News
6 – 15 June | Northern Man Festival 2025 – SAVE THE DATE #NMF25
'Connect and Celebrate' at free events all over Leeds. View the programme of activities! (Keep checking for updates throughout the lead-up to NMF25.) Northern Man Festival (NMF) champions men and men’s health and runs during Men’s Health Week, 10 - [...]
Forum Central Annual Member Satisfaction Survey 2025
Forum Central is a member-led partnership between Volition and Leeds Older People's Forum. Each year we invite our member organisations to share their thoughts to help us understand how we're doing and how we can do even better. We’d love [...]
Manthology: A collection of poems from men in Leeds
Men's Health Unlocked are opening submissions for poetry for their online 'book' : Manthology. They welcome a wide range of poems from anyone who identifies as male and has a connection to Leeds and are looking to showcase a wide [...]
MHU Newsletter
Men’s Health Unlocked Newsletter – November 2024
The MHU newsletter is sent monthly. To sign up to get it straight to your inbox, please email [email protected]
Activities for men in Leeds
Go to > Let’s Unlock – the directory of activities for men in Leeds!
This is a list of everything that’s happening in Leeds for men. Any organisation or group can add your own activity by completing this men’s health unlocked directory form.
Men’s Health Unlocked (MHU) is a network supporting men’s health and wellbeing in Leeds.
Forum Central coordinates the network in partnership with Barca-Leeds, Orion Partnership (Space 2, Zest) and Touchstone.
We get funding from the National Lottery Community Fund.
Our work
A lot of our work is about supporting YOUR work.
We run a number of activities around Leeds that aim to link men into services, activities and strategic decision making. We support organisations and individuals, host regular networking meetings and send newsletters.
To learn about the network, what we do and why we do it, please download our
Guide to Men’s Health Unlocked (pdf, 5 pages)
Men’s Health Unlocked Vision and Aims
The vision of MHU is to better health and wellbeing for all men and boys in Leeds which will contribute to better outcomes for all.
Our aims are:
- Be a voice for men
- Be a voice for the sector
- Learn, share and promote good practice in men’s health
Contact Us
Damian is based at the Forum Central office
Suite C24, Joseph’s Well, Hanover Walk, Leeds LS3 1AB
Network Meetings
We hold MHU meetings every two months on Zoom.
For the dates and more details, e.g. Zoom link, agenda etc, please contact [email protected]
Leeds Unlocked
Leeds Unlocked is a ‘Zine (mini magazine) by #leedsmen, for #leedsmen.
Keeping you informed on local groups and services, sharing inspiring stories and some handy advice. Space 2, who are part of by the Orion Partnership, produce the Unlocked ‘Zine.
Have a read…
Click to download
Men in Health
We are proud partners in the Men in Health Project, alongside Touchstone and MESMAC.
This project is funded by the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health Care Partnership. The project targets men who are working in health and care and offers them advise and support regarding their personal concerns and issues.
Visit https://meninhealth.org.uk for more info.