12 Dialogues: Facilitating Constructive Engagement with Boys and Young Men

Men At Work CIC trains professionals who work with boys and young men to facilitate constructive dialogues with them about safety, empathy and respect – for themselves, for their male peers and for women and girls.

Our mission is to empower – through knowledge, skills and confidence – a widening range of professionals to help boys and young men achieve their potential - for themselves and as positive assets to their peer-groups, their places of education, their communities and, in time, their own partners and families. We are focused on the goal of fostering violence-free relationships, families and communities and on helping to remove obstacles to safe, empathetic and respectful lives – all through constructive, reflective dialogue.

Your trainer is Michael Conroy. Click here for bio

FOUNDATIONS: 12 DIALOGUES is an innovative one-day training for those who work with boys and young men in a range of contexts: Education, Youth Work, Youth Justice, Family Support, Social Work and beyond. Spend the day with a group of fellow professionals from within your own field and related fields, looking at the ways in which societal values and expectations can cause a range of behavioural and attitudinal issues with boys and young men which are not in their interests - or in the interests of those of of the women and girls in their lives.

The training covers the underlying themes and practical mechanics of delivering a programme framework called '12 Dialogues' which has been rolled out to over 3000 professionals since summer 2021 to overwhelmingly positive feedback: https://menatworkcic.org/feedback-3/

We explore themes including #misogyny #sexism #vulnerability #risktaking #peerpressure #bullying #manosphere #mentalhealth #porn #grooming #control #empathy #vulnerability

The training has material relevance to professionals in all sectors where direct work with boys and young men is undertaken - and more broadly to all with an interest in the safe, empathetic and respectful development of boys and young men.