All Mental health resilience articles – Page 37
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Supplier articleHow to make your global mental wellbeing platform work better
By Tracey Ward, Head of Business Development & Marketing, Generali Employee Benefits UKIt might have worked for Kevin Costner in the movie Field of Dreams but generally in life it isn’t a given that “if you build it, he will come”: he/she/they it really doesn’t matter: we’re all different and ...
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Article42% have seen staff leave due to lack of mental health support
Just under half (42%) of employers have experienced an employee leaving their organisation because they felt their mental wellbeing was not being cared for, according to research by Benenden Health.Its survey of 1,008 UK non-furloughed employees, and 1,003 business owners and directors also found that a quarter (25%) of respondents ...
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Supplier articleThe future of workplace health
Gethin Nadin, Director, Employee Wellbeing, Benefex.In this session we welcome back Harry Bliss, Co-Founder of Champion Health, who was a huge hit at the Benefex Forum in February. Harry joins me to discuss the future of workplace health; looking at how businesses can begin to plan a medium-term strategy for ...
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Supplier articleHow to scale Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives
By Leah Ben-Ami, Director of Learning at C SpaceThe pandemic and the racial injustice protests stemming from the murder of George Floyd – in my own hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota – really accelerated and reprioritised our DEI efforts on a global scale. Within a month we had to have some ...
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Case StudiesRoyal Mail's mental health first aid programme aims to increase awareness and decrease stigma
Royal Mail Group introduced a mental health first aid programme to better support the wellbeing of its 140,000 staff.Helping employees look after their wellbeing is a key part of its overall healthcare strategy. In June 2018, the organisation began working with Mental Health First Aid England (MHFA) to provide employee ...
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Infographic: Benefits to support mental health in the workplace
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AnalysisWhat attributes are required for a workplace mental health ambassador?
Need to know: Taking a proactive approach and investing in employees' mental wellbeing has become a key issue for many employers.Employers must understand the role and responsiblities of a mental health ambassador to appoint the most appropriate people to champion an environment of good mental health.A mental health ambassador should ...
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Supplier articleThe management of mental health at work
We were recently introduced to Dr Maria Hudson of Essex Business School, who published an in depth study into the management of mental health at work, which was commissioned by ACAS (Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service) in 2016. Here is a summary of some of the key ...
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Supplier articleGympass brings instant Calm to all its users
Gympass, the world’s leading corporate wellness company, has added Calm, the number one app for mental fitness, onto its platform. With immediate effect, all Gympass users can let Calm guide them to sleep better, stress less and build resilience for a happier, healthier life.Calm has over 90m users worldwide and ...
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: Meeting employer obligations with mental health
Every employee is different. As an employer, it’s important that you protect your employees, especially when it comes to mental health.Despite mental health campaigns coming to the forefront on social media, there are still a large number of employers who shy away from their responsibilities. You must ask yourself what ...
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Poll: Have you introduced any new mental health support following enhanced Covid-19 restrictions?
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ArticleWest Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership launches wellbeing hub
West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership is to launch a wellbeing hub to support the mental health of its 100,000 employees and 270,000 unpaid carers.The organisation has received over £1 million from NHS England and NHS Improvement to develop its wellbeing hub, which will launch to staff in ...
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ArticleSouth East Coast Ambulance Service launches mental health app for staff
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has introduced a wellbeing app to support the mental health of its 3,500 employees and volunteers.The app, provided by Backup Buddy, gives employees access to a range of mental wellbeing services, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.Launched in ...
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ArticleTSB extends mental health support to friends and families of staff
British bank TSB is enhancing itsmental healthsupport benefit for employees to allow them to includea member of their family or a friend. In May 2020, TSB partnered with mental health platform Unmind to support the wellbeing of its 6,600 employees during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus). Due to the ongoing uncertainty of ...
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AnalysisWhat health and wellbeing support should employers offer during the festive period?
Need to know:Government restrictions could impact the number of social gatherings employees can attend over the festive period.The lack of social interaction during the pandemic has increased levels of stress among employees.Employers have a critical role to play in supporting the mental and physical health of staff during the festive ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Navigating stressful waters
This year, it may seem rather fitting that International Stress Awareness Day (Wednesday 4 November) fell during a week that saw England enter a second national lockdown and a nail-bitingly close US Presidential election, the results of which were still undetermined at the time of writing.Already in 2020, many organisations ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 37% of employers invest in wellbeing strategies to improve productivity
Over one-third (37%) of employers chose to invest in health and wellbeing strategies to support productivity and motivation, according to exclusive research by Aon.Its Rising Resilient report that surveyed 2,500 employees and HR decision makers, published in October 2020, also found that a further 35% of organisations do so to ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Is remote working leading to employee burnout?
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, much has been written in both the industry and national press on the impact this has had on various aspects of the nation’s mental health and wellbeing. One conversation I have had several times over the past couple of weeks, however, is ...
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Supplier articleCollective Benefits and Gympass join forces to bring wellness platform to self-employed workers
Collective Benefits – the world’s first benefits platform for self-employed, flexible and independent workers – has joined forces with Gympass to bring an entire suite of wellness benefits to its members.There are six million self-employed workers and freelancers in the UK and the gig economy is continuing to grow as ...
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: Can Benefits Technology Support Employee Mental Health And Wellbeing?
The key solution in supporting your employees is to implement an effective employee benefits strategy for your employees’ wellbeing – but how can your organisation harness technology to help you do this?There is a range of ways in which employee mental health and wellbeing can be supported by benefits technology:Your ...