The Blue Ribbon Foundation offers men’s health talks to organisations. Over the years, we have spoken to thousands of men about their health in an energetic, informative and sometimes humorous way. These sessions can be delivered free of charge if required.
From many building sites to Buckingham Palace, we have spoken to groups of men (and sometimes women) from ten to hundreds.
Subject matter covers most male areas of health starting with our studies of general male behaviours towards their own health. Topics covered include the major cancers, diabetes, weight, prostate, and mental health. Other subjects such as STD’s will be added on request. The time taken for the talk can vary from 30 minutes to over an hour.
In a recent talk to staff with 40 men viewing live and 240 the on-line recording at NatWest bank we received the following comments:
“Great Session Stacey, Come on boys”. “Excellent session”. “Some startling statistic already! A good session to raise awareness of the importance of EARLY INTERVENTION and a general overview to raise awareness of looking after yourself.”
Outcomes have been men visiting doctors, having company occupational health checks, or making personal changes.
Massive thank you to Jonathan Prince for delivering a talk on men’s health and wellbeing at Anglo American as part of our International Men’s Day celebrations. He tackled an important and challenging topic in an informative, light-hearted and engaging way. We’d recommend his talk to any organisations hoping to facilitate honest conversations about men’s health and wellbeing to support men in their workplace’
“Thank you for delivering and engaging, thought provoking talk on Men’s Health in Southampton. It was very encouraging to see so many young colleagues discussing sensitive and poignant health topics both during and after the event itself.”
“Great to highlight topics that are not always in the front of mind”
“Brilliant presentation – please do more of these to help reduce the stigma around men’s mental health.”
“Covered a wide area, and was educational”
“Not too formal but loads of great information was covered”
“Thank you to Jonathan Prince for delivering a fantastic session today for colleagues at Department for Education on the importance of Men’s Health & Wellbeing. Not only was it extremely informative, but it was delivered in an energetic and at times humorous way. A quick feedback poll after the session, found that 91% of colleagues rated Jonathan’s session a 5/5 stars. We hope this session will encourage our colleagues to continue the conversation of men’s health and help to combat the stigma.”
“Many thanks again for delivering your talk to our students. It was very well received and I have had a lot of positive feedback from the students, who felt that you pitched the tone exactly right and who now feel more confident about themselves and in general. They also learned a great deal which has given them a lot to think about. Thank you so much!”
PERSON 1: It was REALLY informative and a wonderful session - some of the statistics were shocking! ... and the stats on hydration made me go get a glass of water from the kitchen immediately! Really good session, thank you SO much to the men's health team for setting this up and to Jonathan for hosting!
PERSON 2: Jonathan's talk as part of Men's Health awareness was informative and engaging; so much so that the 160+ team members that joined the online talk didn't drop off for the entirety of the call - probably due to Jonathan's delivery of the content; lead with humour, genuine care and the seriousness needed to take real action in our day to day lives. Highly recommend!
PERSON 3: Absolutely thrilled with Jonathan’s delivery of the male health webinar to our staff. He managed to touch on so many different aspects of men’s health in a way that raised awareness about important topics and kept people engage in the presentation. A great mix of statistics, real life examples and humour made the session thoroughly enjoyable and our teams all the left session very grateful for have taken part in it. Cannot recommend Jonathan highly enough and I really look forward to working with him again in the future.
PERSON 4: I thought it was absolutely brilliant. Jonathan had such a nice way about him, got such an important message across, delivered so much information, but not in a way that felt rushed or overwhelming. I am so glad I joined, as I truly think it’s important us women are aware of men’s health and the risks too. I am going to share what I learnt with both my dad and my boyfriend, because some the statistics I was genuinely shocked at and had no idea. It’s nice that although focusing on men, it touched on women too. Some of the things about sweeteners and sugars, some things did apply to both genders and had me thinking about my health! I have also received some feedback from others in my team about how informative it was, we were genuinely all shocked with some of the statistics, but sometimes you need to be shocked to understand the severity and get the message into your head. Overall a really great session! I learnt so much and would absolutely love to be able to sit in another one, it really was a pleasure.
“On behalf of the entire Morgan Sindall project here at Pudding Mill Lane can I thank you for your time and informative sessions on the 13th. They were very well received and I thought they provided a great platform on which to launch our week long Safety & Health campaign. I’ve had a number of people approach me and comment on how good it was, and that was only the people that made the effort to comment, and I am sure that you managed to reach many more. I was in one of the welfare cabins the following day and overheard a number of guys (as they do) laughing and joking about rectal examinations! I’d like to think that is a direct result of raising these health concerns, but who knows.”
We had some good feedback on the session both at the time it went out and following once people had the chance to view
C240 views of the recording on our internal site, which was excellent and dove tails nicely with the c40 people that watched it live..
Most of the feedback was verbal, but there were a handful of comments left on the internal site:
“Great Session Stacey, Come on boys”
“Excellent session”
“Some startling statistic already! A good session to raise awareness of the importance of EARLY INTERVENTION and a general overview to raise awareness of looking after yourself.”
Overall a very successful session!
“Jonathan was great, really engaging, talking about interesting and important men’s health topics. Extremely thought provoking, he got us thinking about our own health and of others. Thank you Jonathan!”
~ Neal’s Yard Remedies
At Network Rail we were so pleased than Jonathan Prince MBE, co-founder of the Blue Ribbon Foundation, was able to open Men’s Heath awareness month – Movember – for us at a special event on 1st November.
It was fantastic how Jonathan talked so openly about male health topics and body parts that we are too often embarrassed to speak about openly. It’s great to normalise discussions around health and wellbeing. And I have every confidence that every time Blue Ribbon presents on it’s amazing work, explaining why men don’t do health as well as women, that a life is saved and a life is changed for the better too.
A massive thank you to Jonathan and to the whole Blue Ribbon Foundation team”
John Sidebotham, Programme Management and Wellbeing Lead, Intelligent Infrastructure Programme, Route Services.
“Thank you for providing an informative, thought provoking and humorous presentation on men’s health at OPG to mark International Men’s Day. Those attending came away with a greater awareness of how lifestyle can impact on health later in life, the importance of looking after themselves and others and how early detection and intervention can save lives.
Informative, interesting, humorous but with a serous message, importance of looking after your health, understand what to look out for, well presented, factual, honest, thought provoking.”
“Progress has always been committed to the physical, mental and financial wellbeing of its people even before the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2021, we invited the British Pink and Blue Ribbon Foundations to join our EMEA Well-Being Vibes Week, entirely designed according to our employees’ preferences, to raise awareness about breast cancer, male specific cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. The sessions the Foundation conducted were focused on how to spot the symptoms, what treatment is needed and what to do to prevent them in the first place. The feedback has been positive, with participants saying that these sessions were informative and reminded them of the importance of regular checkups. We’re happy that British Pink Ribbon Foundation and Blue Ribbon Foundation were part of our EMEA Well-Being Vibes Week.”
“Hi Jonathan
We found it insightful thanks. Lots of information to take in.
I think the more casual approach is suited to our office as we’re all in advertising as you saw.”
"Just a quick note to say a HUGE thank you for the men’s health presentation conducted at Quantum Advisory as part of their Health and Wellbeing programme. You covered a lot of ground in the time given and I believe raised awareness of the key issues facing the male workforce, with good advice on preventative measures, early detection and statistics.”
Tony Tatoli, Venator’s Global HR Lead said: “A really great and thought provoking session. I would encourage everyone to think about their own awareness of their health and wellbeing and of others.”
"Thank you for such an informative session. The statistics provided, encouraged me to speak to the important men in my life about various aspects of their health and well-being. Much of the information was relatable to women and has made me think more about my lifestyle and what I could be doing to make changes and improve."
“Awakening info, thank you, we need to be more aware of all this!”
“As a mum of two boys, and wife to a husband, this equips me with super useful info”
“Important issues and great they are being highlighted”
“Really interesting information on how to approach these conversations with a partner and what signs to look for”
“Thank you – excellent session”
“Amazing session”
“Very informative and helpful session”
“Very useful and thought provoking”