update.

5. A fundraising campaign — done well

The classic Movember tradition. Specifically, growing moustaches, matched giving, sponsored activities. However, this works best when combined with workshop investment rather than replacing it. As a result, fundraising raises money for the Movember Foundation while workshops shift capability inside your own workforce — both matter.

6. International Men’s Day (19 November) as the centrepiece

Specifically, IMD falls inside Movember and is often used as the day for the workshop investment. Furthermore, organisations marking both Movember and IMD often anchor the workshop session on 19 November itself — with Movember running as the broader month-long context.

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Most booked workshops for Movember

Specifically, four workshops do most of the heavy lifting for Movember and IMD bookings.

Men’s Mental Health Workshop

AUDIENCE: Whole-team or men-only cohort · Movember favourite · Mental health pillar
The signature 60 minute workshop on men’s mental health, the conversations men do and don’t have, and the cultural permissions that help. Specifically the most-booked Movember workshop.

Prostate Cancer awareness workshop

AUDIENCE: Whole-team · Movember pillar · Health awareness
Specifically maps to Movember’s prostate cancer pillar. Often booked alongside Men’s Mental Health for the combined Movember programme.

Men’s Midlife Health Workshop

AUDIENCE: Men 40-60 · Ageing workforce · Hormone health Built specifically for men in midlife. Specifically valuable for organisations with significant over-40 male workforces wanting to address the wider midlife transition alongside Movember mental health investment.

Suicide Awareness Workshop

AUDIENCE: Managers · Whole-team · Sensitive topic capability
Practical capability for recognising warning signs and having the safe conversation. Specifically powerful in the September-November autumn sequence given the male suicide statistics.

Browse the wider set

For the full men’s health workshop catalogue, see our Men’s Wellbeing hub.

How to plan a Movember campaign that actually works

Three principles separate Movember programmes that shift culture from those that just raise money.

1. Combine fundraising AND workshop investment

Specifically, fundraising raises money for the Movember Foundation; workshops shift capability inside your own workforce. As a result, the strongest Movember programmes do both — not one or the other.

2. Senior male leaders need to be visible

Specifically, senior men sharing their own mental health experiences or supporting men in their teams openly is the single biggest predictor of whether a Movember programme shifts workplace culture. Furthermore, if leadership isn’t visible, employees read it as “we tolerate this conversation but don’t really value it.”

3. Year-round follow-through, not just November

Specifically, Movember works best when it’s an annual reinforcement of a year-round commitment to men’s wellbeing. As a result, the workshops that stick are positioned as the visible peak of an ongoing programme — not standalone November sessions.

Furthermore, our Signature Wellbeing Programmes thread Movember into a year-round men’s wellbeing rhythm. As a result, November becomes one anchor in a coherent year, not a tick-box.

Beyond Movember: The year-round angle

Movember lands hardest when it’s part of an annual rhythm — not a standalone November moment. Specifically, the organisations that get the biggest impact treat Movember as one of three key moments:

• June — Men’s Health Week (lighter touch, broader men’s health themes)
• September — World Suicide Prevention Day (manager capability, particularly relevant given male suicide rates)
• November — Movember + International Men’s Day (the major men’s health investment moment)

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Furthermore, these three moments combined create a clear year-round men’s wellbeing rhythm. As a result, organisations with active men’s networks or ERGs increasingly anchor their men’s wellbeing programme around all three.

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MOVEMBER AT WORK: FAQs

Planning your Movember workshops and delivery

Next steps for your organisation

If you’re planning Movember 2026 and want help shaping the workshops:

• Book a 20-minute discovery call — no commitment, no pitch
• See our Men’s Mental Health workshop — the signature Movember workshop
• Browse our Men’s Wellbeing hub — the full men’s health workshop set
• See our autumn architecture — the wider awareness day calendar showing where Movember fits

Most-booked workshops for Movember 2026

Men’s Mental Health Workshop

AUDIENCE: Whole-team or men-only cohort · Movember favourite · Practical conversation skills The signature 60-90 minute workshop on men’s mental health, the conversations men do and don’t have, and the cultural permissions that help.

Prostate Cancer awareness workshop

AUDIENCE: Whole-team · Movember pillar · Practical health awareness

Specifically maps to Movember’s prostate cancer pillar. As a result, organisations running a serious Movember campaign often book this alongside Men’s Mental Health to cover two of the three Movember pillars in one programme.

Suicide Awareness Workshop

AUDIENCE: Managers · Sept-Nov sequence · Sensitive topic capability
The autumn September-November men’s health programme often anchors here in September before the November Movember push.