Drugs, alcohol and tobacco: a toolkit for employers

This is part of a suite of eight interconnected toolkits, produced by Business in the Community and Public Health England, to help every organisation support the mental and physical health and wellbeing of its employees. Each addresses a different aspect of workplace wellbeing, with a common thread of mental health running through them all. They’re freely available and designed to be relevant to employers across all sectors.

The full suite consists of:

1. Mental health toolkit for employers​​Mental health toolkit for employers PDF A proactive approach to workplace mental health can help you grow your staff and your organisation. This toolkit is designed to help small and medium organisations build a culture that champions good mental health.Free By: Business in the Community View resourceClose
2. Reducing the risk of suicide: a toolkit for employers​​Reducing the risk of suicide: a toolkit for employers PDF A toolkit to support senior leadership, line managers, HR and occupational health and safety professionals to develop strategies to reduce the risk of a suicide that impacts the workplace, identify staff who may have suicidal feelings, and deal with crises.Free By: Business in the Community View resourceClose
3. Crisis management in the event of a suicide: a postvention toolkit for employers”​Crisis management in the event of a suicide: a postvention toolkit for employers PDF A toolkit to support employers in their response to an employee taking their own life, at work or outside the workplace. It covers a complete timeline: from immediate discovery and dissemination of the news to post-traumatic support and grief.Free By: Business in the Community View resourceClose
4. Sleep and recovery: a toolkit for employers​Sleep and recovery: a toolkit for employers PDF Sleep is essential for good health and wellbeing: better sleep is the biggest single contributor to living better. This toolkit has insight and advice for employers to address the increasingly damaging sleep-loss epidemic.Free By: Business in the Community View resourceClose
5. Physical activity, healthy eating and healthier weight: a toolkit for employers​Physical activity, healthy eating and healthier weight: a toolkit for employers PDF Good physical health is closely linked to good mental health—and low physical activity and poor eating habits can undermine this. This toolkit has information and ideas to help employers take a positive approach to activity and diet.Free By: Business in the Community View resourceClose
6. Drugs, alcohol and tobacco: a toolkit for employers
7. Musculoskeletal health in the workplace: a toolkit for employers​Musculoskeletal health in the workplace: a toolkit for employers PDF Good musculoskeletal (MSK) health is integral to a full working life, and there's a clear link between MSK problems and mental health and wellbeing. This toolkit explains the issues and has practical guidance to promote MSK health in the workplace.Free By: Business in the Community View resourceClose
8. Domestic abuse: a toolkit for employers​Domestic abuse: a toolkit for employers PDF An estimated 1.9 million adults aged 16–59 experienced domestic abuse in the last year. This toolkit outlines the duty of care employers have to employees and what their role is in preventing and tackling domestic abuse.Free By: Business in the Community View resourceClose

This one is designed to help organisations to support employees in making healthier choices concerning alcohol, drugs and tobacco. It explains the legal context that will inform your approach, explores the connections between people’s use of these substances and mental health, and shows and how to monitor and evaluate the impact of your approach. It’s divided into sections on different topics with built-in navigation and links between them, so you can follow it step by step or go straight to the sections you want to know more about.