Mel was a joint Founder Trustee with Jonathan Prince of the Blue Ribbon Foundation. Mel retired in 2016 and is now proud to be a Patron for the Blue Ribbon Foundation. He says “Whilst our charity’s objectives relate to all male health issues, my personal battle with prostate cancer was the driving force behind my determination to get men talking more openly about health. I cannot emphasise enough that doing this can be vital in the early detection and potentially successful treatment of many conditions”. He asks that men use the Foundation’s website as the first step in their own healthcare research, and stresses that whichever direction the information takes you, that you should always remain positive. He also stresses that Men will learn that in a majority of cases, the worry is worse than the actuality.