Mental Health
Mental Health at Work
Workplace wellbeing
Most of us spend the majority of our time at work, but it is the place we are least likely to talk about our mental health. The impact on the UK economy is drastic, costing employers between £33 billion and £42 billion every year, with as many as 300,000 people having to leave their jobs each year due to a mental health problem. Properly supporting managers with advice and training on how to talk about mental health and promote wellbeing in their team can make a huge difference. Currently, a third of all employers say they struggle to find the information they need to correctly support the mental health of their employees, and this needs to change.
Mental Health at Work
To address these issues, The Duke of Cambridge and The Royal Foundation launched Mental Health at Work – a free online gateway for employers and employees to easily search for relevant and high quality information, resources and training to help them improve wellbeing in their workplace and encourage conversations about mental health. The site has been developed in partnership with mental health charity Mind and with support from 11 other organisations.
Training
Alongside the continued development of the site, The Royal Foundation is also supporting Mind in the production of a new series of Training Toolkits to help smaller organisations who may not have a dedicated HR function talk about and prioritise mental health.
