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Young people’s mental health: New programme launch

13th December 2018

Mental Health UK and Lloyds Banking Group launch new programme to tackle mental health challenge in young people across the UK

Our new mental health guide for all

13th September 2018

How does it really feel on the inside? Our new mental health guide now available in 5000 GP surgeries, 400,000 university students and a further 35,000 people online.

6,000 Lloyds Banking Group colleagues Walk the Talk for Mental Health UK

10th September 2018

In 2017, Lloyds Banking Group colleagues voted for Mental Health UK to be their chosen charity partner. The partnership has raised an amazing £6.5 million so far, smashing the original target of £2 million per year.

Mental Health UK partners with This Can Happen conference

20th July 2018

Mental Health UK is proud to announce its role as charity partner of This Can Happen, a new conference for companies founded by Jonny Benjamin MBE and Neil Laybourn, which will take place in November 2018.

One in six people with money problems have had suicidal thoughts

6th July 2018

New research by Mental Health UK has found that one in six people who have experienced money problems (16%) have experienced suicidal thoughts because of this.

Our joint awareness campaign with Lloyds Bank returns to our screens

2nd July 2018

Lloyds Bank and charity partner Mental Health UK have today re-launched their #GetTheInsideOut advertising campaign, which aims to encourage more people to feel comfortable speaking about mental health.

The stress bucket

29th June 2018

You and your colleagues can think about your own wellbeing by using the idea of the ‘stress bucket’.*

Making mental health part of the everyday conversation at Virgin Trains

18th May 2018

My role was introduced three years ago at Virgin Trains to help create a productive, efficient, and happy workforce, with a focus on sickness prevention. It was clear that many of our people were experiencing mental health issues that affected both their work and home lives. In response to this my health and wellbeing programmes moved to a more hands on approach.

How Mental Health Champions have changed the conversation at ITN

18th May 2018

ITN has been involved in mental health awareness for two years now and in that relatively short period of time we believe we have achieved a great deal. With support from the very top, from our CEO and CFO, we managed to secure a budget to implement a number of initiatives.

How Royal Mail is implementing a five year healthy minds strategy

17th May 2018

In October 2017 we launched our five-year mental health strategy ‘Because Healthy Minds Matter’ which further strengthens our support for the mental health of our employees. The strategy has four aims – increase the awareness of mental health conditions, decrease the stigma, signpost to tools and support and to ensure our people know where to go in a crisis.

How Ability@Page has enabled PageGroup to take a lead in the recruitment sector

16th May 2018

Creating a positive working culture sounds easy doesn’t it? Have some nice furniture, good breakout areas, free tea and coffee, lots of natural light and plenty of colleagues to interact with. Simple. If only it was that simple…..it goes a lot deeper than that.

Eve Sleep buddies up with Mental Health UK

16th May 2018

For this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week 2018, eve Sleep is donating £5 to Mental Health UK for every mattress sold.

How Johnson & Johnson aim to create the world’s healthiest workforce

15th May 2018

At Johnson & Johnson (J&J), we aspire to change the trajectory of health for humanity and as the world’s largest diversified healthcare company, we are committed to helping people live healthier and happier lives. This includes our employees, and our ambition is to have the healthiest workforce in the world by 2020.

How to look after your mental health when you start a new job

14th May 2018

Starting a new job can be daunting. Lots of new people to meet and new information to try and absorb. Kenza from the Mental Health UK corporate partnerships team gives about tips for protecting your mental health when starting a new job.

Mental Health UK partners with QueryClick

20th March 2018

Today, we are pleased to announce our partnership with the independent digital marketing consultancy QueryClick. The consultancy has launched a 12-month fundraising campaign to raise funds for Mental Health UK taking place from March 2018 to March 2019.

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