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OBE. Doctor of Letters. Chair - ManKind Initiative. Trustee - Men and Boys Coalition. International Men's Day UK Ambassador. Men's Policy/Comms. Views Own

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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
5 years
Brilliant read; Boris is serious about a deal, but the Brussels Eurocrats still want to punish the British ‘deserters’' | via @telegraph
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
4 years
Great news - I have campaigned for ten years for refuge places for male victims of domestic abuse in London - it worked!!
@ManKindInit
ManKind Initiative
4 years
Very proud moment for us as we've led the campaign for a decade to get refuge places in London for male victims of domestic abuse - it has now happened. Thank you to those who've supported especially the @LDNVictimsComm and @unmeshdesai . @MOPACLdn @VictimSupport @Nacro @Shelter
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
10 months
Thank you to everyone supporting #InternationalMensDay today! My 14th year on the campaign. See below on how to get involved. Happy International Men’s Day to all men and boys across the UK, and, to all those wonderful women and girls who support them.
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
3 years
Very concerning report. One thing amongst many that stands out is all 30 teenage stabbing homicide victims were young men, yet it is not said. Why is this basic fact erased. Is it because they are young men? @BBCNews @BBCLondonNews @_JennyMcKiernan
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
3 years
This is a disgraceful image and "debate" (even if "satirical") at the best of times by @UCDLawSociety (from the university that educates Ireland's judges!) but given all Ukrainian men (16-60) right now are forced to fight Putin, it is even worse! #readtheroom @rte
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
6 months
I was pleased to be able to join domestic abuse survivor, Richard Spencer, this morning on @BBCBreakfast in Manchester to explain how men can get help. His documentary is on @channel5_tv tonight at 10 called My Wife, My Abuser: The Secret Footage #MenYouAreNotAlone
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
1 year
This is the most wonderful thing I have seen in a long time. What great guys and is another great example of grassroots male support groups, being created by men, on men's terms, in men's language and in male spaces. Cheers to The Grieving Pint.
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
5 years
A big thank you to the @5_News team for inviting the brilliant @DrLizBates and I on tonight and for the great research. Really important to highlight male victims of coercive and controlling behaviour #CoerciveControl @ManKindInit
@5_News
Channel 5 News
5 years
“Non-physical forms of abuse are some of the most prevalent types that you see in relationships – and that’s for men and women.” A 5 News investigation reveals that more than one in 10 of those experiencing coercive control are men. @DrLizBates | @ManKindInit | @BelvedereBrooks
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
6 years
Thank you to everyone who has supported me down the years (especially my wife, @BelvedereFeeBee ) and more importantly, the @ManKindInit and anyone who is a victim of domestic abuse of all genders. Here is my statement:
@ManKindInit
ManKind Initiative
6 years
Congratulations to our Chair, Mark Brooks @BelvedereBrooks , for being awarded an OBE for services to male victims of domestic abuse. He pays tribute to the charity's staff, volunteers, fundraisers, donors, survivors and victims here:
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
1 year
@MindCharity This is very unhelpful/wrong. Are you saying @dele_official was "unreal" until he spoke out? There are many reasons why men don't ask for help/ talk - calling them unreal if they don't is one. Sad such a lack of understanding of the male barriers from a mental health charity.
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
2 years
Yesterday was UK's biggest equalities date for men ( #internationalmensday ). Hundreds of UK organisations and tens of thousands of people publicly supporting it. Noticeably @EHRC chose not to. Presume deliberate? I feel a public explanation is needed.  @EHRCChair @David_Goodhart
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
7 years
Good for him. via @MailOnline
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
22 days
I still cannot get my head round why @RishiSunak called the General Election when he did.
@faisalislam
Faisal Islam
22 days
G7 comparison, first two quarters 2024 Q2, (Q1) 🇬🇧 : 0.6% (0.7) 🇺🇸 : 0.7% (0.4) 🇨🇦 : 0.4? (0.4) [€🇪🇺 +0.3% (0.3)] 🇫🇷 : +0.3% (0.3) 🇮🇹 : 0.2 (0.3) 🇯🇵 0.7 (-0.5) 🇩🇪 : 0.2% (-0.1) (latest Canada number not yet released - used Bank of Canada forecast)
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
4 years
@LordAshcroft Surely not @BethRigby - the most cringeworthy questions ever Not yet trumped by @paulwaugh question that construction workers are still working because of donations to the Tories. Thing is, millions of people are watching these questions and despairing at their childishness.
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
2 years
Are you going to conduct the same analysis for men?
@HealthFdn
The Health Foundation
2 years
NEW: Our analysis shows that life expectancy for women living in the poorest 10% of areas in England is lower than overall life expectancy in any OECD country, except for Mexico. Read our analysis: And coverage in @guardian
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
6 years
Thank you to everyone for their kind words today - it is all for the @ManKindInit staff, fellow trustees, volunteers, donors, fundraisers, supporters and anyone who supports anyone who is a victim of domestic abuse of all genders.
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
3 years
Reflecting overnight. There is a big problem with suicide amongst male students including in Ireland. So if you are a male student with suicidal thoughts at @ucddublin - what does @UCDLawSociety think will happen when he sees this poster? @SamaritansIRL @MensAidIreland
@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
3 years
This is a disgraceful image and "debate" (even if "satirical") at the best of times by @UCDLawSociety (from the university that educates Ireland's judges!) but given all Ukrainian men (16-60) right now are forced to fight Putin, it is even worse! #readtheroom @rte
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
11 months
Brilliant help from @GeoffNorcott . One charity bid to the National Lottery to set up a website doing exactly this for men but @tnluk @TNLComFund turned them down and said the 'so-called' Men and Boys Health and Wellbeing sector did not exist. That is what we are up against.
@GeoffNorcott
Geoff Norcott
11 months
I’ve been contacted by so many people doing great work around Men’s mental health & suicide locally. If you’re having a tough time, google ‘mens mental health near me’ - you should find something reasonably nearby. Tag anyone doing great work in the comments & I’ll give a shout
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
5 years
Hey @Gillette - this is the type of advert you should have produced about how great men are rather than the wretched anti-male one you produced earlier this year. #MenWeAreWithYou v #BeTheBestAManCanBe
@ProstateUK
Prostate Cancer UK
5 years
One man dies every 45 minutes from prostate cancer. We think they're worth saving. Do you? Share our new advert and stand with us in saying #MenWeAreWithYou
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Mark Brooks
4 years
50 today. Surprised I ever made it this far!!
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
10 months
Bizarre and dangerous trolling at its worst. Clearly libellous as well. @ProfHine has never said that - he has always been about safe contact and that clearly does not include rapists/abusive parents. Obviously written because Ben is highly credible and some don't like that.
@Right2Equality
Right to Equality
10 months
Disappointing to see a professional supporting a presumption of child contact with a rapist or abusive parent. This is dangerous.
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
2 years
@MayorofLondon While Londoners face an increased cost of living you are personally imposing the #ULEZ charge on working class families in outer London.
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
5 years
Happy #InternationalMensDay #InternationalMensDay2019 to all the men and boys across the UK - and to all the women and girls that care about them. There are wonderful charities supporting men and 100+ organisations marking the Day. Find out more at
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
4 years
Be very interested in views of new commissioners on why @EHRC purposely chose to ignore #InternationalMensDay when whole country got behind it (195k tweets, 150+ events, PM endorsement etc) and its focus on wellbeing and equality. @jessbutcher @David_Goodhart @sumeithompson1
@MBCoalition
Men & Boys Coalition
4 years
#InternationalMensDay was a huge success -- the day was marked with massive popular, positive support: 95k tweets, big support from the public, companies, charities, politicians & beyond. Despite this, @EHRC @EHRCWales @EHRCScotland chose to ignore it. They need to explain why.
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
2 years
This is hugely worrying. Just been to an excellent speech on male suicide by @sajidjavid @DHSCgovuk @GillianKeegan where the vital work of @TheLionsBarbers was referenced. Why are funders not stepping up? Very concerning - they need to.
@HeresTommy
𝕿𝖔𝖒 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖒𝖆𝖓
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Just had more funding applications fall through. Still a bit desperate here, if anyone knows of anyone who would like to help support @TheLionsBarbers or interested in our offerings please do get in touch.
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
5 years
A life long ambition achieved yesterday - giving evidence at a Select Committee on behalf of @ManKindInit @MBCoalition - at the @Commonswomequ inquiry into the Mental Health of Men and Boys! Great support and wise words from top guy @mrmadrigal as well!!
@ManKindInit
ManKind Initiative
5 years
Really proud moment for us yesterday as it was the first time we have been able to speak up for male victims of domestic abuse at a Select Committee @Commonswomequ at their vitally important inquiry on the Mental Health of Men and Boys. Watch here:
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
2 years
Always intrigued by headlines like this by @BBCNews because I wonder if the fact that it was twice as many women had died due to alcohol and in record numbers, whether this would be in the headline and higher up in the editorial?
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
6 months
Landmark morning tomorrow in Parliament for men's health and inclusion. 9.30:Boys' Education debate in Westminster Hall ( @NickFletcherMP ) 10.00: @CommonsHealth evidence session on men's health with @TheKingsFund @fatherhoodinst Visit @APPGMenBoys
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
3 years
Great day supporting top man @louie_french on the campaign trail in Old Bexley and Sidcup. Met lots of great colleagues including @kvmarthur who came down from Yorkshire!
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
3 years
@NickFletcherMP It is clear what @NickFletcherMP Nick Fletcher meant and this is it. Rather than looking for soundbites or taking things out context it would help if many of the keyboard warriors would read his whole speech and perhaps reflect on their views about men and boys wellbeing.
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
3 years
Great to start today with an interview on @GMB about increase in calls from male victims of domestic abuse during the pandemic. I was representing the charity I chair @ManKindInit . Good Morning Britain produced a great feature too:
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
7 years
More very very serious questions need to be answered by @metpoliceuk @cpsuk about their approach and whether they do view "convictions as sales targets" rather ensuring justice is being served. via @MailOnline
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
6 years
A brilliant evening with @DavidEvennett @PennyMordaunt @ShaunBaileyUK @GarethBaconAM @BexleyheathTory talking about the issues that matter to the people of Bexleyheath & Crayford, all Londoners and our whole country.
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
1 year
Looking forward to chairing the Men's Health Programme on Day 1 of the annual Health and Wellbeing at Work conference. The first time there has been a such a programme which shows how important an issue it has become. @HWatWork #HealthAtWork2023 #HWW2023 #HWATwork
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Mark Brooks
5 years
Pleased to see so many important recommendations from @Commonswomequ on the mental health of men and boys. Proud to be quoted on the need for a National Men's Health Strategy - hope the new Government listens and agrees! @mankindinit @MBCoalition :
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
2 years
@MayorofLondon What about from August where working class families in Outer London will have to pay £12.50 to drive their cars unless they comply with your #ULEZ working class stealth tax. Feed their kids or pay Khan's #ULEZ tax. That is all down to you. Will you be tweeting that? @SadiqKhan
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
4 years
Hope those wonderful dads out there have a fab #FathersDay - never more so than now is it vital that we support you in all the great things you do.
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
5 years
Twice in a row that the plight of white working class boys in our education system has been raised in PMQs. It is time that we see serious thought, policy and action on this. It has been purposely ignored for far too long.
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
7 years
Another example of the constant drip drip drip demonising men for being born men. Beyond awful.
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
3 years
As many of you know I am part of the #InternationalMensDay team! There are lots of great events happening today and tomorrow plus you can get involved too. Lots of information, event lists, social media graphics/logos etc available on
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
6 years
Very proud to have been part of the team working on this landmark moment - huge thanks to @mrmadrigal @drbahine @AllyFogg @MBCoalition @DrLizBates @SurvivorsMcr @mankindinit @MankindCharity and so many more. We hope the Govt listens to the wise inclusive words of @VictimsComm
@VictimsComm
Victims' Commissioner for England & Wales
6 years
VC wants to see the introduction of an ‘Ending Intimate Violence Against Men and Boys’ strategy in recognition that male victims need support too. What do you think? #domesticabuse #VAWG @ManKindInit
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
6 years
Vitally important to listen to this and frightening in its impact on boys - the phrase #ToxicMasculinity demeans and damages all boys - and boys and girls are saying it - anyone using it should be ashamed of themselves #OurBoysAsWell
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
5 years
Just noticed the Government Equalities Office has changed its Twitter handle to @GEOgovuk when previously it was @womenEqualities which clearly showed a non-inclusive approach (before then it was @Govt_Equality ) - a new Govt now taking a more inclusive approach? - I hope so!
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
1 year
Results days are frustrating with respect to imagery. Boys are behind girls at every education stage so need to feel inspired/included in success. The @BBCNews #alevels2023 lead has no young men in it. Poor. @TheTinMenBlog @RichardvReeves @ChrisWillx
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
5 years
@BackBoris #BackBoris - I have cast my vote! Those who have a vote - please cast your vote to deliver this 👇
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
2 years
As I said on @BBCSouthNews yesterday - the Government @luhc has provided a lot of money to support to councils to provide safe accommodation for domestic abuse victims including men, so there can be no excuse for not doing so.
@ManKindInit
ManKind Initiative
2 years
Really important to hold councils to account when it comes to failing to provide safe accommodation to male victims and their children. They have been given extra government money so no excuse. See clip here at start (disappears later):
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Mark Brooks
3 years
Thoughts with Sasha Attwood on this. What is also interesting is how counter-narrative it is because all the focus on healthy relationships and respect in schools is focussed on boys, when here it is teenage girls are the ones trolling her.
@SkyNews
Sky News
3 years
Sasha Attwood said it is "really sad" teenagers as young as 13 thought it was acceptable to send abuse online
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
7 years
How about @mentalhealth calling for the same for men and boys especially as they make up three of every four suicides? Why do organisations like this only care about half of the population? #unconsciousbias
@mentalhealth
Mental Health Foundation
7 years
Our new report calls for an urgent return for services specifically aimed at young women and girls:
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Mark Brooks
5 years
That's why I #BackBoris
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Mark Brooks
7 years
The amount of toxic men hatred which has become an acceptable meme is truly shocking.
@MartinDaubney
Martin Daubney 🇬🇧
7 years
Women, you want men to treat you better? Don't write patronising listicles that compare us to rapists >
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
5 years
Really pleased to have helped put this together with @DrLizBates @ManKindInit and thank you to all those brave men who came forward.
@ManKindInit
ManKind Initiative
5 years
Thank you to everyone who took part. It makes such a difference in helping other men realise they are not the only one in world this is happening to and it changes societal/public perception. @DrLizBates via @Femail
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Mark Brooks
7 years
My first ever piece for @telegraphmen on this vital issue - comments as ever welcome!
@TelegraphMen
Telegraph Men
7 years
Finally, our policy-makers are waking up to the plight of male domestic abuse victims
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
7 years
For all those swallowing the line about boys education and A-levels should read this. Nothing has changed
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
6 years
Thank you to Toby for a very nice write up. 414 men called the police in my borough stating they were a victim of domestic abuse
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
7 months
Great day supporting @CharlieJSDavis in Chislehurst for the general election and @Councillorsuzie for the London Mayor election. Lots of great Conservative support and a real dislike for Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon . Great to be out with @RicHolden - @DavidEvennettMP @neill_bob
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
7 years
This is a really important article about male suicide, please read and share @poornabell
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Mark Brooks
5 years
Very proud to have been part of the team that put this together. This decade has to be more inclusive where we provide far better support and focus on the wellbeing of men and boys - education, (mental) health, fatherhood, homelessnes, intimate violence and more.👇
@MBCoalition
Men & Boys Coalition
5 years
A more inclusive decade: 10 policies to better support the well-being of men and boys in the UK. We've asked Minister for Women and Equalities @liztruss via @GEOgovUK for 10 policy measures for the new Government to support men and boys. Here they are:
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Mark Brooks
5 years
Thank you to the all my Twitter friends who supported me and wished me luck (including those who are not Conservatives!). Sadly it was not to be once more. All the best, Mark
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
7 years
60,000 fewer boys go to university than girls every year. Does anyone care?
@MartinDaubney
Martin Daubney 🇬🇧
7 years
Women born today 75% more likely to attend Uni than men. So how do we "achieve greater equity?" Make existing degrees easier for women 🤔
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Mark Brooks
5 years
Great to be out supporting @BorisJohnson @DavidEvennett @ShaunBaileyUK @GarethBaconAM this morning in Bexleyheath - large number of colleagues out spreading positivity about job growth, Brexit and extra police officers!
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
7 years
There is clear proof men get harsher sentences than women for the same crime, so this will be a real test case.
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Mark Brooks
5 years
Absolutely true - those who use this term #ToxicMasculinity make vulnerable men even more vulnerable.
@JamesWongUK
James Wong
5 years
“Only thing toxic about toxic masculinity are those that use it to (further) demonise a gender” thanks Mark Brooks @ManKindInit . #MalePsychologyConference2019
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Mark Brooks
7 years
Fascinating and saddening insight into institutional and media hypocrisy on how gender is redacted when men are the predominant victims (85% of rough sleepers are male). If it was the other way round gender would be the lead headline.
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
5 years
Very proud to be co-chairing this conference today with top man Paul Chivers today! @maledomesticabuseconf
@ManKindInit
ManKind Initiative
5 years
All set for our conference in Bristol in supporting male victims of domestic abuse. 100 professionals are coming to hear from survivors, @drbahine @DrLizBates @marilynselwood1 @UKSAYSNOMORE @NorthantsDAS @BelvedereBrooks and Nicola Graham-Kevan #maledomesticabuseconf
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Mark Brooks
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Pleased to have supported Alex Skeel today on @bbc5live and his call for more male victims of domestic abuse to come forward. We're all on your side! @ManKindInit
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Mark Brooks
7 years
Does anyone in @educationgovuk @WomenEqualities @halfon4harlowMP care about this or are we as a country going to continue to do nothing?
@MartinDaubney
Martin Daubney 🇬🇧
7 years
Worst performers of all are white, working class boys. Boys behind at every level. We need a gendered solution @MBCoalition >>
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
3 months
I would like to pay tribute to my great friend Sir David Evennett MP. A true Conservative, a champion for our community and a great man. He has given so much to Bexleyheath and Crayford, our country and the Conservative Party. I wish him all the best for the future.
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Sir David Evennett
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Mark Brooks
5 years
Proud to have an opinion piece in the @yorkshirepost today on behalf of @ManKindInit supporting the @cpsuk and male victims of domestic abuse.
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
2 years
Great news @trussliz has taken a broader more inclusive and less divisive view of inequality given huge disparity in suicide rates, covid deaths, exam results, work deaths and rough sleeping stats between men and women. #nadhimzahawi @nadhimzahawi will do a brilliant job for all.
@guardian
The Guardian
2 years
Disappointment over Liz Truss decision not to appoint minister for women
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
11 months
It is very concerning that @EduPolicyInst fail to acknowledge gender when it comes to disadvantage when boys are behind girls at every stage of education. Over 300k young men are unemployed is the outcome. How can we help them, when they are made invisible? @EDSKthinktank
@EduPolicyInst
Education Policy Institute
11 months
🚨EPI Annual Report 2023🚨 We've published the first instalment of our Annual Report on the state of education in England, focusing on the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers up to the end of secondary school. Read it in full ⬇
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
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Great day - keynote speaker at #MalePsychologyConference2019 , reminding people that the only thing toxic about #ToxicMasculinity are those who use it to demonise a whole gender. Plus found this @ChameleonsVband album in Soho's @SisterRayStore . Been wanting it for ages!!
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Mark Brooks
3 years
I was pleased to help deliver leaflets in memory of James Brokenshire on Saturday with @ElizabethTurp14 in Old Bexley and Sidcup #oldbexleyandsidcup
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Mark Brooks
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Please do support the great man @andrewpain1974 - he is raising funds for the domestic abuse charity for men that I chair @ManKindInit . all funds raised are ringfenced by the trustees to go straight to running our helpline. Thank you!
@andrewpain1974
Andrew Pain
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20/07 ... I'm jumping out of a plane to support the work of Mankind Initiative, whose confidential helplines, assist over 2500 male victims of domestic abuse each year. Would be honoured if you felt able to sponsor me! #domesticabuse #DomesticViolence
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Mark Brooks
4 years
My thoughts on #InternationalMensDay and why we must do more as Conservatives to support men and boys' wellbeing.
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Mark Brooks
3 years
@MensAidIreland @UCDLawSociety @rte If there is no answer perhaps someone in charge @ucddublin could get in touch to talk about this "debate" that @UCDLawSociety are holding.
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
8 years
This is both sexist and reinforces the exclusion of boys from university. Staggeringly offensive.
@MartinDaubney
Martin Daubney 🇬🇧
8 years
£500k to help girls - education's most privileged class - get degrees. Meanwhile £0 for poor white boys
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
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I am backing @pritipatel to be the next Conservative Party Leader. A true Conservative, good friend and a real leader. Sign up to find out more here:
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Mark Brooks
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@EyeisBloke @UCDLawSociety @rte Must be. Was on Instagram an hour ago. Had 82 likes before it went off...82...think about that.
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
6 years
Been hectic day - 11 radio interviews (including hour on @bbc5live ) and TV on @VictoriaLIVE - clip below!
@VictoriaLIVE
Victoria Derbyshire
6 years
A ‘doubling of domestic abuse victims’ may not be a surprise. But new figures detail the extent of how men are also victims. ‘Leon’ tells us what it’s like to suffer at the hands of a violent and abusive woman. #VictoriaLIVE
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
5 years
A real honour tomorrow to be giving evidence at the Legislative Council on the Isle of Man @Twnwaldinfo
@tynwaldinfo
Tynwald - the parliament of the Isle of Man
5 years
Domestic Abuse Bill 2019: experts to appear before the Legislative Council | @rachelhorman @WRSolicitors @ManKindInit
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
8 months
It'd be very useful for @CambPressAssess and report author Matthew Carroll and Tim Oates to respond. Important to understand the thinking in how they turned their own research showing problems affecting young men into a narrative that the problem primarily affects young women.
@MBCoalition
Men & Boys Coalition
8 months
This horrifying article is an astonishing, deeply depressing, downright shameful illustration of the challenges we still face in trying to get the educational establishment to understand & take seriously the national crisis in boys' educational underachievement. 1/6 🧵
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
4 years
Thank you to Ben Bradley @BBradley_Mans for opening #InternationalMensDay debate in HoC today talking about suicide, boys education, prostate cancer and fatherhood. Ironic debate before was on online harms given the sad toxic and shameful abuse he is getting on Twitter.
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
8 months
A real honour and responsibility to speak at @CommonsHealth today on men's health for @MBCoalition (with great support from colleagues) - great contributions from @mpntod @MensHealthForum plus @MovemberUK @ProstateUK - hopefully it will help to get us a men's health strategy!
@MBCoalition
Men & Boys Coalition
8 months
Superb expert evidence provided to the Commons Health & Social Care Committee Enquiry on Men's Health this morning from our co-founder & Trustee @BelvedereBrooks alongside our friends at @MensHealthForum @MovemberUK and @ProstateUK
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
4 years
Was a real honour to be on BBC World at One yesterday! @ManKindInit
@ManKindInit
ManKind Initiative
4 years
On Thursday, @BBCWorldatOne covered male victims of domestic abuse and interviewed Tony alongside our Chair @Belvederebrooks - it was a very positive interview and allowed us to talk about the need for a more inclusive 21st century approach (starts 27.50).
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
6 years
Been busy yesterday - on @BBCRADIOKENT talking about the male midlife "crisis" and later today on @BBCRadioLondon about male victims of domestic abuse @ManKindInit
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
4 years
How International Men’s Day became a counter-culture success story
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
2 years
Please do take part and share - these are great awards. Nominations sought!
@MBCoalition
Men & Boys Coalition
2 years
NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR NATIONAL MEN AND BOYS AWARDS 2022! Celebrating excellence and exceptional achievement in the promotion of care, compassion and social change for men and boys in the UK. Nominations close Friday September 30th. Full details here:
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
5 years
Brilliant news indeed and definitely pleased Dan is taking the organisation forward. Proud to be a #Trustee of @MBCoalition with such great people and members!
@MrMadrigalOBE
Duncan Craig OBE
5 years
I’m so proud to be a #Trustee of @MBCoalition with this man now at the helm! Huge congratulations Dan, I know you are going to drive this amazing organisation forward #MenToo
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
3 years
My take on last night's #LoveIsland
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
5 years
At @AllStsBelvedere this morning for their Remembrance Sunday Service - the whole community is here. Standing room only. Wonderful. #RemembranceSunday
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
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My (kind of...) weekly LinkedIn post policy/comms issues facing men and boys in the UK, covers the narrative erasure by the @ChildrensComm that 95% of child strip searches were on boys. No wonder some boys/young men think no one cares about them! @NSPCC
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
5 years
A real honour to be speaking alongside such prestigious people at the @MalePsychology conference tomorrow and meeting great friends today!
@ManKindInit
ManKind Initiative
5 years
Looking forward to the brilliant two day @MalePsychology conference today. Great speakers @JackieDP @DHSCgovuk @SeagerMJ @DrLizBates @drbahine @EricAndersonPhD @MartinDaubney + more and lots of great friends of our charity!
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Mark Brooks
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Always an honour supporting male survivors of domestic abuse including the opportunity to appear on TV. On Friday, this @loosewomen interview was broadcast with Richard, Rob and Vernon Kay. I think I need to grow a bit more though! @ManKindInit
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
1 year
Thank you for this Ally. I really do think that homeless men and those of whom died are owed an explanation from @our_MoH why they clearly took an editorial decision to bury the figures on gender.
@AllyFogg
Ally Fogg
1 year
These are horrific figures and I applaud the Museum of Homelessness @our_MoH for their work in gathering & publicising the data. As so often, however, there's a massively important element missing from the media reporting: 🧵
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@BelvedereBrooks
Mark Brooks
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@ManKindInit
ManKind Initiative
6 years
“This first-ever Govt statement is huge leap forward in ensuring there will at last be full and equal recognition that men are victims of these terrible crimes. We are proud to have worked with the @ukhomeoffice and other charities on this".
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