Recent years have seen a marked effort to address the increase in mental health difficulties faced by the nation, with specific strategies implemented to aid in both the management and prevention of mental health issues amongst those aged 16 – 25 in particular.
Read full articleOur next public 2 day Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) course will be taking place on Tuesday 19th & Wednesday 20th November 2019 in central Birmingham.
Read full articleMany consider the internet to be a bad influence on our mental well-being. However, when Robert E. Kahn and Vint Cerf invented the internet, they intended it be used for communication and learning. Here lie the benefits of the internet to our mental well-being. Online Mental Health Training has five main benefits which may make it a more desirable starting point when introducing the topic of mental health to employees.
Read full article2 day Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) course taking place on Tuesday 22nd & Wednesday 23rd October 2019 in central London.
Read full articleAt least 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem in the UK each year, with anxiety and depression stated as the most commonly experienced. The average person spends 33% of their waking time working, so it is unsurprising that occupational stress can be a significant contributing factor to employee’s mental health.
Read full articleMindfulness is a technique which can be used to decrease stress and anxiety by increasing awareness. Research from Harvard University found that we are distracted 46.9% of the time, and this is ever increasing with our use of technology to stay constantly connected.
Read full articleOur next public 5 day Train the Trainer: Mental Health at Work Managers course will be taking place in September/October 2019 in central Birmingham.
Read full articleOur next public 2 day Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) course will be taking place on Monday 23rd & Tuesday 24th September 2019 in central Birmingham.
Read full articleYouth mental health has come into sharp focus over recent months, but what are the facts and why has it caught so many people’s attention? 1 in 10 young people experience a mental health issue at any given time which is about 3 in a typical classroom. A further 15% have less severe problems that put them at risk of developing mental health problems in the future and half of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14.
Read full articleToday, managing change is a critical part of organisation’s agendas and is ever more important in a fast-paced world and unpredictable future. Much consideration is given to working practices, new structures, new ways of working, processes and results and how the new organisation will be. But how does this impact the employees and their engagement, mindset and behaviour in relation to the change that is happening around them?
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