1. Mental Health:
“Coming Out”
Andrew White
Director of Stonewall Cymru

2. Sara Moseley, Director Mind Cymru
Sara is Director of Mind Cymru and an Executive Director of Mind. She Chairs the Wales Alliance for Mental Health, the anti-stigma campaign, Time to Change Wales, and the Government’s Mental Health Crisis Care Task and Finish group.
Sara has a background in journalism, communication and public engagement having been Director of Communications for the Welsh Government as well as a large London Health Trust and the young people’s homelessness charity, Centrepoint. She is passionate about enabling people’s voices and experiences to be heard and shared and about improving access to compassionate and effective services and support.
Sara has a 17 year old daughter and 15 year old son who is deaf, in mainstream education and has recently received a cochlear implant.
She is a fluent Welsh speaker, a Distinguished Vising Fellow at Cardiff University and a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.

3. Importance of Well Being at Work
People who achieve good standards of wellbeing at work are likely to be more creative, loyal, productive and provide better customer satisfaction
Mental health problems among workers cost the UK economy between £70–£100 billion per year, or 4.5 per cent of GDP

4. Right now…
1 in 4 of us will experience a mental health problem in any given year
1 in 6 workers is dealing with anxiety, depression or stress
Research shows that work tends to be the most stressful factor in people’s lives
Mental ill-health is the leading cause of sickness absence in the UK costing an average of £1,035 per employee per year
On average, we spend 30% of our lives at work
Mental health problems among workers cost the UK economy between £70–£100 billion per year, or 4.5 per cent of GDP
work gives meaningful and satisfying activity, financial reward
These statistics are from our Workplace Wellbeing research

5. Our healthchecks report found that…
82% of employees reported experiencing stress, low mood or poor mental health whilst at work
37% reported having to take time off work because of stress, low mood or poor mental health
Only 57% of employees were aware of mental health support that was available to them
46% thought their organisation did not encourage them to talk about their mental health
Mental health problems among workers cost the UK economy between £70–£100 billion per year, or 4.5 per cent of GDP
These statistics are taken from our Time to Change Healthchecks – findings of which can be found in our Creating mentally healthy workplace report.

6. A major cause of stigma and prejudice is that people don’t talk about it. People who feel they are stigmatised about their mental health problem feel isolated, unsupported and hopeless.
We found that some people still have a belief that people with a mental illness should not have the same rights to a job as anyone else, people with a mental health problem should not be allowed to hold public office, and people with a mental health problem should not be allowed to have children.
9 out of 10 people who experience mental health problems say they face stigma and discrimination as a result
60% of people said that stigma and discrimination are as damaging or more damaging than the symptoms of their mental health problem
35% of respondents said that stigma had made them give up on their ambitions, hopes and dreams for their life
27% said stigma had made them want to give up on life
Someone you know right now will have a mental health problem and they don’t know how to tell you
The attitude of others can stop people with mental health problems asking for the help they need
Being judged and isolated can be harder than the mental health problem itself

7. How to create a mentally healthy workplace…
In order to create a mentally healthy workplace, you need to implement a comprehensive approach that
Promotes wellbeing for all staff
Tackles the work-related causes of MHPs
Supports staff experiencing a MHP across the spectrum
Senior leadership is key to this

8. Time to Change Wales Organisational Pledge

9. Time to Change Wales
Champions
Workplace
Social Marketing

10. What do we want to achieve?
Improved public attitudes towards people with mental health problems
Reduced levels of discrimination in the workplace, in mental health services and in personal relationships.
Increased numbers of people with lived experience of mental health problems empowered to take action to challenge stigma and discrimination.
Secure changes to policy, practice and organisational culture in order to reduce stigma and discrimination in the longer-term.

11. SIGN THE PLEDGE!

12. What does it mean to pledge?

13. Review your action plan annually
It’s a live document!
New action plan template available on website
Guidelines with examples and ideas
Ask for support
Share your action plan internally
Embed sustainable cultural change
Don’t just focus on mental health week
Make talking about mental health part of everyday working life
Encourage and support Employee Champions
Think about both internal and external activities
Got business customers? Tell them about the TTCW organisational pledge
Evaluate the impact of your actions
Outcomes not outputs
Surveys, focus groups, informal discussions
Celebrate successes
Identify areas for improvement

14. Harness Time to Change resources
Order resources directly from us
Print your own resources
Anti-stigma talks

15. Share best practices!
Send us updates about your activities
Write a blog for our website
Talk at one of our Pledged Organisations events
Support your peers

16. Pledged Organisations
Hywel Dda
Melin Homes
Aneurin Bevan
United Welsh Housing
Cwm Taf
React Support Services
Powys LHB
Aberystwyth University Staff
Merthyr Tydfil LA
Aberystwyth Students Union
RCT LA
Cardiff University Students Society
Torfaen LA
Swansea University
Monmouthshire LA
South Wales Fire & Rescue
Newport LA
Dyfed Powys Police
Welsh Government
South Wales Police
Wales Community Rehab Company
Gwent Police
Arriva Trains
Principality
Network Rail Wales
Stonewall Cymru
Welsh Water
Tai Pawb
All of these organisations have already signed the pledge and written their action plans and we have many more working toward signing the pledge.
The latest organisation to sign will be New Law who are signing today!

17. Organisational Pledge
New Law
Organisational Pledge
Victoria Hall
Head of Employment Law

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19. Pete Mercer
Client Group Manager
Stonewall

20. Q&A

21. 12:40
Lunch and networking