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Employers have a responsibility to acknowledge employees’ challenges as we all adjust to new models of working – in particular, loneliness and connection.
To understand more about how you can help colleagues deal with these challenges, Make A Difference ran a webinar, sponsored by SilverCloud on Wednesday 29 June including input from:
> Andy Holmes, former Global Head of Wellbeing, Reckitt
> Ryan Hopkins, Global Workplace of the Future Lead, Finastra
> Dr Jorge Palacios, Senior Digital Health Scientist, SilverCloud
> Dr Carolyn Lorian, Head of Clinical Transformation, SilverCloud
Featured Webinar: The Recipe For Employee Mental Resilience – Is Your Workforce Fit To Thrive In 2022 And Beyond?
From meaningful work to developing the coping skills to thrive, there are many ingredients to supporting mental health at work. Our Make A Difference Live Roundtable Webinar, together with AXA Health, focused on how to get the right blend and right focus of skills and behaviours, environment and culture, as well as accessible support. The session includes insights from a stellar panel of leaders including:
Against the backdrop of soaring demand, the high-stakes, high-pressure professional services environment is pushing employees across the sector to to the brink of burnout. Our Make A Difference webinar, in partnership with YuLife and in association with the Mindful Business Charter shared transferable tips and practical insights into how employers from across sectors can help combat stress and burnout – from encouraging small behavioural changes to looking at job demands and client expectations. Featuring input from:
Most people’s lives have been turned upside down over the past two years, but women have been disproportionately affected. Yet women are crucial to our recovery from the pandemic.
To help employers understand the simple steps they can take to redress this balance by supporting women’s mental, physical and financial wellbeing, Peppy sponsored a webinar on 2nd March featuring expert speakers:
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To help employers understand what they can do to break down the the taboos that surround talking about money and better support employees to achieve their (and your) financial wellbeing goals, Octopus MoneyCoach sponsored a Make A Difference webinar, including input from:
> Shah Abbasi, Head of Financial Coaching, Octopus Money Coach
> Caspian Paget, Coach Excellence lead, Octopus Money Coach
> Michaela O’Reilly, Head of Reward and HR Analytics, Ipsos
You can download Octopus MoneyCoach’s toolkits as follows:
Download: HR toolkit: Time to Talk
Download: Breaking the Taboo: 7 tips for engaging your team in money conversations
Download: Rethinking Financial Wellbeing: fresh, new solutions based on research from 1000+ FTSE50 employees.
Blog: 10 reasons to consider financial coaching for your organisation
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As culture trickles down from the top, if our leaders are stressed and facing burnout, the impact is felt across the entire organisation. Now – more than ever – upskilling managers and leadership in looking after their own mental fitness as part of good management practice is critical.
Recognising this, Fika Mental Fitness sponsored a Make A Difference learn & lead webinar: “How to transform culture across your organisation by turning your leaders into mental fitness role models”.
Featuring expert insights from:
> Dr Fran Longstaff, Head of Psychology, Fika Mental Fitness
> Matt Burton, Head of Leadership & Talent, DFS Group
> Gareth Fryer, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Fika Mental Fitness
If you would like a copy of the slides from this presentation, please contact [email protected].
As many employers start to evaluate what is and isn’t working when it comes workplace mental health and wellbeing programmes, there’s growing recognition that data is needed to drive decisions. But many are struggling to access the right data and harness the key insights that will maximise impact for both employees and for the business.
To meet this information need, Make A Difference Media ran a free to attend interactive webinar “Why measurement matters in workplace mental health and wellbeing and what to measure”. The session was kindly sponsored by SilverCloud and included expert insight from:
• Elizabeth Hampson, Director – Health and Life Sciences Consulting @Deloitte
• Jacy Okrah, Corporate Psychological Therapies Service Deputy Clinical Lead @Vita Health Group
• Dr Carolyn Lorian, Head of Clinical Transformation @SilverCloud Health
• Jorge Palacios, Senior Digital Health Scientist @SilverCloud Health
If you registered for the webinar, SilverCloud will be emailing you the speakers’ slides from the webinar. If you didn’t register for the webinar and would like to receive the slides, please contact [email protected] and we will arrange for them to be sent to you.
From meaningful work to developing the coping skills to thrive, there are many ingredients to supporting mental health at work. Our Make A Difference Live Roundtable Webinar, together with AXA Health, focused on how to get the right blend and right focus of skills and behaviours, environment and culture, as well as accessible support. The session includes insights from a stellar panel of leaders including:
Drawing on key themes from their HR Hurdles report, this Make A Difference webinar, sponsored by Kooth Work, brought together senior wellbeing leaders from major UK employers to share their first-hand insights and answer your questions around:
Featuring expert insights from:
To ensure you’ve taken on board the key learnings in workplace wellbeing from 2021 and are ahead of the curve for 2022, this keynote webinar, sponsored by Vitality, is focused on tangible actions, including fantastic input from:
Many organisations are struggling to ensure wellbeing initiatives are effective, inclusive, flexible and sustainable.
Responding to this need, Make A Difference Media ran a free to attend interactive webinar “Workplace wellbeing: what good looks like” in partnership with YuLife on Thursday 25th November from 10.00am – 11.00am.
The webinar features perspectives from three leaders at different levels in their organisations, all of whom are setting a benchmark for cultures of care:
Tips and links shared in “Workplace wellbeing: what good looks like” webinar
To mark the launch of its men’s health service, Peppy ran this free to attend Make A Difference webinar: “Speaking men’s language: how to talk to male colleagues about health” two days before International Men’s Day.
Watch the recording to gain actionable advice and concrete insights into simple steps employers can take to make a difference with expert input from:
Also check out this article highlighting “6 Ways to Tackle the Problem of Men’s Health”
Useful tips and comments from the webinar chat
Downloadable resource: What’s the Problem with Men’s Health?
Forward-thinking employers are increasingly recognising that psychologically safe work environments and cultures underpin mental health and wellbeing. And that a personalised approach is more important than ever in a potentially complex hybrid world of work. But despite best intentions, many are struggling to understand what’s needed to put psychological safety into practice. Too many are still dealing with the symptoms of poor wellbeing instead of focusing on the cause.
Responding to this need, Make A Difference Media ran a free to attend interactive webinar “Psychological Safety in a Hybrid World of Work – A Personalised and Preventative Approach”. The session was sponsored by WeThrive and included input from:
WeThrive’s offer referenced in the webinar
Andrew Heath and Sari Vanska’s presentation
As we make the transition to a hybrid or blended model of working, it’s more important than ever that employers understand the impact this could have on neurodiverse colleagues. Responding to this need, Make A Difference Media ran an interactive webinar: “Supporting the wellbeing of neurodiverse colleagues in a hybrid world of work”. The session was sponsored by Texthelp in association with Auticon and featured input from:
Maria Hamilton’s presentation from Auticon
Rebecca Smyth’ presentation from Texthelp
Neil Eustice & Chris Astley’s presentation from KPMG
We brush our teeth for dental hygiene and workout to stay physically fit – but are we taking the same proactive and preventative approach to looking after our mental health?
In this Make A Difference US webinar, Matt Jackson, Head of North America with mental health platform Unmind first outlines first outlines Unmind’s vision for supporting employee mental health; one that promotes our physical, psychological and social wellbeing. He then opens the session to discussion drawing on the perspectives of:
Fertility challenges can affect anyone: men, women, same sex couples, single people and single parents – and are likely to be affecting a significant number of employees in every organisation. Crucially, according to Fertility Network UK, 90% of individuals encountering fertility issues experience some level of depression and 43% feel suicidal.
This Make A Difference webinar sponsored by Peppy and with thanks to Fertility Network UK is for any employer who wants to understand how to make fertility a core part of your D & I and wellbeing initiatives.
Max Landry’s presentation
Make A Difference X Peppy Resource Sheet
Additional questions answered by the speakers
The business case has been proven for employers to support mental health and wellbeing. But, just having a selection of resources may not be the most efficient solution for your organisation. Rather than throwing everything at the wall and hoping it will stick, how do you foster a joined-up approach to wellbeing across the organisation? How do you systematically create an integrated wellbeing toolkit that best suits employees’ needs?
Whether you’re just beginning to identify areas of support and develop a wellbeing framework, or are well on your way on this journey, this webinar is an opportunity to find answers to these questions, learn from the leaders and assess the best approach for your organisation.
You can download the Roundtable Report referred to during this webinar here.
Togetherall Presentation
Join us on International Make A Difference Day –Tuesday 15th June, from 4.00pm – 5.00pm (UK time) for our Make A Difference Insights & Awards webinar, in association with Royal Mail Group and Optima Health.
As well as celebrating the winners, the first half of the Make A Difference Awards webinar will be a chance to learn from the experience of the judges who will share insights into:
The session will be Chaired by Louise Aston, Wellbeing Campaign Director, BITC.
Insights for employers who want to understand more about the workplace stressors as they navigate the next phase of the pandemic, and how to support the health and wellbeing of their staff – sponsored by Acas.
Acas presentation
3M presentation
www.acas.org.uk/mental-health-
Acas podcasts on how to improve wellbeing at work:
https://www.mentalhealthatwork.org.uk/commitment/
The coronavirus has impacted our lives in many different ways, leaving in its wake a potential hidden pandemic of mental ill-health which employers need to be prepared for. Some already acknowledge mental health issues in the workplace and do what they can to help. But many are still unsure what measures they can take to support their workforce following a crisis of this magnitude.
The Hidden Pandemic ebook
The Hidden Pandemic Webinar – Additional responses to questions and tips shared
You might also be interested in this article in which Dr Nick Earley responds to frequently asked questions
You can find out more about Happence at https://happence.com/
This May, Mental Health Awareness Week was more significant than ever. It was an opportunity for us to take stock, reflect on the real implications of the pandemic and understand what’s needed for progressive employers to stay ahead of the diverse and evolving wellbeing needs of their workforce. The “State of the Nation’s Mental Health: what employers need to know to be prepared” webinar, sponsored by Kooth, is for employers who want to understand the realities of how the pandemic has impacted the mental health of colleagues, customers and members – and how they need to prepare to provide appropriate support moving forwards.
1) Sir Norman Lamb’s introductory presentation
2) Audience questions from the State of the Nation’s Mental Health webinar
3) Kooth webinar chat
1) Anushka Patchava, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Vitality
2) Kathy Abernethy, Director of Menopause Services, Peppy and immediate past Chair of the British Menopause Society
3) Golden nugget tips from the speakers
4) Additional answers to attendees’ questions
Paul Smith, Chief Strategy Officer, ART Health Solutions – working from home: what the data tells us
Additional speaker responses to questions and comments from the webinar audience
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How to support neurodiverse colleagues with technology – presentation by Stuart Blair, Texthelp
Making a Difference Case Study Network Rail
Supporting the wellbeing needs of neurodiverse colleagues – presentation by Matthew Trerise and Angela Armstrong
Supporting the Wellbeing of Neurodiverse Colleagues Webinar Q&A responses
Caption transcript for the neurodiversity webinar
Tips shared during neurodiversity webinar
DMA Talent Dyslexia Employer Guide
DMA Talent Autism Employer Guide
30th April – 1st May 2025