Men on Show

Adam Smith is a founder and co-director of the visionary, multi-award-winning, global initiative: The Real Junk Food Project (TRJFP). Set up in December 2013, to revolutionise the disposal of avoidable food waste into landfill, the pioneering movement's manifesto is to: feed bellies, not bins.  Adam has received numerous plaudits and awards from organisations ranging from NESTA to The Observe...

Scott Johnson founded the proper blokes club a very simply action step: he started going for some walks! He took videos of himself walking in his favourite spots, talking about some of the mental health challenges he faced and simply asked if anyone else was also struggling and would they like to join him? Only one person showed up for his inaugural group walk but fast forward to today, he has a s...

I’m delighted to welcome Dr Alex Blower to Men on Show. Currently based at Arts University Bournemouth working as a researcher and professional in widening access to Higher Education for the last decade, Alex writes regularly for national and international publications, with a focus on increasing university participation with groups who are at the sharp end of educational inequality. Alongside his...

Steven Dowd committed to get fit and registered for a charity cycling event. He bought a bike, started training and one idyllic June morning in 2016, he left his home to meet a friend for the daily commute on his bike, but he never arrived... a horrific life-changing accident, a broken neck, total paralysis and a bleak future. Against the odds, Steven fought back and now raises money for charities...

Frostbite in Alaska Appendicitis in Greenland Near Drowning in Borneo Rope Failure in the Kumbu Reported missing in Annapurna   Would you go climbing with this man..???   Some people call him brave, some call him mad.  To face the thin air at high altitude takes a bit of both, but to Nigel Vardy, there is nothing like being on a high mountain.  Losing limbs to severe frostbite would put off all bu...

Mark Brooks OBE has been campaigning in the field of men and boys’ health, wellbeing and inclusion for twenty years. He is the Chair of trustees for the ManKind Initiative charity for male victims of domestic abuse, a co-founding trustee of the Men and Boys Coalition charity and a national ambassador for International Men’s Day UK. He is also the policy adviser of the All Party-Parliamentary Group...

Following the murder of his son in 1995, Azim Khamisa founded the Tariq Khamisa Foundation (TKF.org), which started a subsequent forgiveness movement that has reached millions globally. He is now leading the effort to inspire world peace through the practice of Forgiveness. A dream he has had for over 12 years and now becoming a reality with the awesome team featured on the website.   He has recei...

In January 2018, Keith Fraser was appointed as a member of the Youth Justice Board, then in April 2020 He was appointed by the lord Chancellor as Chair of the Youth Justice. Keith is also the Non-Executive Director/Trustee at The Work Force Development Trust Limited, previously an Advisor for the National Police Chiefs Council Digital Engagement Project for Young People, a patron for Employability...

Suicide is the biggest killer of people under 35, 75% of those cases are men. The biggest risk to people in this age group is not cancer, not accidents, not heart disease, not diabetes - it's themselves. Steve Phillip – a successful speaker and consultant, historically on social media and marketing, but who on December 4th, 2019, received the phone call that is every parent’s worst nightmare,...

Patrick Nyarumbu is the Deputy CEO and Executive Director of Strategy, People and Partnerships for Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust. He has an MBE for his services to nursing, and is chair of the Jabali Network, supporting African, Asian and Caribbean, senior male nurses. Patrick is passionate about mentoring the next generation of nurses and talks openly about his journey in...