A former primary school principal is running a men’s-only boxing group that strengthens blokes’ connections around a shared passion.

Exploring the ways social connection enriches men’s lives was a topic viewed from many angles this week as part of the Men’s Health Connected May series, timed to celebrate Mates Day on May 8.

Since 1993, the Men's Shed community has grown to include over 2,500 sheds in 12 countries.

This week it is Men's Sheds Week 2022 (Sunday 4 to Saturday 10 September), which will celebrate the theme "a global village, doing local good".

Men's Sheds in Western Australia are being offered funding of up to $500 to help them celebrate International Men's Day, on Saturday 19 November 2022.

The final day of Men’s Health Connected 2021 on Friday 14 May exposed some of the more confronting, uplifting and heart-wrenching issues facing men’s health and the work being done with specific populations of men.