Mental health at work resources

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This report provides a business case for employee mental well-being, suggests actions employers can take and offers case studies and a route map to help ensure that mental wellbeing becomes a strategic boardroom issue.

EARN’s Mental Health Toolkit is a gateway to background, tools and resources that can help employers learn more about mental health issues and cultivate a welcoming and supportive work environment for employees who may be facing mental health issues. It also presents an easy-to-follow framework for fostering a mental health-friendly workplace, all built around the “4 A’s”: Awareness, Accommodations, Assistance and Access.

StigmaFree Company is a part of a broader campaign which aims to end stigma related to mental health. It is an initiative to challenge, highlight and cultivate a company culture of caring and enhanced engagement around mental health. Various materials, including factsheets and videos on mental health are available for interested parties.

This campaign aims to challenge mental health stigma and change how it is perceived.

A programme launched in early 2017 by the with the support of the British Safety Council. It is sector-wide programme intended to help improve and promote positive mental health across the construction industry in the UK. The aim is to provide a consistent approach for the industry to understand how to help improve and promote positive mental health across the industry. The website includes training modules and video sources for organizations.

A month long national Green Ribbon Campaign will rolled out to get people talking openly about mental health problems in May 2017. More than 500,000 green ribbons will be distributed nationwide free of charge to spark a national conversation about mental health in boardrooms, break-rooms, chat rooms, clubhouses, arts venues, college campuses and around kitchen tables throughout Ireland. The aim is to make the month of May every year synonymous with promoting open conversation of mental health and challenging the stigma of mental health problems.

The campaign seeks to uncover why too few of us are thriving with good mental health. The website includes information and resources relevant to combating stigma and raising awareness on mental health.

A global campaign on depression, developed by WHO and highlighted on World Health Day 2017. The website offers useful information, short videos and poster related to depression.

Opening Minds focus on reducing stigma related to mental health conditions. The website offers publications on mental health in general, in the workplace and healthcare settings.

This website offers free information, tools and resources available to employers and organizations on elimination of mental health stigma. It gives information on the business case for reducing stigma, assessing the situation, creating, evaluating and maintaing the plan, and provides additional resources.

An anti-stigma and discrimination campaign aiming to raise awareness of mental health conditions. It seeks to show that mental health problems are more common than we think, and that each of us can be part of the solution in changing minds and ending stigma and discrimination against people living with mental health conditions. A campaign kit and further resources are available on the website.

Elephant in the Room is a national anti-stigma campaign designed to eliminate stigma associated with mental health conditions. The website provides posters, research on the campaign and a list of campaign participants.

This website provides an executive summary of the evaluation of See Me anti-stigma campaign.

See Me provoking campaign The Power of Okay is about getting people talking about mental health and being there for each other.

A mental health stigma and discrimination campaign, that includes various information for different stakeholders about creating a safe and mentally healthy environment. Information provided address senior management, policy, practices and law, training of managers and staff, understanding stigma, supportive staff and colleagues as well as the guide for employers and employees.

A campaign to end the stigma and discrimination that people with mental health conditions face. It includes the Employer Pledge - an aspirational statement indicating to employees, service users and the public that an organisation wants to take action to tackle the stigma and discrimination around mental health, focusing on the workplace in particular. In addition, it contains information valuable for employers and employees on how to combat mental, health stigma.

A nationwide mental health awareness campaign. The website contains a toolkit that includes a conversation guide, helpful tips for the workplace and shareable images for every individual to use as a sign of support in combating stigma and raising awareness on mental health.

The website provides resources that can help reduce stigma, increase wellness, and improve workplace psychological health and safety. Free resources, videos and strategies, including a stress-management tool are available.

The report provides findings of the National Employee Mental Wellbeing Survey as well as examples of good company practices addressing workplace mental health, including return to work.

This toolkit serves to help the organization in supporting the mental health and well-being of the employees. It aims to help to take positive actions towards building a culture that champions good mental health and provide a greater understanding and support for employees with mental health conditions. It is intended both for small and medium size enterprises and for big organizations. The toolkit includes case studies and provides direct links to additional resources.