National Stress Awareness Day: A bad night’s sleep ‘can raise stress levels by a third’ Sleep is an important part of functioning well in day to day life and is a key player in levels of productivity. A recent report published in the Metro offers the following advice: Give yourself a bedtime – and stick…
MHFA is not perfect is my summing up of the Report carried out by the University of Nottingham into the effectiveness of MHFA Read the IOSH summary here: https://www.iosh.co.uk/News/Research-exposes-significant-issues-with-workplace-Mental-Health-First-Aid-implementation.aspx Principal investigator Professor Avril Drummond, from the School of Health Sciences at The University of Nottingham, said: “We found examples of excellent practice in rolling out…
My thanks to Helen Honeyman FCIPD, Head of Policy, Product & Governance . Board member of Dundee & Angus college who posted about the following on LinkedIn. The Independent has good long article entitled as above and is a good read. Read it here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/mental-health-depression-anxiety-new-year-resolutions-advice-a8142476.html?amp
Great poster here for you to help banish the stigma of poor mental health : From LinkedIn post from Helen Honeyman via Garry Dickson MCIPD. We have published a short online course: An Introduction to mental health that explains this in more detail. To have a look at the Course CLICK HERE Thank you…
Business in the community (The Prince’s responsible business network), in association with Public Health England have just published a wonderful, practical, important document for you to read free, with regard to managing the mental health of your workforce. With 1 in 6 employees currently experiencing mental health problems, mental health is an essential business concern.…
Mental Health Awareness Needs to be undertaken Every £ spent on effective workplace mental health initiatives can generate £2.30 of benefits to the organisation (PwC, 2014). Companies that address employee mental health and wellbeing in their 2016 annual reports enjoyed up to three times more profit. (Sona Reort 2017) Using an online tool means that millions…
Peter Simpson of Anglian Water says for every £1 the company spent it got £8 of benefit back. Click here: https://goo.gl/UiZDdL
With acknowledgement to Renee Clarke of Midlands Workplace Wellbeing. (www.mwwellbeing.co.uk) By taking a proactive approach to employee wellbeing and reducing workplace stress you can limit your chance of litigation and help reduce the costs associated with stress related sickness absence. What is stress? The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) defines stress as “the adverse reaction…
Published on October 6, 2016 Gillian Fraser HR Business Manager at Mental Health First Aid England Community Interest Company In my role as a Client Relationship Manager for Mental Health First Aid England, one of the most important parts of my job is to explain to potential clients why they should invest in workplace mental health…
It’s not just us saying this. Have a read of this article in Marketing Week As the trend for wellbeing in the workplace gains traction, brands are realising the intrinsic link between a happy workforce and a happy customer. By Maeve Hosea12 Jul 2017 7:00 am https://goo.gl/KW5CQG