The Institute of Hospitality (IoH) has joined forces with Mental Health at Work, a programme curated by Mind, to produce a toolkit which provides a range of resources to help individuals across the industry tackle mental health issues in the workplace, ...
Read More »Eight steps for long-term employee wellbeing
The pandemic triggered a 25% increase in the number of people worldwide diagnosed with anxiety and depression. How can businesses support the wellbeing of their workforce at such a difficult time? David McCormack, CEO of HIVE360 considers the options, and ...
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Mental health issues which impact employee wellbeing can be a significant cause for long-term absence. But there are a number of ways you can support new ways of working for a healthier, happier workforce says Richard Harris, Founder and Managing ...
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Over recent years, there has been a much-needed shift of focus to mental health. It comes as recently the Centre for Mental Health announced that globally, we lose 91 million days to sickness, and the average person takes 7 sick ...
Read More »Home to office
Rebecca Fairfield, Head of Key Accounts at BRITA VIVREAU shares some of the key findings of recent research on the return to the office, including top tips for boosting staff morale and wellbeing As we enter the Autumn, the majority ...
Read More »First of a kind
ABM UK recently introduced an innovative mental health first aid training programme for its front line staff. Here, Chris Townsend, Senior HR Director at ABM UK explains why the rest of the FM industry needs to follow suit The pandemic ...
Read More »Mental wellbeing, whose role is it anyway?
Sarwat Tasneem, who combines an architectural background with expertise in behavioural change, explores the growing role FMs must play in safeguarding employee wellbeing By mid-October 2020, I had facilitated my 8th mental wellbeing coaching session online with a new client ...
Read More »The home train
Richard Anderson, Head of Learning and Development at High Speed Training , on how to promote positive mental health amongst their workforce by training them to adapt to their home working environment As a result of COVID-19 and the lockdown ...
Read More »FM Clinic: Supporting worker’s mental health in the face of continued uncertainty
Recent research published by Warwick Business School suggests that companies that don’t do enough to support their workers’ mental health, risk seeing their overall productivity drop by a quarter. With employees facing continued disruption to their work and personal lives ...
Read More »8 global mental health tips from the professionals
While it is important during this global health crisis that we isolate to reduce the spread of disease, distancing to keep everyone safe does have a downside. Many people will be suffering from higher levels of stress, anxiety and even ...
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