Resources

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 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.

Wellness Action Plans (WAPs) are for everyone, not just someone who has a problem right now. For all of us, it’s important to stay aware of our mental health work, and a WAP can help with this. This guide shows what to consider.

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.

While many organisations are working hard to break the stigmas around mental health, disclosing your own concerns can make you feel vulnerable. This guide from Nuffield Health can help you to plan who to speak to, what to say, and how to progress.

A workplace Mental Health First Aider can play a key part in supporting colleagues. This document is for new Mental Health First Aiders and outlines what to expect from this role.

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.

With more people working from home, this guide from Business in the Community suggests what different types of domestic abuse look like and what employers might be able to do to help.

My Possible Self aims to reduce absences and increase productivity by focusing on the mental wellbeing of employees.

John from West Yorkshire Police’s own mental health experiences led him to develop a peer support programme to help others. This video explores his story.

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.

Unilever defines empowerment as taking personal responsibility for your choices. When people feel empowered, they feel better able to manage their workload, so can result in lower stress and anxiety.

The Access to Work Mental Health Support Service is a free service funded by the Department for Work and Pensions. They provide advice, information, support and tools to help support staff with mental health conditions.

Feeling good involves taking care of our physical as well as emotional health. This guide has tips on being physically active, musculoskeletal support, the working environment and health assessments.

The Bank Workers Charity website offers helpful advice on areas in which you may be struggling, such as relationship issues, money worries, or your physical health. These Mind pages focus on helping you improve your mental wellbeing.

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.

The Sheldon Hub is a website for people in Christian ministry to meet and support each other.

A hysterectomy is an operation in which someone's uterus or womb is removed. This website explains what a hysterectomy is, how it is performed, and what is likely to happen afterwards, including recovery time.

The way we deal with feelings surrounding COVID-19, as individuals and as employers, can affect our wellbeing and performance in the short and longer term. This PDF guide from the British Psychological Society explains more, with ideas that can help.

Leapers runs a Slack group for people who are, or are considering, working outside the normal nine-to-five pattern: freelancers, homeworkers, the self-employed, SME owners and everyone in between.

More than 16% of UK adults currently have problem debt, and this can affect your mental wellbeing. The Bank Workers Charity have created a simple guide to debt, an explanation of why it matters, and some first steps you can take to help yourself.

The menopause can bring about many changes to your mind and body. This podcast series explores your health and wellbeing around menopause from many different angles.

The physical and mental health of footballers is scrutinised by millions - but for those who report on the game for a living, there are all sorts of pressures too. This guide outlines the issues, with advice and tips for supporting good mental health.

This PDF guide from the Charlie Waller Memorial Trust and the Society of Occupational Medicine offers advice for looking after your own mental health as a healthcare professional.

Sleep and our mental health are closely related. This one-page PDF guide from Unilever explains the relationship between what we eat and drink and how well we sleep.

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.

Liz, from the Welsh Ambulance Service Trust (WAST), is very grateful for the mental health support and understanding of the senior managers within the organisation.

Every Mind Matters is a national mental health platform from Public Health England. Their resource centre is full of free materials you can order, or download, to promote it in your workplace and encourage colleagues to look after their mental health.

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.

This is an example of a document Unilever produced for their employees who attended a workshop, with ideas and suggestions for activities through the year.