World Mental Health Day

This October we are supporting World Mental Health Day! This year's theme set by the World Federation of Mental Health is workplace mental health. The theme highlights the importance of addressing mental health and wellbeing in the workplace, for the benefit of people, organisations, and communities. We are also supporting Young Minds by wearing yellow. Staff raised awareness for World Mental Health Day on 10th October by wearing yellow for Young Minds charity’s #HelloYellow campaign to show young people that they are not alone when struggling with their mental health.

Staff have also taken pictures of Yellow things that make us feel happy on world mental health day- what things can you see that helps you feel happy? 

Other ways that can help improve our mental health:
5 ways to wellbeing

Improving your mental health when you're at work can feel like a challenge, especially if you work in a busy or stressful environment. But the 5 ways to wellbeing offer some simple steps which you can do every single day.

How to get your 5 a day

We have given some ideas and suggestions about how you can introduce the five ways to wellbeing into your every day routine. What ideas can you come up with that you can add to your list?

Connect: Connecting with the people around us is a great way to remind ourselves that we’re important and valued by others.

Be active: We know that there’s a link between staying active and positive mental health and wellbeing.

Take Notice: Taking notice of our thoughts, emotions and surroundings is a great way to stay present and pay attention to our needs

Keep learning: Learning new things is a good way to meet new people and boost our self confidence, which in turn improves our mental health and wellbeing.

Give: Research has found a link between doing good things and an increase in wellbeing.