Workplace First Aid Blog
Prioritising workplace health and wellbeing
Companies are now recognising their responsibility towards employee well-being. Research shows that poor health, due to absence and low productivity at work, costs the UK economy around £138 billion each year.
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Manager uses her mental health first aid skills to help save the life of a colleague
Jane (not her real name) is a manager. After attending a St John Ambulance mental health first aid course, she helped to save a colleague’s life by gently persuading them to attend counselling sessions offered by their employer.
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Exploring youth mental health in schools
The Growing Together campaign encourages children (and adults) to consider how they have grown and how they can help others to grow. In recent weeks, we conducted a focus group survey to give us some insight into how children's mental health is approached in schools and the support that staff get to deal with mental health in school.
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The ‘what’s and why’s’ of workplace resilience training
We put a series of questions to one of our long-term trainers, turned digital expert, to learn more about our resilience courses and the benefits they can bring to employees and the workplace.
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Your at-work guide to 'Blue Monday' & mental health
The third Monday of every January has been widely dubbed as “Blue Monday”, an endearing term for what is supposed to represent the most depressing day of the year (allegedly). Whether it's the post-holiday blues, cold weather, and financial strain. However, we understand that feelings such as low mood and depression aren’t directly linked to a static day during the calendar year.
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Time to refresh your mental health awareness
It is projected that by 2030 mental health problems (particularly depression) will be the leading cause of mortality and morbidity globally (WHO). So how can we support our employees and recognise when they are struggling, especially if they are working remotely? What specific mental health issues are arising from the pandemic and how can we make a difference in the workplace?
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Self-care for mental health: Enhancing your emotional health Part 2
As discussed in Part 1 of this three-part wellness series, we understand that sometimes getting out of bed can feel difficult, so how do we begin to achieve small acts of self-kindness or self-care? We’ve pulled together more self-care ideas that are designed to boost confidence, encourage achievements and inject positivity during times of stress or difficulty.
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Self-care for mental health: Enhancing your emotional health Part 1
Explore how mindset and personal hygiene build the foundation for self-care. Part One of our wellness series gives practical tips to boost mood and reduce stress. We understand that some days just getting out of bed can feel difficult, so how do we begin to achieve small acts of self-kindness or self-care?
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Mental health in the workplace The role of emotional resilience
Guest blog from GP and bestselling author, Dr Harry Barry who looks at the many mental health challenges that we all face and explores the role of emotional resilience. There are many challenges facing our mental health. Life itself is a challenge, a roller coaster ride. All of us will encounter roadblocks through the different phases of life whether through Illness, loss, bereavement, financial setbacks, family crises or interpersonal conflicts.
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