Okay --- lets do this
>> I legitimately look like a baby
>> Hi guys my name is Alex.
I'm a third year psychology student
here at
the University of Nottingham. This year along
with thousands of other men and women across
the country I've decided to take part in
Movember. For those of you that don't know, Movember is
an annual movement that looks to raise
money and awareness for men's health whether that
be testicular cancer
or mental health.
In order to do this you start
clean shaven on the first of
November and then all you can
do for the rest of
the month is grow a moustache.
As you've just seen for the last 30
days I've been growing mine
and this is my final product.
Movember is
such an important cause and one that's close to
my heart. Cancer has affected
mine and so many other families across
the world. In the UK testicular cancer is
the most commonly
diagnosed cancer in young men
So please, please check yourselves
and remind your loved ones to check
themselves too because you could
save a life. But the main part
about Movember is getting men
to talk out about their mental health.
46% of men in the UK with
mental health issues feel too
ashamed or too embarrassed to talk about it.
It's 2019, we need to stop being
so macho about it. 60 men
die every hour across the world.
Thus one man every minute.
All we need to do is talk to each other.
But I know it's not that easy
back and sixth form, I struggled massively with anxiety
And depression. It was ruining
my life. And it was
ruining the relationship with
my friends and the people I cared about.
I felt like I couldn't talk to people.
I felt like I shouldn't.
It was my burden to bear alone
I was wrong. When
I finally started to speak out and
when I spoke to someone, when I started getting help, it made
a huge, huge difference.
Yeah - still struggle but I'm hell of a lot better.
Hopefully by doing this
now, by speaking about it, by taking part in
Movember. I can encourage other men
even women, that there
is no strength in silence. That...
it's a greater act of strength and courage to
ask for help to admit everything's not okay.
And that's fine. When you
do this it won't be easy.
But when you do, you realise
their is support and there are
people who care about you.
And it's going to make a world of difference.
So not only did I decide to grow this
slug on my face, but I challenged
myself to run 60 kilometers
across November for the 60 men that die
every hour. Earlier this week I ran
three consecutive runs, running
20 kilometres each day.
But on the last day I decided why
not spread the message of Movember
a little bit better
♫ DRAMATIC MUSIC ♫
[ laughter ]
How do I look?
Nice one mate!
Aww mate, the pace!
Nice one dude
Go on Alex!
>> As you can see I thought it'd be a good idea
to run around Nottingham come dressed as a lion
It wasn't. I got
extremely sweaty and I'm still aching now.
Although it did work. I raised £500
for a really good cause I believe in
as well as a load of awareness.
And thats just me, imagine what we
can do together. So next year please
join me in growing a moustache
in order to help change the face of mens health
but for now
speak out. Check up on your loved ones.
And you will see me next year.