By Helen Godliman, Head of HR Operations & Projects at Instant Offices In recent years, mental health in the workplace has become a focal point of discussion among business leaders, HR professionals, and employees alike. As we move into an ...
Read More »ESG industry award for Westgrove Group
The Westgrove Group has won the Mental Wellbeing Initiative Award at the BSIA’s 2024 British Security Awards. The award demonstrates the FM firm’s commitment to ESG and showcases its support as founding corporate patron of the Mind Over Mountains charity. ...
Read More »BaxterStorey partners with Waste Knot for new nature-based hospitality mental health campaign
The hospitality foodservice provider has become the first company to partner with Waste Knot’s new campaign to support hospitality workers’ mental health by reconnecting them with nature. Fruit and vegetable waste prevention organisation Waste Knot’s campaign ‘Waste Knot People’ aims to ...
Read More »Veriforce CHAS contractors pave the way in addressing mental health and wellbeing
Veriforce CHAS has reported that more than 5,000 CHAS members have completed the CHAS Mental Health & Wellbeing Question Set, since its launch at the beginning of May 2024, highlighting the construction industry’s commitment to managing mental health and wellbeing, ...
Read More »Veriforce CHAS launches mental health assessment tool
Veriforce CHAS has launched a Mental Health & Wellbeing evaluation for the construction sector. The question set is integrated as a voluntary module within the core Veriforce CHAS assessment and marks a significant step towards embedding a culture of mental ...
Read More »Sodexo extends its support of veterans with new partnership
Sodexo Government has joined forces with Combat2Coffee, a community interest not-for-profit company (CIC) committed to supporting veterans and ex-uniformed personnel. Founded by Royal Anglian veteran Nigel Seaman, Combat2Coffee uses coffee as a vehicle of conversation to support the wellbeing and ...
Read More »Alzheimer’s Society partners with Thrive Mental Wellbeing
Alzheimer’s Society and Thrive Mental Wellbeing have joined forces to support colleague mental wellbeing in the workplace. A Deloitte study – released in March 2022 – found that mental health had a £53-56 million cost to UK employers between 2021-2022. ...
Read More »A calmer approach
The way we work has changed in an unprecedented way, making support for mental health in the workplace more important than ever, says Louise Fernand, Product Manager for Mental Health and Wellbeing at the British Red Cross Companies routinely consider ...
Read More »Blue Monday: Over half of professionals think employers should be doing more to help with workforce wellbeing
Over half of professionals (55 per cent) think employers should be doing more to help with employee wellbeing – whilst over two-fifths of senior leaders feel their increased spending on wellness benefits is going by largely unnoticed. A new poll ...
Read More »New report encourages more effective interventions to improve workplace mental health
The need to support employees and colleagues in managing their mental health is widely recognised, however the wide range of interventions being marketed makes it difficult for employers to know what works. Launched on the back of increased mental health ...
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