Regional Workplace Mental Health Campaign
In the build up to World Mental Health Day on 10th October, the five local Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland alongside the Public Health Agency (PHA) and Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) have worked in partnership to develop a campaign to encourage people across Northern Ireland to prioritise workplace mental health.
The campaign encourages everyone to take 10 minutes out of their day for self-care using the ‘Take 5 steps to wellbeing’.
It is easy to start adding the ‘Take 5 steps to wellbeing’ to your daily routine – anyone can do it – and it is important because taking care of your mental health and managing stress helps to improve your personal resilience. It also can help you if you support or care for others.
The ‘Take 5 steps to wellbeing’ are:
Connect
Keep Learning
Be Active
Take Notice and
Give.
You can find out all you need to know in the resource pack to accompany this campaign which includes background to the campaign, helpful tips and advice for employees and employers, and useful links to support services.
The Health Improvement Team are planning Take 5 activities during October for staff – these will be advertised on the Loop and bWell.
We also want to encourage everyone to learn more about mental health and suicide prevention by attending a training course. You can access the Belfast Trust Health Improvement Team’s Mental Health Improvement and Suicide Prevention Training Guide here.
If you’re looking for information and resources regarding suicide prevention and mental health please see the Mind ur Mind section of the Belfast Trust’s staff B Well website. You can also check out our range of Self Help guides here which include topics such as depression, self-harm and stress.
For more information on the work of the Health Improvement Team visit our page here.
If you, or someone you know, is in crisis and struggling to cope, call Lifeline and speak to a counsellor immediately 0808 808 8000. Textphone for deaf and hard-of -hearing Lifeline 18001 0808 808 8000.