Next steps for TheTinMen...

For the past six months I’ve been determined for TheTinMen to become more than a series of pissed off rectangles on a grid; to instead become an active community that finds, funds and promotes, real life, grassroots, frontline services, essential research and life-saving interventions for men and boys.

There’s nearly 90,000 of us here, and more than 110,000 across all platforms; and with that, comes opportunity.

Step one was long term financial sustainability (which we’re soon approaching!)

Step two is to explore becoming a UK registered charity, to further leverage funds through tax relief, and maximize donations.

Step three, is to get on with it.

And so, with that, conversations have begun around our first TheTinMen funded project, which aims to tackle the horrifying suicide rates for men in construction.

Did you know -

Suicide kills men in construction, at almost SIX TIMES the rate as all other workplace fatalities combined; and yet… nobody talks about it.

Think about that.

To step foot on a building site, you’ll need health and safety training and qualifications; hard hats, high vis, steel toed boots, goggles, gloves, and various other essential items.

Yet, when it comes to suicide, which is a risk to life that is several times larger than all these other risks combined, you’re on your own.

Tragically, 7,000 men in the UK construction industry have quietly ended their lives by suicide, in the last ten years.

So this is where we start.

Asking the question –

What would on-site mental health support look like for men in construction, who despite being most in need, are the least likely to access help.

Well, let’s try and find out…

More to be announced soon.

What do you think?

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Sources:
‘7000’ https://luddon.co.uk/world-suicide-prevention-day-2025/
‘100% of those surveyed’ https://onthetools.tv/home/mental-health-white-paper/
‘Six times’ https://www.agc.org/mental-health-suicide-prevention
‘Overdose deaths’ https://www.cpwr.com/wp-content/uploads/DataBulletin-September2024.pdf