Each year, local communities embrace the moustache and get on board with Movember. The young, the old and everyone in between, cities, suburbs and towns across New Zealand, can be seen doing their bit for men’s health. The levels and types of support vary from one community to another but the combined efforts play a vital role in helping Movember achieve its vision of having an everlasting impact on the face of men’s health.
By effectively becoming walking, talking billboards for men’s health, Mo Bros, assisted by their Mo Sistas, have spread positive health messages far wider than ever originally anticipated. It is this passionate on the ground action that gives Movember its edge and ability to make a real impact.
There are so many ways a community can get involved with Movember. If you want to know more, read on for information and ideas.
How to Engage your Community
- Register a community team or network at Movember.com
- Host a registration party to encourage Mo Bro and Sista sign ups
- Encourage a bit of healthy competition between businesses by getting them to sign up
- Get your local sports team involved; cricket, football, rugby, tennis or whatever
- Encourage local clubs, pubs and restaurants to do their bit for men’s health – moustache on menus, Mo Bro lunches, free entry for Mo Bros for the month are a few ideas
- Order Movember posters to put up in public buildings
- Approach local well known faces to grow a Mo and champion the cause publically
- Invite your local doctor to give a talk at an organised men’s health evening
- Organise a raffle with local businesses contributing
- Talk to your local paper, radio and TV about profiling local participants
- Order a Movember Party Pack
- Arrange an end of month Mo fashion parade
- Arrange a Movember golf day
- Organise an end of month shave-off with a local barber
- Host an end of month Mo Party, to judge the best Mo in the community

Getting your local community involved in Movember is a great way to not only have some fun but also get friends and family talking about the issue of men’s health. So, if you are interested in learning more, please contact the Movember team on
info.nz@movember.com.