The Centre for Policy Research on Men and Boys is a research organisation and charity dedicated to understanding and addressing issues that uniquely affect men and boys in the UK.
Our vision is a world where men and boys of all backgrounds thrive in their families and communities, one where the sexes can rise together by supporting each other.
We will do this by supporting the development of new research, thinking and insight into policy affecting men and boys. This is by focusing on critical areas where they face unique challenges, promoting policy change, and fostering public awareness and understanding.
These include seven core areas: Health (suicide, mental and physical); Education, Fatherhood and Family, Economy, Employment and Skills, Criminal Justice, and Portrayal of Men in Media and Culture. In essence, this is to tackle:
- The high male suicide rate
- The challenges faced by boys and men at all stages of education and work including attainment, re-training, stress, redundancy and unemployment
- Men’s health (including male cancers), life expectancy, body image and workplace deaths
- The challenges faced by the most marginalised men and boys in society – for instance, homeless men, boys in care, school excluded boys and the high rate of male deaths in custody
- Male victims of violence and crime – for instance, bullying, gang violence, and, those coerced into county lines and other criminal activity
- The challenges faced by men as parents, particularly new fathers and separated fathers
- Boys with no positive male role models in their lives