Did you know that 1 in 4 adults in Scotland suffer from a form of mental illness?
Myself and the IWM communications leadership team completed a 12 hour mental health first aider training course.This is the first step in a programme to look at how we better support our colleagues and provide them a workplace environment that can provide support when faced with a mental illness. To follow on from this we will be organising a mindfullness and well being coach to help colleagues how to better deal with work place stress.
I thought I would share as the stat above is scary - 25% and the 2 day course equips you with skills that not only help in workplace enviroment but also skills that could help friends/family members, I would thoroughly recommend the course to anyone who is keen to better understand what causes the illness and how we can better support.
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