Liverpool’s BOXPARK has played host to the 2025 International Men’s Day Conference. The event was hosted by Wellness in the City who are an organisation who hold events to bring individuals together. They are based around Merseyside and focus their events on serious issues which affect the way people live their daily lives.

As well as covering International Men’s Day, they have also arranged events for Dying Matters Week as well as focusing on ways to deal with employee wellness. They have also arranged different master classes to ensure that people’s level of knowledge on the issues is as high as possible.

The International Men’s Day event gave a number of small charitable organisations the chance to hold stalls where people could go round and gain more help and information about relevant issues. The main topics that were being analysed were issues surrounding men’s physical and mental health along with how to cope with living after someone has committed suicide or if they may be experiencing suicidal thoughts.

Latest Official Statistics (as of November 2025)

The most recent data comes from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and covers deaths that were registered up to 2024 or occurred up to 2023.

Annual Data (2024 Registrations for England & Wales):

Total registered suicides: 6,190 (England and Wales).

Overall rate: 11.4 deaths per 100,000 people, similar to 2023.

Sex: The rate for males remained at 17.6 per 100,000, and for females at 5.7 per 100,000. Males account for around three-quarters of suicide deaths.

Age: The highest age-specific rate for males was in those aged 50 to 54 years (27.5 per 100,000).

Regions: Wales had a higher rate (15.7 per 100,000) than England (11.1 per 100,000). In England, the North East had the highest rate and London the lowest.

This statistical bulletin presents data from February 2023 to January 2025. It shows that:

there is no statistically significant difference between the suspected suicide directly standardised rate (DSR) in January 2025 (11.0 deaths per 100,000) compared to December 2024 (9.7 per 100,000) and November 2024 (10.5 per 100,000), with no evidence of statistically significant change in recent months

the suspected suicide rate in January 2025 in males (17.4 per 100,000) remains higher than females (5.0 per 100,000), both of which remain similar to the rates in the previous months

the age group with the highest rate of suspected suicide in January 2025 remains in those aged 45 to 64 (15.6 per 100,000), followed by people aged 25 to 44, then those aged 65 and over, with the lowest rate in those aged 10 to 24 (4.4 per 100,000) – there is no evidence of a statistically significant change compared to recent months in any of these age groups

the most common method type for deaths by suspected suicide in the latest quarter (September to December 2024) remains hanging, suffocation and strangulation (58.5%), followed by poisoning (20.7%), fall and fracture (5.2%), jumping or lying in front of a moving object (5.1%), drowning (4.3%), sharp object (3.7%) and other or unknown (2.6%)

There was a vast array of information and artifacts which people could collect to help them digest the information that was being discussed. This included items such as stress balls or other promotional material which had company’s logos and slogans on to make them more memorable and easier for people to use if there was ever an emergency. The whole arena had been well organised to accommodate those who attended and there were a variety of issues included which helped to maintain the themes surrounding men’s health.

The event was mainly based around the issue of Men Who Inspire and was able to provide an informative view on how to deal with any potential scenarios which may or may not develop. This helped those who attended think of any role models that they could have and see how they could adapt them to their every day lives.

Following this there were a few pannel discussions which allowed speakers to explain about what they did in a bit more detail and elaborate on what to do if they have any concerns about people they may know. It is very important to keep an eye on those of you who are close to you so that you can maintain social contact and avoid feelings of isolation and loneliness.

There were opportunities for the audience to ask questions so that they can find out more information so they could visualise on how they could deal with a similar situation in person.