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Advice on designing places that promote good mental health

|Date: 12 October, 2020

Advice on designing places that promote good mental health

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has published advice setting out how planners can create healthy ...

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has published advice setting out how planners can create healthy communities that promote good mental health. Mental Health and Town Planning gives advice on h ...

12 October, 2020
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Jayne Adamson at believe housing receives MBE

|Date: 12 October, 2020

Jayne Adamson at believe housing receives MBE

A key figure in an initiative to reduce suicide in County Durham has been left stunned after receiving an ...

A key figure in an initiative to reduce suicide in County Durham has been left stunned after receiving an MBE. Jayne Adamson (pictured above), who works for County Durham-based believe housing, was aw ...

12 October, 2020
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Caring for mental health in construction must continue post-pandemic

|Date: 12 October, 2020

Caring for mental health in construction must continue post-pandemic

There is no doubt that the coronavirus pandemic is going to have huge mental health implications on the n ...

There is no doubt that the coronavirus pandemic is going to have huge mental health implications on the nation, and figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in July showed that the ...

12 October, 2020
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First building design standard for sensory and neurological needs

|Date: 7 October, 2020

First building design standard for sensory and neurological needs

BSI, in its role as the UK National Standards Body, announces a new project to create the first set of gu ...

BSI, in its role as the UK National Standards Body, announces a new project to create the first set of guidance for the design of the built environment to include the needs of people who experience se ...

7 October, 2020
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Conlon and FWP complete on mental health rehabilitation unit

|Date: 17 September, 2020

Conlon and FWP complete on mental health rehabilitation unit

Conlon Construction and Frank Whittle Partnership (FWP) have completed the creation of a rehabilitation u ...

Conlon Construction and Frank Whittle Partnership (FWP) have completed the creation of a rehabilitation unit which will help patients recovering from mental health conditions regain the skills associa ...

17 September, 2020
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Wates encourages colleagues to ‘take a minute’ as UK suicide rates soar

|Date: 10 September, 2020

Wates encourages colleagues to ‘take a minute’ as UK suicide rates soar

Wates is encouraging colleagues to ‘take a minute’ as World Suicide Prevention Day this year falls agains ...

Wates is encouraging colleagues to ‘take a minute’ as World Suicide Prevention Day this year falls against a background of the highest level of male suicides in two decades, and the highest rate of fe ...

10 September, 2020
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Giving real value to our communities in their hour of need

|Date: 30 April, 2020

Giving real value to our communities in their hour of need

A famous wartime recruitment poster from 1915 asks, “Daddy, what did YOU do in the Great War?” I wonder i ...

A famous wartime recruitment poster from 1915 asks, “Daddy, what did YOU do in the Great War?” I wonder if in the months and years to come people will look back and ask, “What did you do during the pa ...

30 April, 2020
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Free online wellbeing workshops for construction workers

|Date: 8 April, 2020

Free online wellbeing workshops for construction workers

Calls to the UK’s ‘Construction Industry Helpline’ have increased 25% over the past 10 days, which reflec ...

Calls to the UK’s ‘Construction Industry Helpline’ have increased 25% over the past 10 days, which reflect the rising levels of anxiety and insecurity within the construction industry. To help offer s ...

8 April, 2020
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HSE statistics a stark warning about workplace mental health

|Date: 6 November, 2019

HSE statistics a stark warning about workplace mental health

Mates in Mind highlights mental health statistics as a stark warning to employers of the cost to workers ...

Mates in Mind highlights mental health statistics as a stark warning to employers of the cost to workers and businesses if workplace mental health is not properly understood. Following the release of ...

6 November, 2019
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Survey highlights need to improve workplace mental health

|Date: 10 October, 2019

Survey highlights need to improve workplace mental health

Mates in Mind calls on industry leaders and government to take immediate action to improve workplace ment ...

Mates in Mind calls on industry leaders and government to take immediate action to improve workplace mental health. A recent survey conducted by UK Construction Week, with support from Mates in Mind c ...

10 October, 2019
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