Many of you will remember that we’d planned a Let’s Talk Men’s Mental Fitness virtual bitesize session to tie in with International Men’s Day – but unfortunately we had to postpone it. As part of our activities to mark Mental Health Awareness Week (13th – 19th May), our Health & Wellbeing EDI Network have now rescheduled this session to Friday 17th May: 10am-11am, which will highlight to all colleagues the support available through Andysmanclub – a men’s suicide prevention charity, offering free-to-attend peer-to-peer support groups across the United Kingdom and online.
At GC we want to normalise the conversations around men's mental health. In the UK, 3 out of 4 suicides are men. Furthermore, suicide is the biggest killer of men under 45. These statistics underline the importance of helping men reach out, talk about their problems and seek treatment.
Attend if you want to:
- end the stigma surrounding men’s mental health and help men through the power of conversation.
- help colleagues make the time to educate themselves and make informed choices about what they can do to make changes in their lives – both at work and at home to support and protect their mental fitness.
Chris Jones, Executive Director for Centre for Assessment, and our SMT Sponsor for the Health & Wellbeing EDI Network, will be opening-up the session, and handing over to a representative from Andysmanclub who’ll will be running the main part of the session. Chris will also take part in the Q&A at the end of the session and share his reflections.
We hope to see you there. In the meantime, you can find out more information about men’s mental health on this page on Our Working Way, which includes a short video showcasing some of the members of Andysmanclub and how you can support their fundraising.
The calendar invite for the session has been published to all colleagues.