Train as a Mental Health First Aider (MHFAider®)

Mental Health Working from Home

Online Mental Health Training

One third of UK workers state that their mental health is better working from home A new survey from Specialist recruiter Randstad of UK workers stated that One third (31%) felt their mental health is better working from home.  However, the poll of over 600 UK jobseekers also discovered that a quarter (28%) of employees […]

Wellbeing in Lockdown

Wellbeing in lockdown with the 30-3-30 Approach As we enter our second lockdown in the UK, many of us remain separated from our friends and family.  This can make us feel lonely, upset and anxious.  If you feel like you sometimes struggle to cope or need clarity on what reality is at the moment, there […]

World Mental Health Day activities for a virtual workplace

What is World Mental Health Day? World Mental Health Day is an opportunity for all of us to raise awareness of mental health issues and reduce the social stigma it can have.  The day provides an opportunity for you and your organisation to add to the wider conversation that will be occurring on social media, […]

Edu-c8’s Member Hub

Edu-c8’s Support and Resources Hub We are excited to introduce our new Mental Health First Aid -Support and Resources Members Hub We believe to supporting MHFAiders in supporting others is key to help achieve an effective and sustainable impact in mental health and wellbeing at work and in the community. All MHFA delegate trained by […]

Mental health in the workplace – a parity of esteem

Exciting news! Working alongside Bedfordshire Chamber of Commence we gained an exclusive interview with high-profile mental health activist, Natasha Devon MBE and our own  MHFA instructor Dawn Miller Donkin. Read the full article here

Top employers press Government on Mental Health

Where’s Your Head At is a campaign which will improve the mental health of the nation by ensuring employers look after the wellbeing of their workforce. The campaign is to change work place law so that employees have their mental health equality safeguarded as they do their physical health. The campaign is asking the government […]

Are you OK? As Twice

Time to Change is a growing social movement working to change the way we all think and act about mental health problems, it is organised by Rethink Mental Illness and Mind.   Along with the popular campaign Ask Twice there is an annual Time to Talk Day in February bringing the message to peoples forefront. […]

Report finds ‘presenteeism’ has more than tripled since 2010

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) in partnership Simplyhealth have produced a new Health and well-being at work Report. Below are the key finding and some shocking results to the survey. The report finds that ‘presenteeism’ (or people coming in to work sick) has more than tripled since 2010. We also found that […]