Driving a supportive work culture at Volkswagen Group UK

Talking about your mental health at work can help to create an open and honest culture – and the effect is even more apparent when...

Why representation matters in your workplace and beyond – Lessons from Wakanda

Role models can change the course of your life – but what if nobody at the top looks like you? In her first blog for...

Do one thing – Mental Health at Work

For World Mental Health Day, Mind invited us to #DoOneThing for our mental health. In this short video, the Mental Health at Work team share...

Diversity, power and Mental Health at Work: what we’re doing

Back in July, I wrote about our realisation that Mental Health at Work wasn’t nearly diverse enough in its content, its audience, its staffing, its...

Why employers need to support a vulnerable demographic in the workplace – young professionals

Young people in the UK are facing a mental health crisis, and the coronavirus pandemic has only made this harder to tackle. Mailies Fleming, who...

My years as a police officer didn’t prepare me for these scenes

As part of the Our Frontline campaign to support the mental health of all those out working to protect us during the coronavirus crisis, we’ll...

We must work together to prevent suicide, and to support people after it

Thursday 10th September 2020 is World Suicide Prevention Day. In this blog, Sophie Pullan, Senior Comms and Marketing Officer for Mental Health at work, shares...

Trauma impact is much more prevalent in policing than we realise

Post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is an anxiety disorder which can develop after somebody has experienced or witnessed a traumatic event. It can cause...

Supporting police mental wellbeing through COVID-19 and BLM

From now on, on Mental Health at Work we’ll be focusing more on the experiences of people who have been less represented on our site...

Employers are vital ‘bridges to safety’ for those experiencing domestic abuse

Our mental wellbeing is complex and affected by all parts of our lives. Domestic abuse, whether from an intimate partner or a family member, can...

Race, ‘normality’ and Mental Health at Work

I hope you’ll allow a few personal ruminations on how life has been recently. I’ve become aware of a repeating theme in the news, in...

Assessing the mental health and wellbeing of the Emergency Responder community

A road traffic accident, a fight in town, someone missing whilst out hiking, or a person in trouble swimming off the coast – these are...

We should be proud of what we are doing – we will be part of history

As part of the Our Frontline campaign to support the mental health of all those out working to protect us during the coronavirus crisis, we’ll...

It’s not like anything we’ve ever experienced

As part of the Our Frontline campaign to support the mental health of all those out working to protect us during the coronavirus crisis, we’ll...

Our frontline workers are greater than heroes – they’re human

When we hold NHS staff and other frontline workers up to an impossible standard, we may risk leaving them without the support they need. Beckett Frith calls...

You matter – not just as a frontline worker, but as a person

As part of the Our Frontline campaign to support the mental health of all those out working to protect us during the coronavirus crisis, we’ll...

Breaking the stigma around mental health in teaching

As part of the Our Frontline campaign to support the mental health of all those out working to protect us during the coronavirus crisis, we’ll...

Life on the frontline in a care home during the pandemic

As part of the Our Frontline campaign to support the mental health of all those out working to protect us during the coronavirus crisis, we’ll...

How to support your mental health when you are self-employed

Mental Health at Work has partnered with Simply Business to support the UK’s self-employed with their mental health and wellbeing. Together we surveyed more than...

Helping teachers support their mental health during the COVID-19 crisis

I’m Leon Smith, Twinkl’s Chief Customer Officer. I oversee the customer experience and marketing teams at Twinkl, who engage with Twinkl’s members and the wider...

Everyone deserves to refuel before they can give

As part of the Our Frontline campaign to support the mental health of all those out working to protect us during the coronavirus crisis, we’ll...

As a Samaritans listening volunteer, I’m lucky

As part of the Our Frontline campaign to support the mental health of all those out working to protect us during the coronavirus crisis, we’ll...

Working and volunteering during the pandemic

As part of the Our Frontline campaign to support the mental health of all those out working to protect us during the coronavirus crisis, we’ll...

Allow your time to be an asset, not a burden

Even though we’re having to use our time differently due to the coronavirus pandemic, we’re still in control of the time we do have at...

Thanking the hidden heroes of the coronavirus – retail workers

Tamara Hill, Policy Adviser of Employment and Skills for the British Retail Consortium, wants to thank some of the unsung heroes who are working in...

Working well when you’re self-employed

Mental Health at Work has partnered with Simply Business to support the UK’s self-employed with their mental health and wellbeing. Together we surveyed more than...

Do not feel any shame in reaching out for help

To coincide with the launch of our toolkit on mental health in the legal profession Mental health in the legal profession The legal profession has...

Time to Talk day 2020 – Why talking remains important

Last year I wrote about the importance of Time To Talk Day and the importance of talking about mental health in the workplace. Since, there...

Going it alone doesn’t mean being alone

Since the turn of the millennium, the UK has seen a steady surge in the number of workers making the brave decision to go solo...

Time to put the financial into well-being

We know that an employee’s mental wellbeing is influenced by many different factors – for example, gender, race, disability, and financial wellbeing. Our new series explores...