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Your Stories

Throughout October 2016, we shared 22 stories of recovery and practical tips from men who have fought and overcome depression.

Written by the HeadsUpGuys Team.

Posted October 31, 2016. Updated May 5, 2022.

"Over 40,000 website visits, 60,000 engagements, and 1.5 million people reached."

 

Campaign Impact

dragon-40022 inspirational recovery stories from real men who have fought and overcome depression. Your stories connected with people all over the world. Throughout the month, we gathered:

  • Over 40,000 website visits
  • Over 60,000 engagements (Facebook, Twitter, newsletters, and media features)
  • Reached over 1,500,000 people (over 75% men)
    • Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Philippines, Pakistan, India, Australia, Nigeria, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa and New Zealand.

Featured by:

Through social media we’ve gathered:

Shared by our peers:

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We’re also proud to say during our campaign, our stories, and site were shared by:

Funds raised:

Through the generous support of our donors HeadsUpGuys was also able to raise over $15,000. These funds will allow HeadsUpGuys to run more campaign’s like this one and help keep us going into the future.

A huge thank you to the over 30 donors who made a contribution to support HeadsUpGuys!

Our fundraising page will remain open until the end of the week. Make a donation.

Ongoing donations can be made through our UBC donations page.

The stories:

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