The Work We Fund

Funded projects
1,250+
Men's Health Partners
20
Countries
20
We work closely with our global men's health partners to ensure collaboration, transparency and accountability for every project we fund. We monitor this through report cards which detail what we seek to achieve, key measures and the impact.
Prostate Cancer
"Together with the brightest minds in research, we aim to achieve significant breakthroughs in the hope of beating prostate cancer. Our disruptive funding approach identifies revolutionary ways to accelerate health outcomes by creating strong, global collaborative teams." Dr. Colleen Nelson, Global Scientific Chair.
Men's Health
"One Mo can help change the face of men’s health through the powerful conversations created globally during Movember. Men have the chance to confidently discuss men’s health with people around them, resulting in men taking action early, helping change and save lives." Paul Villanti, Executive Director, Programs
Mental health and suicide prevention
“The number of men taking their own lives around the world is one of the biggest challenges of our time. Movember is working to ensure all men and boys look after their mental health and are comfortable to seek help when they’re struggling.”
Brendan Maher, Global Director, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention.
Testicular Cancer
“Despite being the 2nd most common cancer in young men, testicular cancer is often a forgotten cancer due to early detection and treatment. Our projects look at underinvested areas such as improving access to healthcare services and treatment options for relapse” Paul Villanti, Executive Director, Programs.

Care to Drive

Movember Funding to Date

EUR 89,000

What we seek to achieve

Care to Drive is a volunteer delivered transport service administered by the Irish Cancer Society which aims to ease the transport burden for patients undergoing cancer treatments.

Country
Ireland
Co-funded
Irish Cancer Society
Implemented by
Irish Cancer Society
Project start date
January 2010
Project Status
Project Completed

About the project

Care to Drive partners with a hospital to transport patients experiencing transport difficulties, to and from their chemotherapy treatments.
This service was extended to accommodate radiotherapy patients from Donegal attending Galway University Hospital and patients attending St. Luke’s travelling to Dublin transport hubs.Volunteers are recruited in the hospital catchment area given by the hospital and after interviews, training, reference checking and garda vetting, volunteers are ready to drive.
Referrals are sent by the hospital to the Care to Drive team.
Volunteers are then allocated drives according to their availability and geographic location.
This free service allows patients can get to and from their hospital treatments, removing huge financial stress, as well as pressure on friends and family members

This project partnered with the following hospitals:
Tallaght Hospital
Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown 
Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore 
Letterkenny General Hospital
Sligo General Hospital
St. Vincent's Hospital
St. James’s Hospital
The Mater
University Hospital, Limerick
Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe
Waterford Regional Hospital
The Mercy, Cork
University Hospital, Cork
Kerry General Hospital
Galway University Hospital (chemo & radiotherapy)
St. Luke’s Hospital (radiotherapy only)

As the program detailed in this report card supports men with prostate cancer as well as boys and men with testicular cancer, this report card is shown in both the prostate cancer and testicular cancer categories.

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