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World Mental Health Day, 10 October, has been celebrated for over 30 years, and whilst awareness and acceptance of mental health may be increasing – so is the number of people affected by stress, anxiety and depression at work. 

HSE’s Working Minds campaign is helping to drive culture change across Britain’s workplaces, where recognising and responding to the signs of stress become as routine as managing workplace safety.  

 

Although more and more people are becoming aware of mental health, many still aren't getting the right support. Founding Working Minds partner, Mind charity, urge that ‘awareness is just the start, it’s time to act.’ 

 

Employers have a legal duty to ensure risks of stress and mental ill-health are factored into health and safety risk assessments and acted upon.  

 

For guidance on managing workplace stress and talking to workers about it:

• visit the Working Minds campaign website 
• download our Champion Checklist (.pdf) to make sure you’ve got all the information you need to make a difference to workplace culture.

You can keep up to date on our Working Minds campaign by signing up to our monthly ebulletin.

Three new partners have joined to launch HSE's Working Minds campaign in the entertainment and leisure sector:

• The Mark Milsome Foundation
• The Association of British Theatre Technicians
• The British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions.

In the Looking Glass ’22 survey conducted by the Film and TV Charity only 11% described the industry as a mentally healthy place to work.

 

By its very nature, the industry is fast-paced and changeable with many being self-employed, freelancers or contracted for set amounts of time and there can be lots of uncertainty and long and unsociable hours. 

 

Find out more about support available for people working in these sectors.

Look out for these upcoming opportunities to support HSE's Working Minds campaign:

• 30 October – 3 November
  International Stress Awareness Week
  
  
• 1 November
  National Stress Awareness Day (UK) 

You can also download our Working Minds campaign toolkit (.pdf) and social media assets from the resources hub to share on your own channels and networks, which will help to support awareness of these dates.