How are You Supporting Your Workforce?
Now is the time for every business and organisation across the Fylde Coast to support their workforce with mental health and wellbeing.
Mental Health has been an increasing challenge for organisations for the past decade, however the Covid-19 pandemic has been an accelerant with more people having experienced a mental health crisis during the pandemic than ever before (CIPD, 2021).
The Fylde Coast Responsible Business Network in collaboration with a series of partner organisations has been working to promote mental health and resilience of the Fylde Coast workforce and bring it to the forefront of employers minds, whilst also encouraging them to think of mental health on par with physical health.
How Can the Fylde Coast RBN Help Your Business?
1. Awareness and Understanding of Personal Resilience
Many individuals will have experienced increased uncertainty surrounding employment, finances and relationships in the past 2 years, all of which can have a detrimental impact on both physical and mental health.
Open to all employees, we are planning to host an ‘in-person’ session of ‘Mind that Gap’ delivered by psychotherapeutic counsellor Neil Sladen. Neil’s session promotes awareness of personal wellbeing, effective coping strategies and builds psychological resilience.
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2. Online Support and Information
We have held a series of webinars on wellbeing best practice and the mental health support that is available with guest speakers from Public Health England, the CCG and Active Lancashire.
Please visit our YouTube channel to access the recordings of these videos. We also have created a list of support organisations that you can use to signpost to your employees
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3. Peer to Peer Support
Sometimes, it’s good to hear directly from other local businesses that developed or implemented their own mental health programmes to help you understand the steps that you can go through to do the same.
Whatever size of organisation you are, we can connect you to local people who have gone through the process and would welcome a conversation with you about how you can adopt something similar.
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Call to Action for Employers
To make this pledge, simply email Laura.James@bitc.org.uk and let us know what initiatives are underway, no matter how big or small, in your organisation so we can begin to paint a picture of the mental health & wellbeing support that employers are providing across the Fylde Coast.
Please also send us your company logo for us to add to our ‘virtual wall’ to recognise those who have taken the pledge.
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