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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's recent speech on Britain’s sicknote culture highlights how something’s ‘gone wrong’ since Covid. However, this is a multi-faceted and complex issue to tackle.

With an increasing number of people suffering from mental health conditions in the UK, it is more vital than ever to spotlight accessible ways to combat the rise.

Following warnings that teachers’ mental health is on the brink of collapse, teachers’ union NASUWT’s passed a motion calling for school leaders to be given suicide prevention training, along with mandatory mental health training for all staff in school and colleges.

Red Umbrella is a Mental Health First Aid training provider with all manner of mental health resources under one ‘umbrella’. With a unique offering in the workplace mental health training landscape, we are changing workplace wellbeing for the better.

February 1st is Time to Talk Day, an annual awareness day dedicated to talking about mental health, empowering individuals to come together to start a conversation and inspire change. Run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, it promotes the message that talking about mental health has the power to change lives, being a complex and sensitive topic that many find challenging to discuss.

More support is needed for staff in workplaces to combat the rising mental health crisis in the UK, a key issue to spotlight on International Day of Happiness.

The stress epidemic is rampant in the UK, and rates have only gone up in recent years, data shows.

With 78 million messages having been sent to a bot named ‘Psychologist’ on popular website Character.ai, and millions of others having been directed to other mental health chatbots such as ‘Therapist’ and ‘Are you feeling OK?’ it is clear that a new – and potentially alarming – trend is emerging.

A Human Resources strategy for 2022 that will put the people in your business first!

We sat down with Antony Smeaton, UK Senior Manager – Talent Development at Firstsource, to talk about the company’s approach to mental health and wellbeing and their experience working with Red Umbrella.

So you’ve signed up for Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training and now you’re wondering what the course entails? Or maybe you’re looking at what the course includes before you sign up?