STAFF at train operator Northern joined forces to mark International Men’s Day yesterday.
Aiming to highlight the importance of physical and mental health check-ups, the team compared the regular maintenance checks on trains to men getting their own ‘MOTs’.
Northern is encouraging men to be more open when it comes to talking about their health and well-being.
Nick Donovan, Managing Director of Northern, said: “I applaud our male staff for speaking up on a topic that, for some reason, many men still feel uncomfortable talking about.
“The statistics around some of the health conditions raised in their video message are really tough to hear – particularly so because we know some of them are fuelled by a reluctance to seek help at the early stages of those conditions.”
As part of ‘Movember’, Northern has been organising one-to-one and group sessions on resilience for their male staff in partnership with the men’s mental health charity, CHAPS and the male suicide prevention charity, Andy’s Man Club.
Donovan added: “We’re grateful to our partners at CHAPS and Andy’s Man Club for their help in shining a spotlight on some of the biggest issues facing men in the UK today.”
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