Kickstarter and beyond
22 May 2017

Kickstarter and beyond


Kickstarter…one of the more stressful experiences in my time at SBL, but also one of the more rewarding.

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A look at where we’ve come from and where we want to go
09 Apr 2017

A look at where we’ve come from and where we want to go


The impact has definitely been rewarding to see and here is a reminder of why we have to do this. However, we’ve only just scratched the surface. Being ManKind is now needed even more than it was needed when the idea was conceived.

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09 Apr 2017

Why we do this? The track & the film


Hello! So here is the film I’ve cut together for our mission at Being ManKind. We hope it gives you goosebumps and helps you see why we’re doing what we’re doing. This film would be nothing without the talent of spoken word artist – Emmanuel Speaks – he took a bunch of my rambling text messages […]

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05 Apr 2017

Building bridges


Last year, Jenny and I were in charge of an outreach drive to build a community of organisations and charities around our work. During this time, we were fortunate to meet Sam Calderwood, from The Good Lad Initiative. They have run workshops with over 1000 men from universities, schools and other institutions, empowering them to […]

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“Nasty women” and “toxic men”
28 Mar 2017

“Nasty women” and “toxic men”


Who ever would have thought what an emotive subject masculinity is? As Ed mentions in a recent blog, it’s often hard to know what you’re allowed to say out loud as a feminist man, without offending, patronising or incensing one person or another. Being ManKind Volume 1 and its continuing mission is led by two […]

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