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The Time to Change Wales pledge is a public declaration that an organisation wants to step up to tackle mental health stigma and discrimination.

The Green Ribbon Campaign encourages organisations to invite their employees to wear a green ribbon during Mental Health Awareness Week and on other significant dates, to help end the stigma around mental health.

The Building Mental Health Charter is a way for construction organisations to demonstrate their commitment to promoting awareness and understanding of mental health, lowering stigma and supporting employees.

This is Me is a business-led campaign to support organisations, and their employees, to talk about mental health. It encourages people with experience of a mental health problem, whether their own or of a loved one, to share their stories.

See Me have developed this free, easy to use e-learning, suitable for managers and staff, as part of their See Me in Work programme.

This leaflet tells Thames Water employees that there are qualified mental health first aiders available, and lists other sources of support too. It's an example of how you can encourage staff to seek help when they need it.

Blue Light Champions are employees or volunteers in emergency services who take action to challenge stigma and raise awareness of mental health. This pack shows you how to get started.

This PDF guide aims to provide practical advice, hints and tips to help NHS leaders and line managers to create mentally healthy cultures and support better mental health. It includes information about mental health stigmas, and how to break them down.

Stress can affect anyone at any level of an organisation, so it's important for employers to take steps to tackle the work-related causes of it. This guide from Acas introduces the issue and lists practical steps you can take.

An independent review into how employers can better support all employees' mental health, including recommended core standards.

A public pledge can be a useful way of showing that mental health is important to your organisation. By signing this charter, an employer commits to addressing stigma and discrimination and promoting wellbeing and equality.

The coronavirus pandemic presented the NHS workforce's biggest ever challenge, with huge impacts on staff mental health and wellbeing. This webinar has practical advice for discussing mental health, and introduces new resources to help.

This training session from the Hummingbird Project is designed to help your staff to focus on their emotional wellbeing, encouraging the group to identify their own barriers and difficulties and thinking of solutions that work for them as individuals.

With reports of mental health problems at work increasing yearly, this episode of the CIPD Podcast discusses the need for businesses to foster good mental health in their organisations. Featuring professionals from Mind and Deloitte, and MP Norman Lamb.

Sport and recreation organisations can sign up to the Mental Health Charter to make a commitment to take positive action around mental health. You pledge three initial actions—and there are samples and templates to get you going.

See Me is supporting organisations to improve the working lives of employees through their See Me in Work Programme. It's designed to be an easy and practical way that organisations can show their commitment to tackling mental health stigma and discrimination.

Leeds Mind and Mindful Employer have collected a suite of resources, tips, tools and actions into a series of steps that can be tailored for any workplace. Read the ten steps or sign up to receive recommendations.

While many organisations are working hard to break the stigmas around mental health, disclosing your own concerns can make you feel vulnerable. This guide from Nuffield Health can help you to plan who to speak to, what to say, and how to progress.

​​​​​​​​​​As an employer, you have a crucial role to play in supporting the health and wellbeing of your employees, whether the problems are related to work or not.

Rotherham & Barnsley Mind offers a range of services to help employers support their staff's mental wellbeing, from training courses to consultancy to wellbeing workshops.

Sometimes, little changes in your behaviour, thoughts, lifestyle or focus can make a big difference to your wellbeing. These pages from Mind have a range of suggestions.

This two-minute video explains the relationships between performance, pressure and stress – and how stress can cause and worsen existing mental health problems.

When you're self-employed, it can feel much more challenging to deal with mental health and emotional challenges at work. In this blog, Matthew Knight, CEO of Leapers, shares his top eight tips for battling feelings of anxiety and lack of confidence.