Emma Smith
Director of Commercial Development, Assurity Consulting
3rd November 2025
With suicide in the UK reported to be more than 6000 suicides per year, these guidance materials will come as a welcome support to organisations who are continuing to do their best by their people.
It seems very apt that this launch of the new standard is to be done in November, the month which is otherwise known as ‘Movember!’ ‘Movember’ is a movement that encourages men to take charge of their health, both physically and mentally. Back in 2003, Movember was launched over in Australia, where over the last 2 decades, the mission to support Men’s mental health has spread across the globe. First in the form of encouraging the growth of moustaches in the month of November, to now include Move in Movember, which encourages the completion of walking or running 60K. Movember serves as a vital reminder to prioritise early intervention, open conversations, and proactive wellbeing practices, when it comes to mental health, suicide prevention, prostate and testicular cancers.
With all of this taken into consideration, we at Assurity Consulting are getting a team together to move for November - 7 willing volunteers, will take on the 60K in a month challenge, in the interesting conditions that November offers, to raise support, awareness and vital funds for this charity to help to drive forward this important message - it’s ok not to be ok. Creating a workplace which offers our people psychological safety remains our focus, and we are excited to celebrate this as we move into November, to bring this real cause to the forefront.
If you would like to help us with our fundraising and support our brave volunteers, you can so here: https://movember.com/t/assurity-consulting?mc=1