Prevent it like a gentleman
Our team at MAR Shopping Algarve (Portugal), truly cares about their community and they’re committed to a serious-yet-fun annual event that focuses on men’s health.
In conjunction with the International Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride and the organisation Movember, MAR Shopping Algarve hosted a “Prevent it Like a Gentleman” event for the third year in a row. For each of the three years, the focus of the event has been men’s health — highlighting prostate cancer screening and suicide prevention.
To make the event happen, our meeting place team partnered with the MAR Shopping Algarve HPA clinic to provide free prostate cancer screening. A local barber offered excellent haircuts and well-styled beards, and people showed up in support of the event on motorcycles and scooters ranging from vintage to brand new. Another main feature of the event each year is an indoor exhibit of actual motorcycles that are surrounded by a photography exhibit. If someone wanted to leave with a lasting impression from the event, the team also brought in an ink artist that did on-the-spot tattoos.
MAR Shopping Algarve’s initiative had a great response from the local communities, and there was plenty of love and support shown by all participants.
A major goal of the event for the meeting place is to be a consistent and caring partner in the community by helping people live healthier lives — and we’re definitely making a difference! Since 2018, there’s been more than 700 free prostate screenings, which is quite a lot in a short period of time. During this latest event the screening team detected early stages of prostate cancer in at least one person that may have otherwise progressed undetected.
With pathologies like prostate cancer, early prevention is key. And addressing mental health issues can be difficult if you don’t feel supported or people don’t talk about it. But what if we could approach this sort of serious matters also in new, unexpected and more engaging ways? Would it possible to successfully raise awareness? The results of Prevent it Like a Gentleman and the widely positive response from our visitors at MAR Shopping Algarve show us that yes – it is definitely possible!
Our Sustainability stories
Making the world go round
We opened the first Circuit space in our Birsta City meeting place in Sundsvall (Sweden), offering the many people easy access to a range of services, retailers and activities related to the circular economy.
Making room for a better world
At our Aleja Bielany meeting place in Wroclaw, visitors can find FOROOM, an intercultural community point where people don’t necessarily speak the same language, but where everyone wants to understand each other.
Love your stuff for longer
Like the previous year, we decided to stand out on Black Friday and Double 11 again and run the Love your stuff for a longer campaign.
Prevent it like a gentleman
Our team at MAR Shopping Algarve (Portugal), truly cares about their community and they’re committed to a serious-yet-fun annual event that focuses on men’s health.
Things to love and love again
Our team at ELNÒS Shopping, Brescia (Italy), helped developing a whole new kind of second-hand store where end products are as beautiful as the way they’re sorted.
The not-so-secret garden
In September 2020, our Wola Park opened the doors of its Everyday Garden (“Ogród Codzienny”).
Helping our planet while taking a break
Our very first centre opened in 1973, Birsta City in Sundsvall (Sweden) has many inspiring stories to tell.
Bags full of care
This is a story of love – love for fashion, but mostly love for people. And it starts with a simple, but wonderful idea.
