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NSC Partners with Youturn Health, Resilience Capital Index to Improve Employee Wellbeing

Stuart Mitchell

The National Safety Council announced a partnership with Youturn Health and the Resilience Capital Index to create a comprehensive solution that provides a complete picture of worker resilience and overall wellbeing. As the U.S. economy rebuilds from the COVID-19 pandemic, employees have increasingly demanded employers provide a “psychologically safe” work environment that supports their wellbeing. This means business leaders are faced with a growing need for programs and resources to address topics like stress, burnout, depression, anxiety, substance misuse and suicidal ideation. “Now more than ever, organizations are looking for…

Mental Health Support Teams need to be rolled out urgently amid youth mental health crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Barnardo’s is calling for Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) to be urgently rolled out across England, as growing numbers of children and young people reach crisis point with their mental health.  As Children’s Mental Health Week gets underway, Barnardo’s is urging the Government to commit to expanding its MHST programme across all schools and colleges in England. The charity says this would provide crucial early intervention for children experiencing the first warning signs of poor mental health, including low mood, mild to moderate anxiety, and difficulties regulating their emotions.   With…

Hospice Health Report 2023: Helping hospices work towards success and sustainability

Stuart Mitchell

The newly-published Hospice Health Report sets out how hospice fundraising teams have weathered the storm of the pandemic, but face significant challenges in the coming years. About the report Aimed at helping support strategic planning in hospices, the report is a comprehensive study of the sector’s fundraising since 2017, and intends to guide the sector toward success and sustainability. Its findings focus on the change in behaviour of both existing and new donors in the context of the current cost-of-living crisis. It suggests ways that hospices can address these by…

Pregnant mothers join WaterAid to shine a light on global maternal health crisis with evocative stunt

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid created an evocative light installation outside one of Britain’s first maternity hospitals featuring the silhouettes of pregnant women to show how every two seconds, a woman gives birth in a health centre without clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. The striking projection of water droplets behind three expectant mothers, highlighted a shocking reality. Every year 16.6 million women give birth in hospitals and clinics without adequate water, toilets and soap, putting them and their unborn babies at risk of deadly infection. WaterAid’s installation was part of the charity’s…

Pacific Life Foundation to Invest $2.5 Million to Improve Ocean Health

Stuart Mitchell

The Pacific Life Foundation has announced a five-year $2.5 million commitment to invest in national and local ocean health focused nonprofit organizations. The Nature Conservancy, Ocean Conservancy, Oceana, and World Wildlife Fund will each receive $500,000 over a five-year period. An additional $100,000 will be invested annually in local and regional ocean health focused charitable efforts. The Pacific Life Foundation has provided more than $17.1 million in grants that have directly supported ocean health and the conservation of marine mammal life. “We are passionate about doing our part to ensure…