Lost boys: Why The Manosphere Is Seducing A Generation
Care Visions Family Talk with Mark Brookes OBE
Lucy Johnston speaks with Mark Brooks OBE, an award-winning senior policy and communications adviser on men’s health, inclusion and domestic abuse. Together they explore why are boys being left behind - and why are so many turning to online influencers like Andrew Tate for answers?
This event has now taken place. Please find below the video from the talk and also the audio podcast below.
More About Our Guest:
Mark Brooks is an award-winning senior policy and communications adviser on men’s health, inclusion and domestic abuse. This includes specialist expertise on men and boys’ marketing communication campaigns supporting help-seeking, service access and inclusion/culture change. He received an OBE in 2019 and an Honorary Doctorate (University of West London) in 2023 for his work in these fields.
A son of a van man from South East London/Kent, he was the first in his family to ever go to university and over the past 25 years has developed a highly successful communication and public policy career for national financial services organisations, membership bodies and the third sector. He now applies this expertise and experience in the field of men’s health, inclusion and domestic abuse.
He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and a qualified domestic abuse services manager. He has been the Director/Head of Communications at two large national charities –Shaw Trust and Education and Training Foundation.
Amongst his other roles include being the head of media and public relations at National Savings and Investments/Premium Bonds. He won a national CIPR award for his Premium Bonds campaign.
He regularly speaks at conferences, on national media and advises a range of public bodies, think tanks/policy makers, government departments, academics, employers and charities.
He is now a national leader and voice in the field of men and boys’ wellbeing and the barriers they face.
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