Resources

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.

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.

The Blue Light Wellbeing Framework is designed to help you assess and address the unique challenges that can affect the mental health and wellbeing of people working in the emergency services.

Head for Work is Mind in Harrow's programme of mental health training, delivered by service users accredited as trainers. It includes full-day, half-day and brief lunch-and-learn sessions.

Herefordshire Mind's workplace wellbeing training is designed to help companies promote everyday wellbeing for employees who may be at risk of stress.

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England talk to employers from a range of sectors, from construction to charity, to find out how their training has benefited them.

This factsheet discusses how to measure sickness absence, the main components of an absence policy, and how to address short- and long-term absence in an organisation.

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.

Following the introduction of 'fit notes' to encourage those on long-term sick leave to make an early return to work, this guide focuses on the key behaviours managers need to support employees.

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England offers a variety of training for employers across the UK. This one day workplace course will qualify you as a Mental Health First Aid Champion.

Remploy's Workplace Mental Health Support Service is free, confidential and available to employees with mental health issues affecting their work. This site tells you how and why to access it, along with promotional posters and videos.

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.

This resource is regarded as highly valuable by line managers across private, public and third-sector organisations to help them create healthier workplaces.

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.

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.

We all know that stress is a risk factor in the workplace. Using this flowchart, you can find out if you have the right processes in place to manage the risks.

This PDF from See Me outlines the legal, moral and business case for taking mental health in the workplace seriously.

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.

This booklet aims to help Welsh employers understand the relationship between good employee mental health and getting the best out of your staff.

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.

This resource for line managers and HR professionals provides practical advice on how to collect vital information about your employees’ wellbeing.

David Corbin is Dorset Healthcare’s Diversity and Equality. Here David talks about the importance of treating your own staff as potential service users too.

David Gough is the Operations Director of The Stable chain of restaurants. Here David talks about opening up about his mental health and encouraging his staff to do the same.

One of the first, and easiest, things you can do to start improving mental health at work is simply to start a conversation. In this video, people from various industries talk about the importance of talking to someone.

York Mind offers a range of training courses relating to workplace mental health, as well as bespoke training tailored to your organisation.

Mates in Mind's training programme aims to help everyone in construction to understand their roles and responsibilities regarding mental wellbeing. It covers starting the conversation to equipping line managers to responding when somebody is in a crisis.

Disability Confident helps thousands of employers to challenge attitudes about disability and make the most of the talents disabled people can bring. This page has everything you need to know to sign up.

Address your stress for Mental Health Awareness Week with this toolkit full of tips, advice and tools to help you reduce the impact of stress on your wellbeing at work.

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.

This voucher from Roots HR entitles the user to one hour of free HR consultancy services. This offer is available to any social sector employer.