International Men's Day

International Men's Day 2022

International Men’s Day celebrates worldwide the positive value men bring to the world, their families and communities. We highlight positive role models and raise awareness of men’s well-being.

Portsmouth's first International Men's Day event is being organised by Dadzclub who want to do all that they can to promote positive male voices from our community that inspire and help others. That is why on International Men's Day they are hosting an inclusive event that brings people and organisations together to listen, share and inspire.

Those attending the event will enter through the grand bronze doors at the top of the iconic guildhall steps and will be greeted with a drinks reception and later a finger buffet, whilst enjoying great music from Adam Ede and connecting with local organisations and listening to a diverse range of Inspirational Speakers.

Speakers include:

Anna Marie Gregory from - Inspirational Women's Awards Pamodzi Creatives
Majid from Jidos Reality - Spoken word, poet and visual artist
Samo White - Southsea-based street artist, trans man and trans activist.
Matt Foster - Founder of Dadzclub, Portsmouth Baby Bank and The Parenting Network
Talking Change - Men’s mental health team
Andy’s Man Club - Suicide awareness

The highlight of the evening will be the Appreciation Awards Ceremony that will shine a light on some truly inspirational men, boys and masculine identifying people.

We will be presenting 10 awards during the evening in the following categories:

Dadzclub Award
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Community and Volunteering
Unsung Hero
Inspiring Young Male
Overcoming Adversity
Equality, diversity and inclusion

This year Portsmouth's International Men's Day event will be raising money for children living in domestic abuse refuges in Hampshire - CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE!

The UK themes for International Men's Day 2022 are:

Making a positive difference to the wellbeing and lives of men and boys
Promoting a positive conversation about men, manhood and masculinity
Raising awareness and/or funds for charities supporting men and boys’ wellbeing

Dress to impress! (Wear what makes you feel fabulous!)

Thank you to our event sponsors and supporters!

Portsmouth Partnership Foundation

Portsmouth Guildhall

Hampshire Flag Company

Pamodzie Creatives

Adam Ede

International Men's Day Appreciation Awards

We are excited to announce that the nominations for International Men’s Day Appreciation Award Ceremony are now open and we can't wait to receive your nominations for those inspirational men in our community!

The Appreciation Awards Ceremony will take place at Portsmouth Guildhall on the evening of Saturday 19th November and promises to be a prestigious night full of inspiring stories!

Successful nominations will be notified on or before Saturday 5th November, each award recipient will receive a ticket for themselves and a guest to attend the event where they will receive acknowledgment and be presented with an official International Men's Day Certificate and one of our International Men's Day Pillar Awards!

The judges will be using what you have written about your nominee to make their decisions so think carefully about what you write. The eight Pillars have been set deliberately broad to encourage greater participation. The important thing is that the recipient identifies as male and that their action’s are deserving of appreciation.

We wish that we could give every deserving nomination an award, we honestly would if we could!

As a small way to involve and celebrate as many men and boys as possible we will on Saturday 19th November provide a link to a downloadable certificate to print and give to those deserving men and boys in our community.

To nominate someone, we recommend that you get their permission or from their parent or carer if they are under 18 years of age. You may also be contacted about your nomination.

You may only nominate the same person once and duplicate forms will be discounted.

The awards are decided by a panel and will be based on what is written about any one nominee not necessarily on the number of times the same person is nominated.

The closing date for nominations will be at 23:30 on 31st October 2022.

By completing this nomination form you are accepting the T&C's which can be found at the bottom of this page.

Award Pillars

Dadzclub Dad of the year
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Male carer
Community and Volunteering
Unsung Hero
Inspiring Young Male
Overcoming Adversity
Equality, diversity and inclusion

Submit a Nomination

Terms and Conditions

Additional Information

Please read these terms and conditions carefully, as if you enter you are bound by these rules.

The Dadzclub International Men's Day Awards is open to residents within the United Kingdom only and excludes members of the Parenting Network or Dadzclub staff members.
The competition submissions start at 9am on 1st October 2022 and close at 23:30 on 31st October 2022 (the “Closing Date”). No entries can be made before the Start Date or after the Closing Date. Entries received after the Closing Date will not be counted.
To enter, participants should complete the online nomination form.
The finalists will be selected by a panel after assessing entries and overall winners selected based on how well they demonstrate one or more of the 8 pillars. The finalists will be notified using the email address entered on the nomination form.
If we do not hear back from a winner 48hrs after we have notified them, we reserve the right to disqualify this winner and choose another one.
If you are chosen as a winner, you agree to your name being published on this website and on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
Awards will be presented at an awards ceremony on 19th November. No cash alternative is available.
Individuals can only nominate the same person once. Entries generated by script, macro, robotic, programming, or any other automated means outside of the Website are prohibited and will be disqualified. No purchase necessary. Only valid and correctly completed entries will be accepted.
Individuals cannot use secondary email addresses to increase the number of times a person is nominated.
If a dispute arises regarding who submitted an entry, the entry will be deemed to be submitted by the authorised account holder of the account and name provided at time of entry. Authorised account holder is defined as: the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, Facebook or Twitter, online service provider, or other organisation responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.
We reserve the right to cancel, amend, withdraw, terminate or temporarily suspend this competition in the event of any unforeseen circumstances or technical reason outside its reasonable control, with no liability to any entrants or third parties.
We reserve the right to disqualify any entries and withhold any award which may have been won if we believe that an entrant has not complied with the Website Terms. And reserve the right to take appropriate legal action if necessary. The competition judge’s decision is final and no discourse will be entered into.
Any awards damaged after presentation will not be replaced or refunded.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Promoter shall not be liable for any damage, loss or injury or death arising from the award of a prize. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in our terms and conditions of participation in the competition shall limit our liability for any liability the limitation of which is not permitted by law.
By participating in the awards event, entrants are deemed to have read and understood and, agree to be bound by, these terms and conditions and privacy policies.

International Men's Day 2022

The highlight of the evening will be the Appreciation Awards Ceremony that will shine a light on some truly inspirational men, boys and masculine identifying people.

We will be presenting 10 awards during the evening in the following categories: