WITH MENTAL health issues affecting one in four people each year, staff members at Worcester Bosch have urged employees to be open about their mental health without fear of reprisal.
More than 40 members of staff at the company are now trained Mental Health First Aid Champions and to mark World Mental Health Day the manufacturing product display area was turned into an area to talk, meet this team and enjoy a coffee.
The main aim was also to remind people of the Time to Change campaign’s ask twice message, once to get the expected ‘fine’ reply and again to dig a little deeper into the response when needed.
Kerry Grindon, one of the members of Worcester Bosch’s Health and Wellbeing team, said: “It is terrible to think that friends and colleagues could be suffering in silence or feeling they will be viewed negatively if they voice their feelings.
“Earlier this year, the Health and Wellbeing Team made a commitment to change the way we think and act when it comes to mental health across every level of our organisation.
“We hope that altering perceptions, bringing an openness to the subject and having a team of people available to listen, will help make all the difference.”
