Mental health – Community Trade Union

World Mental Health Day – Dawn Walk

Community — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 14:01:44 +0000

Community official Paul Thomas will be taking part in a Dawn Walk in support of the Samaritans as part of World Mental Health Day – 10th October. Paul, who is a Regional Secretary in our AA Section and a Health and Safety, Equality and Union Learning Rep, said: Every ten seconds, Samaritans answer a call for help. The charity is here, day or night, for anyone who’s struggling to cope…

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Engaging with management around the menopause

Jacqueline Thomas — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:27:49 +0000

How do we ensure that management adhere to and take into consideration how they treat their employees who suffer from menopausal symptoms? Simple – we educate and engage with management and employers to ensure fairness is delivered for anyone suffering the long-term effects of the menopause. While representing a member in my branch who had been unwell on several occasions, she was diagnosed with…

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Marking World Mental Health Day

Lisa Francis — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 15:02:42 +0000

Yesterday, as part of World Mental Health Day, we held an event streamed across all Tata Steel UK’s sites dedicated to those who are Tata’s Mental Health First Aiders. The event, organised in conjunction with Tata, showed the value we place in every person who has come forward for such an important role. We had guest speakers from our retirement branch, as well as some of our reps and regional…

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Delivering Mental Health First Aid training in Wales

Community — Mon, 23 May 2022 12:25:29 +0000

We need to work harder as a country to create a society in which everyone’s mental health can flourish and where everyone has security at work whatever difficulties they may face. Community has long been invested in supporting our reps, to make sure they have the knowledge and skills to support our members suffering with mental ill health and create better workplaces. Over the past three years…

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Our mental health open day

Lisa Francis — Sun, 22 May 2022 17:27:34 +0000

To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, a mental health open day was held at the Tata Port Talbot site. I was privileged to be part of the organising group for the event showing a joint partnership and investment in something that affects so many people and workers. The day had many local charities such as Age Cymru, Maggies, Mental Health Foundation present, talking about the services that they…

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Know your mental health rights

Community — Mon, 09 May 2022 18:05:33 +0000

Too many people – both those in work, and out of work – aren’t getting the support they need from Government or their employers for their mental health. That has to change. We need to work harder as a country to create a society in which everyone’s mental health can flourish and where everyone has financial security. What laws protect people at work? Under the Equality Act 2010…

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Ten life hacks to a better work-life balance

Community — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 21:40:13 +0000

There’s no bigger ticket to good wellbeing at work than having a positive work-life balance. This is where, as the name suggests, the balance between your work-life and your home-life is measured and enjoyable, making ample time for both. This may sound simple enough but can actually be difficult to achieve, especially in an age of increased working from home and flexible working.

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Supporting our members to be mental health champions

Community — Sun, 10 Oct 2021 16:01:47 +0000

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Training to be a Mental Health First Aider

Charlotte Edwards — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 12:53:25 +0000

Charlotte Edwards attended a Mental Health First Aid course held at Tata Port Talbot in January 2020. The course was organised by Lisa Francis, Learning Organiser and was funded through the Welsh Union Learning Fund. I’ve had several encounters with mental illness and mental health issues with my family and friends over the years so it’s something that is really close to my heart, however if I’m…

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Delivering mental health training across the UK

Community — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 17:17:43 +0000

At Community Learn, we’ve been working closely with workplace representatives and management over recent months to deliver Mental Health Awareness Training. Back in 2017, our biennial conference community selected mental health as our priority campaign. Four years later, we are still committed to supporting our members with the training they need to be aware of mental health conditions and how…

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