Texts to mental health helpline doubles
Band of Builders (BoB), a construction charity, has seen a 105.5% increase in messages to its text helpline after launching an initiative to extend the mental health message to construction sites and estates teams across the UK. Hays, the construction recruitment specialist, joined forces with BoB in October, taking the lead on visiting sites and reaching […]
Lighthouse brings free workforce wellbeing portal for all in construction
The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity has partnered with CITB and Samaritans to create a wellbeing support tool, as part of the industry wide initiative called ‘Make It Visible’. The Make It Visible campaign and portal aims to make welfare and wellbeing support visible on every construction site, helping to reduce the stigma around the subject […]
JTL and EIC to develop mental health awareness courses
JTL has supported Electrical Industries Charity (EIC) to develop its new online learning platform, Mental Health for All: Training for mental health wellbeing. Recognising the impact that mental health concerns can have on those working in the electrical industry, EIC has launched a free online learning platform, offering a wide variety of mental health training […]
Expert shares mental health advice for tradespeople
For World Mental Health Day (10 October), an expert has shared their top pieces of advice for UK tradespeople on how to avoid burnout, after research revealed that more than four in five (84%) experience mental health problems due to work-related issues. The research was commissioned by IronmongeryDirect, and the results have been published in […]
Safety issues at top of the tree for UK Power Networks
Safety issues have been top of the tree at the special two-day forum, which dealt with everything from mental health, accidents and climbing techniques to healthy eating and the body language of trees. Following a successful first event last year, UK Power Networks organised a second forum for staff and contractors across its network area. […]
Empowering mental wellbeing with an online learning platform
In the ever-evolving landscape of modern life, the importance of prioritising mental wellbeing has become increasingly evident. Recognising this need, EIC Trading Company have taken a step forward by introducing a new online learning platform that offers a wide range of mental health training courses and live interactive webinars. The courses are designed to empower […]
Mental Health Hub for tradespeople at the Elex Show
Shining the spotlight on supporting the mental health of tradespeople, Elex is launching a dedicated Mental Health Hub at its Exeter show, with the aim of fostering conversation, offering support and saving lives. In the UK, men are three times more likely to die by suicide than women and in construction – a male dominated […]
World Wellbeing Week: time to check the mental health of tradespeople
In light of World Wellbeing Week, it is time to address why mental health in the construction sector is in such dire straits and the need to improve the support available to workers. The ONS reports that the suicide rate among construction workers is three times the national average for men in general. The Lighthouse […]
IronmongeryDirect and ElectricalDirect donate over £5,000 to charity
IronmongeryDirect and ElectricalDirect have raised £5,483 in aid of Basildon Mind. Employees at the Essex-based companies took part in a number of fundraising activities across the year in support of this very worthy cause. Basildon Mind is a local, independent mental health charity, affiliated with but not funded by the national charity, Mind. The organisation […]
Frankie prepares to cycle for the Electrical Industries Charity
A big-hearted Scottish training officer is saddling up for the cycling challenge of a lifetime to raise funds for an industry charity which helped him face his own mental health issues. Frankie Greig, who oversees apprentices for the Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust (SECTT), is preparing to pedal a gruelling 200 miles from Venice to […]