Mind is a leading mental health charity. It provides advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. It campaigns to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.
Mind's Workplace Wellbeing team provides support for employers to help raise mental health awareness. They do this through training courses, eLearning, and advising on better mental health policies and practices, through our Workplace Wellbeing Index.
We know that starting something new can be challenging, and getting active is no exception. On this page, created by Mind, you'll find some handy tips, resources and inspirational stories to help you on your way.
This page from Mind explores what loneliness is, and offers some tips and advice on how to manage these feelings. It includes some ideas on meeting new people, but also focuses on being comfortable in your own company.
This web page from Mind explores common reasons why you might be finding it difficult to get the rest you need, plus some tips on combatting poor sleep.
This guide from Mind is for people with roles linked to mental health and wellbeing, learning and development, human resources, organisational culture and management. It provides you with ideas and useful resources for developing, enhancing and evidencing you
This guide is for you if you’re already an active champion of mental health or considering whether to become a champion in your service.
This summary from Mind outlines how senior leaders can take action and play a vital role in ensuring the Mental Health at Work Commitment leads to improved mental health outcomes for staff and volunteers in their service.
This report reviews the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of employees and on the costs to employers. It outlines an economic argument in favour of employers investing in measures to tackle the problem and in so doing reduce costs.
Racism means using the concept of race to judge or treat some people worse than others. This page from Mind is a great place to start if you want to learn more about racism and how it affects people.
We're facing the biggest cost of living crisis in a generation - and its affecting our mental health. If you're worried about how your staff are being affected by the cost of living crisis, this guide book from Mind can help.
This two-minute video explains the relationships between performance, pressure and stress – and how stress can cause and worsen existing mental health problems.
Mind and the British Medical Association have worked together to create this PDF guide aimed at leaders and managers in the NHS, to help them to better understand the role of mental health champions and peer supporters.
This page from Mind explores ways of managing difficult working relationships, either with colleagues or managers. It also includes a section on what to do if you're worried you're being bullied.
This guide, co-authored by Headlines Network and Mind, aims to help journalists find the support they need. It includes tips on self-care, setting boundaries, staying physically healthy and reducing your levels of stress.
This PDF guidance is for anyone working in journalism who is worried about a colleague. Some of the tips will also be useful for line managers who are concerned about someone they manage.
February 3rd 2022 is Time to Talk day. On this page, you can download a variety of materials to help start mental health conversations in your workplace.
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.
The subject of face coverings has become a big part of life - from questions of when, where and whether you should wear them, to their effects on wearers and those around them. Whatever your views, this article has advice on navigating the worries around them.
Mind's Pause boxes are a small wellbeing treat delivered to your home or workplace once a month in exchange for a donation of £7.50 to the charity.
This guide from Mind is designed help you make sense of the things you’ve seen and experienced in the ambulance service during coronavirus.
This guide from Mind is designed help you make sense of the things you’ve seen and experienced as a search and rescue responder during coronavirus.
This guide from Mind is designed help you make sense of the things you’ve seen and experienced working in the police service during coronavirus.
This guide from Mind is designed help you make sense of the things you’ve seen and experienced as an emergency responder in the fire and rescue service during coronavirus.
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.
Mind and the British Medical Association have worked together to create this PDF guide aimed at line managers in the NHS, to help them to better understand their role in supporting their team's mental wellbeing.
Working in the TV and film industry can be rewarding, but it can be tough too. The film and TV Charity have partnered with Emma Mamo from Mind to bring you a series of videos on subjects you might find helpful.
This guide provides specific advice to universities on understanding and using the Mental Health at Work Commitment.
This guide written by Mind is designed to to help those working freelance within the electronic music scene to better manage their mental health.
This guide written by Mind, with industry insiders Ninja Tune, Paradigm, Percolate Music and Poly, is designed to help those who manage artists in the electronic music industry to support their artists' and their own mental wellbeing.
This guide written by Mind is designed to to help those working within the electronic music scene to better manage their mental health.
This guide written by Mind, with industry insiders Ninja Tune, Paradigm, Percolate Music and Poly, is designed to help organisations within the electronic music scene to support the mental health and wellbeing of their employees.
Mind offers eLearning courses to support anyone looking to improve their understanding and knowledge of mental health in the workplace. This course is designed to support managers in understand their own mental health and that of their employees.
Mind have created this PDF booklet to explore some of the causes of stress and anxiety for the fire service, and have brought together some tips to help you cope better at work.
Mind have created this PDF booklet to explore some of the causes of stress and anxiety for the police force, and have brought together some tips to help you cope better at work.
Dealing with difficult situations is part of emergency responders' jobs, but the pandemic has made it particularly challenging. This page outlines the issues, with ideas for coping and links to further help.
Sadly, people who are not straight or cisgender are more likely to experience mental health problems than the general population. This web page from Mind explores what you can do to help if an LGBTQI+ person tells you they are experiencing poor mental health.
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.
Mind has run a series of webinars, in collaboration with expert partners, to help bring to life the different standards that form the Mental Health at Work Commitment.
Throughout the pandemic, there are new issues for line managers to consider. Mind produced this guidance to support and inform their own line managers. It's a useful example of the subjects you might cover with your own colleagues.
A wellness action plan (WAP) is a useful tool to help us identify what keeps us well and what impacts our mental health. This revised WAP has been modified to support you when you’re working from home during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Mind have created a web page filled with advice and support for you and your team to help manage your wellbeing during the coronavirus pandemic.
Mind has created this PDF guide to support organisations to tailor their existing workplace interventions to support staff during the coronavirus pandemic.
As the UK begins to lift its lockdown, many people are returning to their usual places of work. This page from Mind explores what you might be feeling about the lockdown lifting, and offers ways to help you manage these changes.
This Powerpoint presentation contains ideas and information that you might like to include when building your own furlough wellbeing guide.
Twinkl and Mind have created a range of resources which can help school leaders during the coronavirus pandemic, including in times of school closure and partial reopenings.
This web page can help you to plan a healthy routine, find times to relax and support you through this difficult time to be a teacher.
Twinkl and Mind have created resources which can offer you support to do your job and look after your wellbeing as a teacher during the pandemic.
If you'd like to offer advice to help your furloughed staff to look after their wellbeing, this guide from Mind can be used as an example.
This PDF guide covers some of the areas you will need to think about as staff come back, including managing the risk of the virus transmitting, providing reassurance, and teaching line managers about new procedures.
This short guide from Mind explores some of the worries and difficulties you might experience due to the coronavirus pandemic, and some ways to ensure your mental health is protected.
This page gives tips for taking care of your mental health and wellbeing, help with understanding difficult feelings, and ways to find support if you are going into work during the coronavirus outbreak.
Mind have created this PDF booklet to explore some of the causes of stress and anxiety for the ambulance service, and have brought together some tips to help you cope better at work.
It's likely that we'll be working from home for longer periods of time to help keep us all safe during the coronavirus outbreak. These tips from Mind suggest ways to protect our mental health during this uncertain time.
This short guide from Mind explores some of the worries and difficulties you might experience due to the coronavirus pandemic, and some ways to ensure your mental health is protected.
These pages from Mind explain a wide range of mental health terms and concepts, including types of problems, helping others, drugs, treatments and legal rights.
The Mental Health at Work Commitment is a simple framework that that any organisation can follow to improve and support the mental health of their people. Signing up is free and shows your commitment to your workforce.
The Mental Health at Work Commitment contains six simple standards to address mental health in any workplace. This guide brings it to life for the housing sector.
This video explores Vicky's story. She first took up her role at Dartmoor Search and Rescue (Plymouth) as part of her recovery from biploar disorder.
John from West Yorkshire Police’s own mental health experiences led him to develop a peer support programme to help others. This video explores his story.
Darren, from the London Fire Brigade, has suffered from mental ill health for as long as he can remember. However, being able to talk about the stresses he experiences has helped him.
Liz, from the Welsh Ambulance Service Trust (WAST), is very grateful for the mental health support and understanding of the senior managers within the organisation.
This is the fourth year of Business in the Community's (BITC) national Mental Health at Work survey, in partnership with Mercer Marsh Benefits and BITC’s Wellbeing Leadership Team.
Mind's Infoline provides information on a range of topics, including types of mental health problems and where to get help. Making colleagues aware of it is an easy way to support them.
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.
Support from peers is a powerful asset when building a culture of wellbeing. Help your colleagues to look out for one another with an eLearning course from Mind.
Almost nine in 10 blue light personnel have experienced stress and poor mental health. This report from Mind shows it's possible to put targeted mental health support in place.
Emergency responders work in challenging environments, so it's essential they can access the support they need. Mind offers specialised training sessions for blue light personnel.
Sport and physical activity brings its own challenges for workplace mental health. This guide will help apply the Thriving at Work standards no matter what you do in the sector.
This accessible guide from Mind is designed to help all employers to understand and implement the core standards recommended in Thriving at Work, the Stevenson/Farmer review of workplace mental health.
This booklet aims to help employers understand the relationship between good employee mental health and getting the best out of your staff.
This resource for line managers and HR professionals provides practical advice on how to collect vital information about your employees’ wellbeing.
This report follows a third annual survey conducted by YouGov into employee mental health. It reveals that financial insecurity is a major factor in poor mental health for UK workers, and presents calls to action for employers.
For employees to stay well and in work, it's vital for them to be able to talk to managers about stress and mental health. This guide has practical advice, information and templates to support managers and employers to facilitate this.
Wellness action plans are an easy way to help support your own mental health at work and that of your team members. Mind has guidance and templates to get you started, for both employees and line managers.
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.
Mind has created this free resource for line managers and HR professionals to help them support staff who are experiencing poor mental health.
Mind offers a variety of training courses to suit a wide range of organisational needs. They can help to promote mental wellbeing in your organisation and at home.
Mind's Workplace Wellbeing Index is a benchmark of best practice and policy. It will highlight what your organisation is doing well, how you compare to others, and how you could improve in your approach to mental health at work.
These pages from Mind are for anyone who is managing their mental health at work. They cover the relationship between work and mental health, managing stress and difficult relationships at work, other sources of support, and more.
