An A-Z of Organisations Supporting Men and Boys Part 2
In the run up to International Men's Day (IMD) and throughout November we are highlighting 100+ groups around Australia doing great work to support men and boys.
The theme for IMD 2025 in Australia is Supporting Men and Boys. Help us grow our list of great organisations supporting men and boys to 200+. If you know of any groups that you think we should add to our list email: [email protected]
Centre for Men and Families
The Centre for Men and Families Australia exists to create a safe community for men to connect, learn, be loved and belong. At the heart of its work is its Men’s Rites of Passage (MROP) retreat that builds on classic patterns of male initiation through simple and moving rituals and teaching. Based in Queensland, the Centre for Men and Families runs events through the year and hosts more than 20 men's circles around Australia.
checkyourtackle
"checkyourtackle” is dedicated to raising awareness of male-orientated cancers, particularly penile cancer, testicular cancer and breast cancer in men. The aim of checkyourtackle is to educate, inform and create a sense of community for men and their partners who have been touched by these cancers.The initiative was founded by Wayne Earle and inspired by his first-hand experience with penile cancer.
Circle of Men
The Circle of Men was created to provide mateship to men in aged care facilities. The group has more than 50 volunteers, mostly older men themselves, who facilitate weekly meetings throughout Brisbane and Redland City. Their aim is to create an environment for the wellbeing and happiness of men in aged care facilities who too often find themselves alone and isolated at this most vulnerable stage of life.
Counselling Men Project
The Counselling Men Project provides men with free counselling, with a specific focus on counselling for men at risk of violence, homelessness and suicide at no cost to them. Based in Brisbane, the charity's purpose is to inspire and encourage men to live lives worth living — lives marked by excitement, vibrancy, and deep personal responsibility.
Dads Group Inc
Dads Group Inc promotes positive parenting for fathers and father figures with a specific focus on giving new dads the support and connection they need. Through an early intervention approach Dads Inc provides new dads with positive social relationships and easier pathways to health services.
Dads in Distress
Run by the charity Parents Beyond Breakup, Dads In Distress is a national suicide prevention service that supports dads experiencing trauma through family breakdown, custody and child access issues, and separation anxiety. Support is provided through weekly peer support groups, either online or face-to-face across Australia.
DIY DADS
DIY Dads was created by Hobart City Mission in response to a desperate need for supported accommodation, targeted at single fathers at risk of being separated from their children, either through the children being placed in State Care or in the mother’s full-time custody. DIY Dads provides housing for dads with either full or part time care of their children for up to two years and provides them with life and parent skill training, advocacy and self-guidance to help men transition to independent living.
Every Man Australia
EveryMan in Canberra provides housing and counselling support for men with highly complex needs including men who have used violence with partners, other family, or in the community; men who have experienced domestic and family violence and/or sexual assault as children or as adults; men with experience of incarceration or secure mental health facilities, and men with considerable histories of service provider support failure.
Fathering Project
The Fathering Project is an evidence-based organisation that aims to promote positive fathering behaviours and fathers’ engagement with their infants, preschool, primary school and adolescent-aged children. They deliver engaging prevention and intervention programs and research-based resources that help equip fathers with the skills to be the best Dad they can be and improve the lives of fathers, children and families.
Good Better Best Men
Good Better Best Men in Adelaide is focused on promoting and supporting men's physical, mental, and emotional well-being by building strong, supportive men's communities. They achieve this through self-development and growth programs, workshops, and courses run by men for men. They believe that men committed to self-improvement are vital to sustaining healthy families, relationships, workplaces and communities.