Nominees and winners
The National Men and Boys Awards 2023 was sponsored by Cadent Gas. The nominees and winners were.
Project of the Year – Nominees
Talk Club
Carers Resource
Paul Lavelle Foundation
WINNER: TALK CLUB.
The Awards panel were enormously impressed with the breadth and imagination of the Bristol-based charity’s success over the previous year, including operating around 40 ‘mental fitness’ clubs which all begin with the simple question, How Are You Out of 10?
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Campaigner of the year – Nominees
Nominees:
Professor Ben Hine
Dr Naomi Murphy
Andrew Pain
WINNER: ANDREW PAIN
Andrew’s accomplishments as an advocate for men’s mental health, for male victims of relationship violence and support through family breakdown and recovery are unrivalled. As a podcaster, activist and motivational speaker he has reached thousands of men with his compassion and wisdom.
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Diversity and Inclusion Award
Nominees:
Black Out UK
Nathaniel Oke
Helena Herklots CBE
WINNER: NATHANIEL OKE
The widely-acclaimed psychotherapist who has made tireless contributions to black men’s mental health through his own practice and charities such as The Everyman Project, Thought-Feeder and Talking Therapy Clinics. His work has focused on helping men recover from trauma and reduce violence in their lives.
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Award for Public Understanding
Nominees
Richard Reeves
The Man Hug Podcast
ITV Emmerdale & Andy’s Man Club
WINNER: ITV EMMERDALE & ANDY’S MAN CLUB
ITV’s long-running soap opera made an enormous contribution to public understanding of men’s issues in 2023 with their powerful plotline involving much-loved character Paddy, played by Dominic Brunt, addressed his suicidal feelings by attending a branch of Andy’s Man Club.
Lifetime Achievement Award:
WINNER: PROFESSOR JONATHAN WAXMAN
As world-renowned oncologist and academic expert on cancer, Professor Jonathan Waxman has made an incalculable professional contribution to saving men’s lives, but is as original founder of Prostate Cancer UK that he transcended clinical practice and academia to become one of the most important and influential figures in the history of Men’s Health. It was our enormous privilege to be able to award him the Lifetime Achievement Award, 2023.
