While many employers acknowledge that mental health is a key employee concern, few have a specific well-being strategy in place.
Mental wellbeing used to be a topic that was actively avoided at work, with employees being worried about admitting that they had mental health issues. Whilst this is still true today, there are some high-profile campaigns which have given more focus to the prevalence of mental health issues, and encouraged people to discuss and share their experiences. For example, Prince Harry established ‘Talking Heads’ with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to highlight mental wellbeing and has in turn been very honest about his own struggles following the death of his mother. Other high-profile figures who have discussed their own mental health have included Stormzy, the Grime artist, and Stephen Fry, actor and comedian.