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Wellbeing and suicide prevention organisations launch partnership to improve mental health

Stuart Mitchell

National employee wellbeing platform Champion Health has partnered with R;pple Suicide Prevention to improve mental health and reduce the incidence of suicide, both inside and outside of the workplace. Champion Health, which is headquartered in Sheffield, provides data-driven health and wellbeing solutions, tailored to each individual employee. Founded in 2018, the company draws on the expertise of over 55 health experts covering all areas of wellbeing. Founded by Alice Hendy, who lost her brother Josh to suicide in 2020, R;pple is a charity which has developed an online tool built…

Wellbeing team created at website performance and cybersecurity specialists

Stuart Mitchell

Leeds-based website performance and cybersecurity company RapidSpike has launched a dedicated wellbeing team to support its employee’s mental health. The young company has created a wellbeing team of five RapidSpike employees to put healthy high performance, resilience, and wellbeing at the heart of RapidSpike in a bid to enable each team member to excel and the business to thrive.  The business has also created a dedicated mental health guide to empower employees and give them resources needed to stay mentally strong and healthy while helping develop RapidSpike’s journey. RapidSpike’s CEO…

Industry bodies call to protect employee mental wellbeing and creativity

Stuart Mitchell

The IPA is one of a coalition of industry bodies including Crown Commercial Service, NABS, the Alliance of Independent Agencies, the Advertising Association, ISBA and Social & Local CIC who are calling on the industry to pledge commitment to mental wellbeing and creativity by signing up to the Brilliant Creative Minds Code of Conduct. The Brilliant Creative Minds Code of Conduct has been launched to stamp out behaviours that impact employee wellbeing and diminish creativity in the advertising and communications industry. The Code was developed by the industry coalition through…

Waitrose new app helps the retailer assess and understand the emotional wellbeing of its farm animals

Stuart Mitchell

Waitrose is rolling out a new mobile application today that will help the retailer assess and begin to understand the emotional wellbeing of its farm animals.  The first of its kind, the app aims to manage and improve opportunities that animals have to experience a good and enriching life – a process that Waitrose hopes will help it lead further improvements to animal welfare standards across the UK. Developed by leading animal behavioural scientists at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and licensed by Waitrose for trial and development for two years,…

Samaritans publishes new handbook on men’s wellbeing services

Stuart Mitchell

Based upon the insights from a series of co-design workshops with men, Engaging men earlier: a guide to service design provides five key principles for anyone designing, running or commissioning wellbeing groups for men. From fostering achievement to building relationships and feeling a sense of purpose, the new Samaritans handbook is informed by what men told Samaritans is really important for maintaining positive mental health. It also includes practical elements for service providers to consider such as accessibility and communication, which are crucial in helping them appeal to men earlier…