With Time to Talk day coming up this month we thought it was important for employers to take this opportunity to think about employee’s mental health. We have added some resource links below to help you communicate the day and also open lines of communication with employees to let them know you are there for them if they need to discuss anything.
Ideas to encourage employee well-being:
- Send staff a ‘time-out’ bar of chocolate and a tea bag with a note suggesting they should take some time for themselves.
- If you have an EAP scheme for your employees, why not highlight this in February.
- Start to include time in your 1:1’s to ensure your employees are ok and give the time for them to discuss any concerns they have.
- Put up posters in predominant places of your workplace TtC Workplace Activity Pack 2020.pdf (time-to-change.org.uk)
Monthly Awareness Days
- Race Equality Week – from 1st February
- Children’s Mental Health Week – from 1st February
- Time to Talk – 4th February
- Valentine’s Day – 14th February
- Pancake Day – 16th February
- International Stand Up to Bullying Day – 26th February
HR Alerts
- Review archived information in line with GDPR requirements
- Check all employee contact information/data is up to date
- Have you got a bullying and harassment policy? You may wish to contact us on how we can help you produce one. Register you interest for up to date policies at www.sprouts-group.co.uk/sprouts-hub-membership/
External Sources:
- Templates for communicating Time to Talk day TtC Employers Pack 2020_0.pdf (time-to-change.org.uk)
- Employers pack from ‘Time to change’ TtC Employers Pack 2020_0.pdf (time-to-change.org.uk)
- Workplace activity pack from ‘Time to change’ TtC Workplace Activity Pack 2020.pdf (time-to-change.org.uk)
Inspirational quote
“Today’s accomplishments were yesterday’s impossibilities” – ROBERT H. SCHULLER
