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Employers have a legal duty to protect employees from stress at work by doing, and acting on, a risk assessment. This is an easy-to-use template you can use, along with examples from three small to medium-sized businesses.

A really quick primer for NHS line managers to give you confidence in managing sickness absence. This page focuses on staff who have been absent due to stress.

This resource sets out simple, practical and inexpensive steps that line managers and HR teams can take to create a more open and supportive workplace culture, improve mental wellbeing for all staff and boost employee engagement.

Stress is a normal part of life, but when it gets overwhelming it can seriously affect your wellbeing and your productivity. This article is full of tips to help accountants control their workload and reduce stress.

The ABC guide is a simple set of ideas for maintaining and enhancing your personal resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The NHS Moodzone features real life stories, information and tips about your mental health, and tips on how to cope with stress, anxiety and depression.

This web page from the NHS outlines ten easy ways for you to reduce the amount of stress you experience. It includes tips on remaining positive, connecting with people, and getting active.

Suffolk Mind offers one-to-one consultancy and a range of training courses aimed at making your workplace one of the best in the world for taking care of mental wellbeing.

Hertfordshire Mind Network offers a wide range of training for managers and employees, covering ways to support both colleagues and clients.

This collection of resources is designed to help civil servants manage their stress levels and build their resilience.

Jeremy Thomas talks about why balance is crucial, especially in business. Just as a balanced diet might help keep you physically healthy, a balanced mind is important for wellbeing.

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.

Team resilience is your team’s ability to withstand and overcome periods of extreme stress. This guide from Our NHS People aims to teach you the basics.

Wiltshire Mind provides mental health awareness training, stress/anxiety and mindfulness sessions to managers and staff, all tailored to suit individual companies' needs.

The work of barristers and clerks is often demanding and pressured. This guide explores the issue of stress in the legal profession, with tips and pointers to further support.

This short blog post on Engage Education's website explores what causes teachers to feel anxious, and offers some tips on coping when you're feeling stressed.

This booklet can be the starting point for employees who are beginning to feel unwell to help get more information on mental health in the workplace.

Video calls can be more stressful than a face-to-face chat. This quick guide from Leapers offers tips and hints on reducing anxiety before and during these calls.

Mental ill health covers a wide range of different experiences. This free eLearning from Acas includes information on common conditions, supporting presence, managing absence and legal and equality issues.

This web page from the NHS is designed to help team leaders working in healthcare to understand the impact of difficult decision-making while under pressure, and offers ways you can help to ease that strain.

The Samaritans helpline is available 24 hours a day, providing a one-to-one listening service for anyone experiencing distress.

This one-page PDF fact sheet from Unilever highlights some of the reasons why poor mental health and sleep deprivation are linked, and offers techniques for improving the amount and quality of your sleep.

Working as a teacher can be extremely rewarding, but it's a lot of pressure too. The Teacher Wellbeing Index 2023 from Education Support has uncovered some of the biggest difficulties facing teaching staff right now.

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.

Employers, managers and individuals all have a role to play in promoting workplace mental health. This short video from Acas shows how they can all fit together.

Mi Crow's online courses cover all sorts of aspects of workplace mental health, broken down into accessible three-minute videos on different topics. You can subscribe to their portal for your workplace, or host the content on your LMS.

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.