Mental Health Awareness Week, May 2024 – business toolkit

When your employees feel good inside, they’re much more likely to perform better and take less time off work.

Mental Health Awareness Week is from 13 to 19 May. The focus this year is moving for our mental health. Here’s why mental health should be a top priority for your business.

How does this affect your business?

It’s estimated over 17.1 million workdays were lost between 2022 and 2023 due to work-related stress, depression and anxiety¹.

Taking steps to make changes at work can really help with managing work-related anxiety. It can also help colleagues to perform better at work.

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

For your business

Employer internal communication (DOC, 0.02MB)

Last year, we launched our new Workplace Mental Health Advantage proposition. Watch this video to find out how we can help everyone in your business thrive.

• SilverCloud intranet copy (DOC, 0.02MB)
• Family Mental HealthLine leaflet (PDF, 0.2MB)
• Direct Access Mental Health brochure (PDF, 0.3MB)
• Workplace Health Insights – Every mind matters

You and your line managers can learn about the insights and trends on mental health to inform your health and wellbeing strategy with the Bupa Academy.
Bupa Academy Mental Health module leaflet (PDF, 0.2MB)

Line-managers support

Guides and articles

• Supporting employees who are experiencing stress (PDF, 0.6MB)
• Open up at work (PDF, 1.3MB)
• How learning can benefit your team’s mental health (PDF, 0.8MB)
• Managing loneliness in the workplace

Bitesize Academy videos

• Talking about suicide at work
• Supporting employees with work related stress

Resources to share with your team

• Mental Health Hub
• Move Hub
• Why is exercise important?
• Tips to get back your workout motivation
• The health benefits of walking
• 5 ways to stay fit and healthy

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

• SilverCloud Wellbeing employee leaflet (PDF, 0.4MB)
• Corporate Family Mental HealthLine employee poster (PDF, 1.2MB)
• Corporate Direct Access poster - Mental Health (PDF, 1.0MB)
• Healthy Minds Employee Leaflet (PDF, 0.1MB)^*

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

¹Work-relates stress, anxiety and depression in Great Britain, HSE. 2023.

^*Part of the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)