Mental Health Awareness Week 2022 - Business toolkit

Mental Health Awareness Week is being held between 9 and 15 May. Here’s why opening up the conversation around mental health should be a priority for your business. Sometimes your mental health can feel good, and other times, not so good. That’s okay, but it’s important you’re able to recognise when things feel a little too tough to handle and get the right support when we need it.

How does this affect your business?

Every year, 70 million work days are lost due to poor mental health, costing employers £2.4 billion each year^. When employees are going through hard times, it can have a knock-on effect towards your business. So, let your employees know you’re there to support them with their mental health.

We’ve put together some expert-approved tools and resources for you to share that help bring awareness to the importance of looking after your mental health.

For your business

• Employer internal communication (DOC, 0.02MB)


• SilverCloud intranet copy (DOC, 0.02MB)


• Bupa Academy Mental Health module leaflet (PDF, 0.2MB)


• Workplace Health Insights – Every mind matters recording

Guidance and support for line-managers

• Open up at work: Manager’s guide (PDF, 1.0MB)


• How learning can benefit your team’s mental health: Manager’s guide (PDF, 0.6MB)


• Managing loneliness in the workplace

Resources to share with your team

• Mental Health Hub


• Coping with anxiety about world events


• Inside Health | Family mental health video


• Bupa | Inside Health | Teenage mental health with Dr Alex George


• Coping with loneliness

Resources to share with your team dependent on your employee’s policy or health trust

• SilverCloud Wellbeing employee leaflet (PDF, 0.3MB)


• SilverCloud Wellbeing employee email (OFT, 0.06MB)


• Corporate Family Mental HealthLine employee poster (PDF, 1.2MB)


• Corporate Direct Access poster - Mental health (PDF, 1.0MB)

For more information on mental wellbeing, head to Mind, Samaritans, Young Minds or Mental Health Foundation.

^{^}Mental Health in the workplace | Mental Health Foundation