News - 10th October, World Mental Health Day

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐲 🌍

Today, 10th October 2023 is World Mental Health Day. The theme this year is an important one: '𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭'.

It serves as a reminder of our duty to ensure that everyone has access to sufficient psychological support and resources.

When it comes to mental wellbeing in the workplace, employers have a crucial role to play. We must ensure that we are creating positive and psychologically supportive work environments, this means:

⭐ 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬
⭐ 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬
⭐ 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬
⭐ 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤/𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
⭐ 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
⭐ 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲

It also means actively listening to and taking into account employees’ concerns and needs and having open and compassionate conversations. 🗣

Creating a safe and understanding atmosphere in the workplace isn't just beneficial for employees - it has a host of rewards for businesses too, with increased engagement, improved productivity, and higher retention rates being just some of them.

So this World Mental Health Day, let's commit to making mental health and wellbeing an integral part of every organisation.

At MHScot our work is making a big impact! 💯 We are working with organisations across the UK to educate and empower employers and employees with the skills and knowledge needed to support mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. If you would like to talk to us about how we can support your organisation in creating a culture of wellbeing and care drop us an email 📩 hello@mentalhealthscot.land

Promoting the idea that mental health is indeed a universal human right can truly create lasting change within our workplaces - for employees, businesses, and society at large. 🤩