Suffolk Businesses are guided to workplace wellbeing.

How do Suffolk businesses tackle stress in the workplace? What can you do if you are worried about a colleague? How can you make sure you are up to date with new employment law?

Suffolk Business Minded attended the Bury Free Press Business to Business exhibition, held in Bury on Thursday 29/10/09. The event was a great success and we made many new contacts, with several businesses signing up to attend the next forum. [click here for more details.]

"Its a journey that may take some time, as with any 'culture change'. But there are signs that businesses are finally starting to acknowledge that stress and mental health issues in the workplace are not going away and need to be addressed in a proactive manner." commented campaign lead Gabriel Tamaya

The first forum was launched on 29th September 2009, and was a great success. The forum received very positive feedback from the local businesses who attended. The primary aim of the first forum meeting was to establish the members’ needs and use this to lay the foundations for the future direction of the forum. 

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Please click on the below link(s) to read the latest campaign article in the Autumn edition of the Institute Of Directors magazine.

IOD Suffolk Autumn article - direct link to article

IOD Suffolk Autumn issue - to go to site and download magazine [article is on p.22].

The Trust is sponsoring one day training sessions that will be run in both East and West Suffolk on 21st May and 11th June 2009. The events will be open to local employers, and will look at the key areas around keeping employees well and in work. The training will be delivered by local experts in their fields, with each event consisting of four modules.

Employers can expect to leave the training with a clear understanding of how these areas can be applied to their business, as well as their role as employers in implementing them.

Suffolk Business Minded is to be launched later this month, on 30th March at Suffolk Chamber of Commerce lunch, which will be held at the Elizabeth Hotel in Copdock.

Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Chief Executive, Mark Halladay, will address employers on the hidden costs of not addressing issues around wellbeing in the workplace, and explain how the initiative hopes to support managers and businesses. The launch is being followed by an awareness week in April with local media publicity, as well as a two hour breakfast event open to local employers.