Resources

Ambulance staff have faced a unique challenge during the coronavirus pandemic. To help, the Ambulance Staff Charity have created a series of PDF documents designed to help ambulance staff to cope during this difficult time. 

As we start to move past the pandemic and some old patterns return, there's uncertainty about what the world of work will feel like. This guide has insights from therapists, coaches and HR professionals, to help support employees while navigating the changes.

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 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 web page from the Department of Work and Pensions can help employers who want to support an employee who may or may not have a disability.

Bereavement is sadly something that can affect any of your employees at any time. Business in the Community (BITC) have created a webinar which explores the impact of bereavement on employees, and explains what organisations can do to help.

There are many things in an everyday workplace environment that might make life harder for autistic people that their neurotypical colleagues might not notice, or be able to ignore. In this radio show, Kelly discusses his experience of having autism.

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.

The coronavirus pandemic has changed how many of us work, with more people than ever working from home away from the rest of our teams. The Charlie Waller Trust have compiled this short page of tips to help you protect your remote employees' mental wellbeing.

This web page from Step Change offers advice about managing debt, as well as explaining what benefits you might be entitled to.

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.

To help employers prevent stress and support good mental health, an interactive tool has been developed that brings HSE’s Working Minds campaign principles to life.

COVID-19 is causing many people to die before their time. This can be very distressing for those who work with vulnerable people, who not only may feel bereaved themselves but may also have to support patients' friends and family. This guide can help.

The "Things not to say" series from BBC Three features people discussing their own experiences of everyday prejudices, but in a funny, accessible way. This playlist brings together videos focused on racism.

This web page from Leapers explores some of the issues faced by lone workers who are looking after their children during working hours. It offers reassurance, advice, and links to the Leapers community where you can meet others in the same situation.

ISO 45003 is a global standard giving practical guidance on managing psychological health in the workplace. This website explains more about ISO 45003, and also explains how to buy it.

The words we choose to use matter. This guide, from Healthline, covers a range of sensitive topics and discusses how to talk about them in a way which is empathetic, honest and inclusive.

Business coach Lorna Thomas shares her experiences of running a business, and suggests some helpful tips she used to cope with the pressure.

This PDF guide explains how to use circles to identify the challenges and decisions we face, and determine how we can process them depending on how much control we have over their outcomes.

This one-page PDF from Nuffield Health suggests some warning signs to look out for that could indicate someone is experiencing poor mental or emotional wellbeing.

Stress and anxiety can cause our use of alcohol to increase, and it's sadly all too easy to miss the signs that your drinking habits have become problematic. This might be even more of an issue for the fire service than it is for other industries.

While everybody can have challenges in their lives, parents often face additional responsibilities and difficulties that can make their working lives harder. This web page suggests ways employers and managers can help parents in their organisation.

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.

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.

In this PDF guide, digital wellbeing providers Kooth explore the additional challenges faced by parents in the workplace, and explores some ways employers can help.

This one-page guide from Unilever outlines one way to include physical activity in meetings, by changing them from the traditional sitting-down format into walking meetings.

This video and web page explores ways we can look after our mental health during the coronavirus pandemic.

Domestic abuse can affect people from any walk of life, and comes in many different forms. This PDF guide from the City Mental Health Alliance covers the facts about domestic abuse and suggests some ways employers might help those affected.

‘Autistic burnout’ is the intense physical, mental or emotional exhaustion, often accompanied by a loss of skills, that some autistic adults experience. This article explains what autistic burnout feels like and what might cause it in the workplace.

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.