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Brendan Maher, Global Director, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention.
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Social Innovators Challenge - Waves of Wellness

Movember Funding to Date

Global funding AUD equivalent 10,492,242

What we seek to achieve

To support the development and trialing of innovative ideas that could lead to creative solutions that increase levels of social connections and feelings of belongingness for men and boys; particularly those who are socially isolated. These include key ‘at risk’ population groups including men or boys from low socio-economic communities; men living alone; or unemployed.

Country
Australia
Co-funded
beyondblue, Distinguished Gentlemen's Ride AUD 145,865
Implemented by
Movember
Project start date
October 2015
Project Status
Completed October 2023

About the project

In late 2015, Movember released a three-phased funding opportunity within Australia, Canada, and the UK, that utilized an innovative approach to identifying and funding creative and non-traditional solutions that were co-designed by men to improve mental health and wellbeing outcomes through increased social connectivity. 

Waves of Wellness Project Funding: 
Phase 1 Development AUD 23,320
Phase 2 Piloting AUD 199,200
Phase 3 Scaling AUD 767,272

Waves of Wellness Sand N’ Surf (SNS) program is a six-week surf therapy program where participants learn to surf, improve their mental fitness, and meet new people. Each week, participants meet on the beach for a facilitated discussion around mental wellbeing and connection before spending time in the ocean learning to surf. The program fosters inclusivity and relationship-building through storytelling and shared experiences, closing the gap on loneliness and isolation. The design of the program allows men to share common experiences and learn from one another’s real life examples, and the program aims to develop personal resources to cope with everyday challenges while promoting physical and mental wellness.

The facilitators are mental health clinicians who are also learn-to-surf instructors. After a successful development and piloting phase, SNS received funding from Movember to take the program to scale between 2020 and 2023 (Phase 3). Movember’s funding of the SNS program concluded in October 2023. 

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