Stories
19 Feb Looking out for others during COVid
Do you know what signs to look out for when someone in your workplace is struggling with their mental health? Over the last nine months, loneliness has more than doubled and those who say they’re coping well with stress has fallen from 73% to 62%. How many...
18 Nov Just keep swimming
Someone asked me recently “what does hope mean to me” my first thought was “just keep swimming” from the optimism of Dora’s in “Finding Nemo”. But where does that come from?.. when I was growing up and heard ‘suck it up’ or ‘stop crying’ it was...
02 Jul Building resilience
So how do you build resilience (the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties);? Well, the good news is that it is definitely something that can be learnt, and as Anton Checkov says; (well almost says), ‘knowledge is of great value and even more so when it’s...
01 Jun Impact of mental health awareness in the workplace
Supporting colleagues and their mental health testimonial...
15 May Benefits of mental health first aid – conversation with Nick Elston
Paula Power from My White Dog in conversation with Nick Elston....
20 Mar Supporting furloughed employees online
In line with Mental Health First Aid England and government guidelines, issued on 29th March 2020, we will be running on-line half day mental health aware courses for furloughed workers. Empowering employees to feel confident to look after their own mental health and wellbeing and develop the...
07 Feb Mental Health First Aid in action with Fly2help…
It’s great to have tools to help others and to recognise when someone needs support, and to feel confident to help ...
30 Dec A positive approach to reducing absenteeism in the workplace
Almost into a fresh new year...
28 Nov Pressure at work?
Simon Blake CEO at MHFA England https://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/voices/comment/mental-health-first-aid-skills-need-updating-like-physical-first-aid mentions that employers are losing up to £42bn and 300,000 people falling out of work each year because of mental illness. Those who experience mental health problems related to work say this is due to pressure such as too...
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