This year we have rolled out a range of services aimed at improving the wellbeing of colleagues. Here is a round-up from April with links to the various resources on offer.
Looking Ahead To Mental Health Awareness Week
Hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health Awareness Week will take place from 10 to 16 May 2021. The theme is “Nature”.
Mental Health Awareness Week is an annual event when there is an opportunity for the whole of the UK to focus on achieving good mental health.
It is all about starting conversations about mental health and the things in our daily lives that can affect it.
This year we want as many people as possible to think about connecting with nature and how nature can improve our mental health.
For more details about Mental Health Awareness Week and to find out how you can you get involved please follow this link
Get Britain Standing and Active Working
People spend an average of nine hours a day sitting and 70% of this is at work. On 29 April, Get Britain Standing and Active Working asked the nation to take a stand for improved office wellness and productivity by getting on our feet.
Here are some ideas to spend less time sitting:
- Make phone calls standing up
- Have standing or walking meetings
- Use the stairs more
- Ban lunch at your desk
For more information and ideas, visit the On Your Feet Britain website.
Understanding Stress
April was Stress Awareness Month, with a variety of resources shared to help colleagues understand and cope with stress.
The Stress Management Society use a bridge analogy to approach the topic of stress:
“When a bridge is carrying too much weight, it will eventually collapse. It is possible to see the warning signs before this happens, the bridge would bow, buckle and creak.”
The same principle can be applied to human beings, with excessive demands and challenges placed on our bridges.
There may be early warning signs. However stress can creep up on some of us, resulting in an unexpected breakdown.
Click here to see some of the cognitive, physical, emotional and behavioural signs of a bowing and buckling bridge to look out for.