Resources

For school leaders, this is a time to be looking after the wellbeing of your teams, as well as your own. This PDF guide from Bupa Foundation provides four key areas for leaders to focus on when thinking about how they can support their teams.

This page from CIPD discusses ways you can create a bereavement policy which can take into account individual circumstances and help build a supportive environment.

With the COVID-19 pandemic changing the way we live our lives day-to-day, these are difficult times to be working in the education sector. This guide from Bupa Foundation explores the concept of Personal Energy, which can help keep you feeling calm.

This PDF guide from APM explores the unique challenges faced by project managers and where certain areas of stress might lie. It concludes with a number of recommendations for both organisations and individuals.

As a leader, your key role is always to guide and support your team. This one-page guide from Our NHS People explores what you can do as a leader to ensure your team feels supported during periods of pressure.

In this blog post from UnderPinned, several contributors with experience of autism talk about the problems they can face when working in a space with others, and the ways they have found to cope.

Executive function disorder is linked to the autism spectrum and attention deficit disorders like ADHD. In this article from the Metro, three people share their experiences of having executive function disorder. 

If you're autistic and in work, there are a few things that might be helpful for you to think about. This guide is full of useful tips on all sorts of issues, from office behaviour to your legal rights.

Some autistic people try to 'camouflage' their differences in order to fit in with those around them. In this article, an autistic woman explains how this feels and the effect it had on her life.

This guide from Finty aims to equip you with money management skills and an understanding of the link between your health and finances.

Washington Mind deliver a range of training courses to help organisations in the Washington, Sunderland and Coalfields areas to build a mentally healthy workplace for their staff.

If you're a manager within the NHS, you will need to be thinking about the wellbeing of your staff during the pandemic. This guide talks you through three stages of support and recovery for NHS managers.

Working from home can be stressful. These tips for line managers can help you to keep your staff feeling supported when they are not able to come into work.

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.

‘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.

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.

Our NHS People has created this website to help healthcare workers to take steps to maintain their physical and mental health, and overall wellbeing. This includes a free wellbeing support helpline, a 24/7 text alternative, and free mindfulness apps.

COVID-19 has highlighted the tremendous pressures on the NHS workforce. This infographic from NHS Employers provides a range of up-to-date key statistics and facts about workforce mental wellbeing in the workplace.

This website aims to provide businesses in the West of England with mental health and wellbeing e-learning and resources.

NHS Employers have put together this short web page with facts about suicide, links to resources which might be helpful for managers, and signposting to crisis help for those at risk of suicide.

Terminal illness, caring for a loved one, and bereavement can affect anyone. Hospice UK's Compassionate Employers programme offers advice and support for organisations who want to look out for their employees during these difficult times.

Racism comes in many different forms, and has a far-reaching impact. This article explains how racism might come about in your workplace, explores ways in which you can start conversations about it and begin to plan solutions.

This LinkedIn article by anti-racism activist Nova Reid explains the problems created when organisations assume their Black staff are experts on racism.

This Instagram guide, created by Mireille C Harper, explores ten ways for White people to be allies to their Black colleagues when it comes to improving the workplace and society as a whole.

Our biases are often unconscious - that means we don't always realise when we're relying on them to make decisions. This article from Deloitte explains the problems this can cause, and offers ways to challenge these biases.

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.

Our identities are made up of many different factors. In this TED Talk, lawyer and civil rights activist Kimberlé Crenshaw explains the impact of intersectionality when it comes to the overlapping issues faced by Black women.

This article from Stylist explores what racism in British workplace can look like, and looks at how some of the commonly suggested solutions aren't having a big enough impact.

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.