This event will pull together stakeholders to look at what can be done to improve outcomes for men in Redcar and Cleveland, based on the experiences of work undertaken in Middlesbrough over the last 7 years. You will see men’s health data covering the Why question, see and hear from those doing work in this area now and take part directly in influencing and making decisions about how we take this area forward for Redcar and Cleveland. You will also hear about the South Tees Mens Health campaign called BoroManCan, which we are proposing a name change for to reflect the expansion of the campaign beyond its Middlesbrough roots.

The event is open to anyone who is a ‘stakeholder’ in men’s health in Redcar, whether an individual or representing an organisation, who feel they can offer support to start tackling the major inequalities men face in relation to their health. Sign up below and join us to help join the dots for men’s health in this wonderful area of Redcar and Cleveland.

The Men’s Health Forum have issued some very stark warnings about men’s health in the UK:

• On average, more than one in five men is still dying between the ages 16 and 65, and more than two in five before the age of 75 – with death rates amongst men in the poorest areas of the country being even worse.

• Men are still more likely to die of circulatory disease and cancer.

• 75% of premature deaths from coronary heart disease are male.

• Men have a 37% higher risk of dying from cancer and a 67% higher chance of dying from cancers that affect both men and women (Excluding breast cancer and those cancers that affect either women only or men only).

• 67% of men are overweight or obese.

• Middle-aged men are twice as likely to have diabetes as women – and twice as likely not to know they have diabetes.

• Four in five suicides are by men – suicide is the biggest cause of death for men under 35 and there has been a sharp increase in the rate among men aged 35-64.