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The Western Bulldogs hold a special place in Australian sporting culture, and as a Platinum Partner of the club, we’re proud to stand behind not just what they achieve on the field, but the conversations they choose to have off it.
Whitten Oval recently played host to a meaningful Movember event focused on men’s mental health and the realities of fatherhood, two topics that deserve far more space in mainstream conversation. The occasion drew a notable visitor: Prince Harry, who was presented with custom Western Bulldogs guernseys during his time at the ground. It was a moment that brought together sport, advocacy, and community in a way that felt genuinely significant.
More Than a Memorable Moment
The choice of Whitten Oval as a venue was deliberate. Movember grounded this conversation about men’s wellbeing in a setting that is familiar and meaningful to many Australians. Football clubs have always been gathering points for communities, and the Bulldogs continue to demonstrate that those same spaces can hold important conversations alongside celebrated victories.
Fatherhood is a dimension of men’s mental health that can be easy to overlook in the broader public conversation. Anchoring this event around that theme, in a community setting with deep ties across Melbourne’s west, gave it a personal and grounded quality that more formal settings rarely achieve. Seeing it placed front and centre was encouraging, and a reminder that the most impactful conversations often happen in the most familiar places.
Why This Matters to Us
Our Platinum Partnership with the Western Bulldogs has always been about more than brand visibility. We first came on board with the club in a smaller capacity in 2021 and have since grown that relationship into a Platinum Partnership, one we see as a genuine collaboration built on shared values around community, resilience, and wellbeing.
Construction is an industry with a predominantly male workforce, and the mental health of the people who build our cities, and the families who stand behind them, is something we care deeply about. Health and safety in construction has always been central to how we operate, and that commitment extends beyond the physical to include the mental and emotional wellbeing of our people and the broader communities we work in.
The platform the Bulldogs and Movember have built, and their willingness to use it for conversations that genuinely matter, is one we are proud to support.
We’d like to thank Movember and the Western Bulldogs for putting family, care, and conversation at the heart of this event.
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