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Leeds Mindful Employer Network 

Championing mental health at work
across Leeds and West Yorkshire

March 2022 Newsletter

 
 
Dear Network Members, 
Welcome to our March newsletter.

Firstly thank you to everyone who has already completed our member survey. If you haven't yet shared your feedback please don't forget to contribute, we really want to hear from you.
Complete our member survey here
This month we encourage you to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8th and My Whole Self Day on March 18th. Read on for more information and ideas for what you can do in your workplace. 

We also have a whole host of further features for you. Our full contents include:
Please do continue to share with us anything that might be of use to fellow network members.

As always, we really welcome your feedback, ideas and suggestions on how we can improve what we do - we'd love to hear from you. 

With best wishes,

Mindful Employer Leeds
 
Welcome to new network members
and new Mindful Employers

 
The Mindful Employer Network is free to join for all local employers and their staff across Leeds and West Yorkshire.  This month we are extending a warm welcome to new network members from the following businesses and organisations:
 
Care and Repair Leeds
Get Out More CiC
Harrogate Borough Council
Roller Girl Gang
Wellspring Therapy and Training
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
Women's Health Matters

As always, it's fantastic to see the wide range of local employers represented within our network. If you know someone who would benefit from being involved please do forward them this bulletin - they can sign up here.

Have you signed the Mindful Employer Charter?
We encourage all our network members to consider signing the Mindful Employer Charter. This is a great way to demonstrate your organisation's commitment to better mental health. Being a Mindful Employer brings many benefits including access to an affordable 24 hour staff support line MINDFUL EMPLOYER Plus for only £1 per staff member per year. 

Please get in touch if you have any further questions about the Mindful Employer Network or Mindful Employer Charter.
Click here for more information on how your organisation can become a Mindful Employer.
Looking for some help getting started on your Mindful Employer journey? 

Our Ten Steps Toolkit is a fantastic place to start - full of helpful tips, useful links and local case studies. 

"Such a good resource! Can't wait to get stuck in and make some real changes for my team!"
Please get in touch if you'd like us to deliver a free in-house workshop for your team.
International Women's Day - Tuesday 8th March
 
International Women's Day is an important opportunity to celebrate women's achievements, increase visibility and call out inequality.

Women and mental health
Around one in five (19 %) women experience a common mental health problem, such as anxiety or depression. More than one in two women with a mental health problem has experienced some form of violence and abuse. Read more about women's mental health via the link below:
Mental Health Foundation - Women and Mental Health

Women and inequality at work
Despite progress being made, women continue to face harassment and discrimination at work, with the gender pay gap remaining stubbornly high. Read more about women's inequality at work via the links below:

International Labour Organization - the gender gap in employment - what's holding women back?
CIPD - Gender Equality at Work - resources and guidance
Business in the Community - Gender equality campaign 
UK Government - Gender pay gap reporting - advice for employers
Business In The Community - Violence against Women - what employers can do

Follow the link below to learn about local organisations and services for women:
Read about local services for women here
Are you a Women Friendly Recruiter?

Women Friendly Leeds conducted a survey in May 2020 to look at any disproportionate effects on the COVID-19 pandemic on women, and found that the no.1 concern for women was employability. 

In response to this finding, Women Friendly Leeds are partnering with Smartworks to design an initiative that offers employers the opportunity to become a Women Friendly Recruiter.  Click the button below to read more and share your thoughts. 
Read more about being a Women Friendly Recruiter here
Workplace training from Behind Closed Doors
Behind Closed Doors can provide a range of bespoke domestic abuse training and support packages for local employers:
Contact Behind Close Doors to discuss workplace training
My Whole Self Day - 18th March
 
My Whole Self is a workplace wellbeing campaign led by Mental Health First Aid England. It encourages workplaces to develop an open and inclusive culture where everyone feels comfortable to 'bring their whole selves to work'. The campaign highlights the links between inclusion, diversity and wellbeing - you can't have one without the others. 
Click the button below to read more and access free resources for your workplace. 
Free My Whole Self resources
Preventing suicide: key tools and resources
 
Alongside your workplace mental health and wellbeing strategy you may wish to create a separate strategy around preventing suicide. This may be particularly relevant if your industry has high rates of suicide or attracts a workforce at higher risk of suicide.

See Samaritans suicide facts and figures for more information.

Local support
Suicide Prevention West Yorkshire - a fantastic directory of local resources and support
Leeds Suicide Bereavement Service
West Yorkshire and Harrogate Suicide Bereavement Service - Both suicide bereavement services can provide support to local workplaces and teams experiencing bereavement. 

Employer guides and toolkits
BITC - Suicide prevention toolkit for employers
BITC - Postvention toolkit for employers
CIPD - Responding to suicide risk in the workplace
Zero Suicide Alliance - Free, online suicide awareness training

Helplines 
CALM - Men's suicide support helpline. Call 0800 58 58 58 (5pm till 12:00am)
Papyrus - Suicide support helpline for people under 35. Call 0800 068 4141 (5pm till 12am)
Samaritans - Suicide support helpline for all ages. Call 116 123 (open 24 hours), or email jo@samaritans.org
SOBS - Survivors of bereavement by suicide helpline. Call 0300 111 5065 (9am till 9pm)

Free suicide awareness training
Zero Suicide Alliance - Free, online suicide awareness training
Round-up of tools, guidance and reading

Thank you to everyone who has shared the links below for the benefit of other network members: 

Business in the Community - Inclusive recruitment: Opening doors campaign
 
Mind - new guides to completing Wellness Action Plans 

Mental Health at Work - Juggling work and parenting - support for managers and staff

Mental Health at Work - Mental health toolkits for teachers
 

Catch up - highlights from recent editions
Watch our Leeds Mindful Employer Network promotional video
Mind Coronavirus and Work resources
Mind guidance on Seasonal Affective Disorder
How to find the right mental health training for your staff
Wellbeing @ Work 2021 conference recordings
'Normalising Conversations' Wellness Action Plan workshop recording
Free Acas e-learning
MHFA England anti-racism resources and webinar recordings
Mind guide to supporting your team with the transition to hybrid working
Acas webinar recording - inclusive workplaces: making changes to support neurodiversity
Acas guidance on long COVID
MindWell at Work resources
Previous editions of the newsletter
Thank you for reading this month's newsletter, we hope it has been helpful. Please stay in touch!

 Mindful Employer Leeds 


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