Mission accomplished
25 Mar 2017

Mission accomplished


“As a Being ManKind special agent your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to pass on your knowledge and make a positive change for yourself and others.” Over the course of eight weeks, Priya and I were on a mission to give the wonderful boys and girls of 6M at Uxendon Manor Primary […]

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2175 press-ups in one hour
23 Mar 2017

2175 press-ups in one hour


I’ve just got back from Uxendon Manor Primary with Priya and Jenny, who were doing the last session of their pilot lesson plans there with the children of 6M. I had been asked along as, apart from my story featuring as the basis of one of the lessons, as a pet project beyond my Being […]

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Why Being ManKind is about so much more than men
08 Mar 2017

Why Being ManKind is about so much more than men


International Women’s Day has never seemed so important in recent history. 2016 started as a promising year for gender equality. It could have seen the first female president of the United States, but instead spiralled into a maelstrom of hatred, ignorance and “alternative facts” from which President Donald Trump emerged with a mandate to undermine […]

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Off the Record
06 Mar 2017

Off the Record


You know that feeling when you have a great meeting and you feel excited as to where it might lead? Well, that happened to us on 1st February when we met the lovely Tiago Brandao from Off the Record, a fantastic charity which offers counselling and support services to young refugees and asylum seekers in […]

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New Horizons
28 Feb 2017

New Horizons


The Being A Man Festival 2016 was a wonderful opportunity to meet a diverse range of people, all forming a collective unit to address the challenges and pressures of masculine identity in the 21st century. On the last day of the event, we had the pleasure of speaking with two excited young visitors from the […]

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