Your favourite body bits!
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It's Mental Health Awareness Week 2019 for which the theme is ...
Body Image: Positive & Healthy
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What is body image? Body image includes many different factors such as how you feel when you think/see about your own body, how you might feel in your body and what you might believe about your own appearance. Across all demographics such as age, gender, culture, many...
The Employer: Workplace Case Study
Recently we talked to an employer who was managing and supporting an employee with mental ill health in a positive and proactive way. We asked Simon to write down his experience. "The business case for supporting an employee with mental ill health" Written by Simon, Public Sector...
Mental Health Awareness Week 2019
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What is it? Since 2001 the Mental Health Foundation have run an awareness week every May to highlight a specific theme for mental health. The theme of Mental Health Awareness Week 2019 is body image which will run from Monday 13th May to Sunday 19th May...
Chasing the Stigma | Hub of Hope: Jake Mills Interview
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Recently we had the total pleasure of interviewing a real champion in the world of mental health advocacy, business and all round inspiring voice! Jake took a wonderfully brave step into the arena of helping others after speaking out about his own lived experience of mental...
Spring Discount!
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We have a spring in our step today as we launch our SPRING DISCOUNT! Has your organisation been talking about mental health awareness training? Have you been wanting to put forward to your manager the wellbeing and cost benefits of a healthier happier workplace? Well, now...
World Bipolar Day: The Bipolar Businessman Interview
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Today (30th March 2019) is World Bipolar Day! Through international collaboration, the goal of World Bipolar Day is to bring the world population information about bipolar disorders that will educate and improve sensitivity towards the illness and eliminate social stigma. Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder that...
Our Top Picks: Mental Health Podcasts
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An estimated 4.7 million of us in the UK getting a regular dose of our favourite shows each week, podcasts are leading the way in what is being described as an “audio renaissance”. The health sections of podcast platforms have never been so full of...
Egg-cellent Mental Health Awareness
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A picture of an egg - which is Instagram's most liked photo ever - has been used to promote a mental-health campaign. The egg, known as Eugene, has now cracked after "feeling the pressure" of all the attention it's received. A message posted alongside the broken...
Mental Health at Work – Employer Resources
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Public Health England recently published an article 'Health Matters: Health and Work' outlining the importance of why employment matters to health. "There is clear evidence that good work improves health and wellbeing across people’s lives, boosting quality of life and protecting against social exclusion. There is also clear...
‘Where’s Your Head At?’ Campaign – Debate Results
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The debate in parliament yesterday (17th January 2019) follows October’s presentation of a 200,000-strong public petition to Downing Street and the subsequent publication of an Open Letter to the Government from over 50 business leaders highlighting employer support for the issue. Businesses supporting the change include PwC, WHSmith, Royal...
‘Where’s Your Head At?’ Campaign – Parliamentary Debate
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Where’s Your Head At? is a campaign which will "improve the mental health of the nation by ensuring employers look after the wellbeing of their workforce. We all have mental health – In just the same way as we each have a physical fitness. Evidence...
Making the business case for mental health
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What is mental health? Mental health is a part of our overall health, it's about: How we feel, think, and behave How we cope with the ups and downs of everyday life How we feel about ourselves and our life How we see ourselves and our...
What is Mental Health First Aid?
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Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an internationally recognised training course which teaches people how to spot the signs and symptoms of mental ill health and provide help on a first aid basis. MHFA won't teach you to be a therapist, but just like physical first...
The MENTOR Study – Mental Health First Aid in the workplace
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Mental health problems cost the UK economy between ÂŁ70 billion and ÂŁ100 billion annually and account for around 15.8 million working days being lost per year. For employers, the consequences of poor mental health among the workforce can include increased staff turnover, burnout, exhaustion and...