{"id":254330,"date":"2025-11-01T10:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T10:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/254330\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T10:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T10:16:07","slug":"preston-dad-wants-to-change-how-men-support-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/254330\/","title":{"rendered":"Preston dad wants to change how men support each other"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He began fundraising for Movember in 2024 by running 5km (3.1 miles) every day throughout November, raising more than \u00a32,000 for men&#8217;s health causes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This year, his mission has evolved beyond fundraising. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Men have a funny way of talking,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s not always deep heart-to-hearts, sometimes it&#8217;s just standing beside someone, going for a run, or having a kickabout. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;That quiet kind of support can be enough to remind someone they&#8217;re not alone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Three weeks ago, Mr Brewer set up the Brotherhood Run Club, which already has more than 70 members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">During Movember, he will be running 60km (37 miles) every week in a bid to continue raising awareness. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;To any man struggling, you&#8217;re not alone,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;There&#8217;s no shame in opening up. Being vulnerable is one of the strongest things we can do.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He began fundraising for Movember in 2024 by running 5km (3.1 miles) every day throughout November, raising more&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49,48,84,393,394],"class_list":{"0":"post-254330","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}