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The best time to support boys? Early.
Not because we’re waiting for something to go wrong. Just because growing up is a lot.
Mates. Confidence. School. Family. Figuring out where you fit and who you want to be.
Why wait until things get hard before giving boys a few more tools and people in their corner?
That’s why we start working with boys from age 10. And our independent EY analysis backs up why this is key.
For every $1 invested in our 10–13 program, it creates $4.15 in social value. And for our 14- 17 program, the results are also positive, with $2.95 in social value created. These EY findings prove that investing in boys through our Top Blokes programs can create significant social impact for young men, their schools and the wider community.
They’re great numbers.
But behind them are boys building confidence, stronger connections and skills they can keep using as they grow.
Back boys early. Give them a strong place to start. That`s the work we do at Yop Blokes and the work we care about.
Find out more about our economic and social impact in the link in our bio.
#TopBlokes #EarlyIntervention #YouthMentoring #YoungMen
Turns out a spinning wheel, beer goggles and a 10kg vest are a pretty good way to get people talking. 😅
We spent @@ruokanyday at Albion Park High chatting about something pretty important: how do you support your mates?
There were questions to spin and answer, beer goggles to test your catching skills with as part of our alcohol education, and a Lift the Load push-up challenge and run!
One of our Top Blokes graduates even came back to help us run the stall, which we loved seeing.
A Year 9 student took out the push-up challenge with 30 push-ups while wearing TWO weight vests. And no, please don’t try that one at home. 😂
Lots of laughs, plenty of conversations and a few practical ideas for looking out for your mates.
That’s a pretty good day in our books.
#TopBlokes #RUOKDay #LiftTheLoad #SupportAMate #YouthVoice
Not every disagreement needs sorting out straight away.
Sometimes the better move is recognising that you’re too fired up to have the conversation go well. So you pause. Take a bit of space. Then come back to it.
One of our Youth Ambassador Council members puts it pretty simply: recognising what’s happening in yourself can change what happens next.
That’s the real-life stuff our young men are helping us build in a new Level Up workshop – knowing when to step back, how to communicate when things get tense, and how to come back to a conversation without making things worse.
Practical skills. Real situations. Led by the voices of young men themselves.
Pause. Reset. Come back to it.
#TopBlokes #LevelUp #YouthVoice #HealthyRelationships #YoungMen
“The disruptive kid might be the kid who needs you to stick around.”
Youth Worker, Michael remembers a young man who came into Top Blokes. He was disruptive, disengaged and pretty sure he knew all the answers.
A few weeks later, something shifted.
A conversation about alcohol and drugs hit close to home. He opened up about his own family and what he’d seen.
And when he did, the other boys realised they could open up too.
That didn’t happen on day one. It took time. Trust. And someone continuing to show up.
That’s the work behind the Lift the Load vest.
This October, Michael is carrying 10kg for 50km to help more boys and young men have someone in their corner.
Join him 👉 lifttheload.org.au
#LiftTheLoad #TopBlokes #YoungMen #YouthMentoring #EarlyIntervention
