Mental Health UK has lots of resources for World Mental Health Day via https://mentalhealth-uk.org/get-involved/mental-health-awareness-days/world-mental-health-day/ but in this link you can also find resources for employees and employers alike, beyond todays events.
From helping individuals to manage stress and build resilience, to a conversation guide to help initiate a supportive conversation about mental health. There are other helpful resources out there and for ease we’ve split them into those for Employers and those for Employees:
For Employers:
ACAS https://www.acas.org.uk/supporting-mental-health-workplace has clear advice for employers on your responsibility and duty of care, along with lots of information around creating a supportive environment, training and creating policies.
The Mental Health Foundation has a checklist employers can use to help them create mentally healthy workplaces https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/explore-mental-health/publications/how-support-mental-health-work#paragraph-53216
The HSE has guidance on mental health in work and includes the Thriving at Work Core Standards framework https://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/mental-health.htm. There are also toolkits and workbooks for employers to use.
The CIPD has collaborated with MIND to produce a guide to supporting mental health at work https://www.cipd.org/uk/knowledge/guides/mental-health-support-guide/
St John Ambulance has advice and free resources via https://www.sja.org.uk/course-information/blog/prioritising-workplace-health-and-wellbeing/
For Employees
MIND has tips for how employees which be found at https://www.mind.org.uk/workplace/mental-health-at-work/tips-for-employees/ and include things like reclaiming your lunch break.
ACAS has advice to help you seek support from your employer https://www.acas.org.uk/supporting-mental-health-workplace/looking-after-your-mental-health
The Mental Health Foundation has some practical information to help you achieve a better work-life balance https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/explore-mental-health/a-z-topics/work-life-balance