This year’s coveted Movember film is here! The MoBros of 2020 do not disappoint and have transformed a 70’s disco smash into an ode to growing a tash – all in the name of raising awareness for men’s health and mental wellbeing.

The group of around 80 Upper Sixth Formers, known as the MoBros, have thrown themselves into Movember, setting up a host of activities and sporting challenges in which the school community can get involved.

The charity campaign, which runs throughout November, has become an annual tradition at Bedford School, with hundreds of boys and staff doing their bit for the cause every year.

This year’s cohort have taken on the 1977 disco classic Staying Alive by the BeeGees – rewriting the lyrics with a moustachioed theme.

Despite writing and recording the song in the midst of a national lockdown, the MoBros have managed to get more boys involved in the video than ever before.

Upper Sixth Former Tom Allen, who wrote the lyrics for the song, said, “I have enjoyed it massively, despite the stress of doing it in two weeks during a lockdown.

“With the COVID-19 regulations it just took a lot of time to organise – finding out when people could record, fitting around them and working in smaller groups to record different sections.

“This year we had the most people singing the song we have ever had, so that’s just amazing.”

Music video director and student at the school Edward Mathew-Jones said he had loved being part of the project.

“It has been a challenge so far”, he said, “especially with the social distancing.

“We have 80 boys in total in the video. Getting them all to listen and be in the right place is pretty tricky. It has been really fun but a busy two weeks.”

The MoBros also organised a raft of sporting challenges for Movember, including dodgeball and Aussie rules football games.

Ashlesh Chandrapu set up a 60k challenge, where students were tasked with running the distance during the month of November.

Ashlesh, however, decided to take it up a notch with his own personal challenge.

“I am also doing a 300k in 30 days running challenge,” he said. “It’s been good – painful but good.”

He said Movember was important as it gave people the chance to think more about men’s mental health, especially at a time where loneliness and isolation can be a real problem.

“It’s about letting men know that it’s ok to talk with others about things that are bothering them,” he said.

“There is such a stigma for boys that they just bottle it up.

“People can feel very isolated, especially at the moment, so it’s important people don’t feel alone.”

The MoBros also led a Movember Citizenship morning for all the boys at school, hosting a series of presentations about the biggest health issues facing men across the world.

The sessions, featuring guest speaker and Movember ambassador Nathan Thomas, were live streamed to classrooms around the school.

If you would like to support the boys and donate to Movember, you can do so here:  https://uk.movember.com/team/2234304

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