Supporting Male Victims of Domestic Abuse Day

Supporting Male Victims of Domestic Abuse Day 2026  #MenYouAreNotAlone

“Signposting male victims and survivors to

the support services where they live”

Wednesday 4 November 2026

We have set aside Wednesday 4th November 2026 for the fifth Supporting Male Victims of Domestic Abuse Day (#MenYouAreNotAlone). Please do get involved!

We are asking every organisation that provides support services for men experiencing domestic abuse to publicise the help they have available to men in their local communities.

Police forces, local councils, charities, support service providers, employers and the Domestic Abuse Commissioner have taken part in previous years and this year you can also be listed as a partner and supporter.

Only one in 23 victims accessing specialist support from their local commissioned Domestic Abuse service (community based outreach/IDVA service) are male. Our aim is to encourage more men to come forward and for those around them to support them to do so.

If we make a bigger collective and coordinated effort for just one day, it will help amplify the message #MenYouAreNotAlone.

The date for this campaign is always after the autumn half term school holiday and also after the clocks “go back” which can be a time where men realise they need to do something about the domestic abuse they are experiencing. The lead up to Christmas can bring financial pressure but also a time of loneliness and isolation.

Why?

One in every five men will become a victim of domestic abuse at some point in their lifetime (4.3 million) meaning that 40% of all victims disclosing domestic abuse are male.

This abuse can come in many different forms and often includes a combination of the following;

• psychological & emotional
• physical or sexual abuse
• violent or threatening behaviour
• controlling or coercive behaviour
• economic abuse
• tech abuse
• spiritual abuse

Of domestic abuse crimes recorded by the police where sex was identified, 33% were committed against men. With this in mind, we need to encourage more men to seek help from their local services including those specifically set up for male victims and survivors.

More than one person suffers when abuse is happening. Family members including children, friends, colleagues, neighbours and even the abusers themselves can all be affected in a very negative and destructive way. We need your support to push the message that there is support available, there is a listening ear and there is hope for all men suffering any form of domestic abuse.

How you can help

If you are part of an organisation that provides a support service for male victims or are able to signpost them towards one that can, then we would like you to use your communications, your expertise, your contacts, your social media channels and resources to reach out to male victims and make them aware that support is available. Of course, this is not to replace any existing communication plans and activities that you have, this is aimed at supplementing them and using this designated day to publicise to men what services you have. For example, if you had a campaign in the spring, why not re-promote everything on this day. We are not asking for wheels to be reinvented.

Although we hope to make Wednesday 4th November 2026 the core day for this concerted campaign to take place, how you do it, how long you do it for and what you include is up to you. It can be repeated on International Men’s Day on Thursday 19th November 2026.

We have produced a campaign logo and strapline but it does not matter whether you use them or not. The key issue is to promote what support YOU OFFER. If you already promotional material, please just use this (but please do use #MenYouAreNotAlone on social media platforms)

If you wish to support the day, please do let us know via emailing mdan@mankind.org.uk and we can add your organisation to the supporters page.

It may also act as a prompt to organisations to review the information they have on their websites, their policies and procedures for supporting male victims and survivors.

Campaign Graphics

Logo (JPEG)
Logo (PNG)

Partners and Supporters Page

If organisations wish to support the campaign, we can add you to our partners and supporters page please email: mdan@mankind.org.uk (with your logo if you wish that to be included) and we will add you to our supporter’s page by clicking on this links: Partners and Supporters Page

Descriptions and Social Media

We have also created some standard paragraphs and social media that can be used and adapted – these can be found by clicking on this link. Descriptions and Social Media

We would like to thank you in advance for helping to make this a day to remember. A day we collectively reach out and help to prevent and alleviate the suffering and torment experienced by male victims and their loved ones living with the consequences of domestic abuse.

Further information

For further information about this campaign, not covered above, please email Mark Brooks chairman@mankind.org.uk

The Intellectual Property and Copyright for this campaign including all graphical representation is owned by the ManKind Initiative charity. It is freely available to all those organisations that wish to take part on that understanding.

Sources

ONS Domestic abuse:  prevalence and victim characteristics: year ending March 2025