Good morningJust a quick reminder that our FREE Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace Online Network Session is happening tomorrow from 12:00-1:30pm!There’s still time to book your place.These sessions are a great opportunity to connect with o...
Good morning,There’s just one week to go!Next Thursday, 28th August, from 12:00-13:30pm, we’re hosting our FREE Online Mental Health & Wellbeing in the Workplace Networking Event - and you’re invited!Why should you join us?✅ Inspiring conversati...
Drop in to Augusts Wellbeing Support & Share SessionHello everyone,Feel free to drop in to this months Wellbeing Support & Share Drop-In, hosted by MHScot Workplace Wellbeing. This session was previously called the ‘Mental Health First Aid Dr...
A Workplace Where Mental Health Thrives? Let’s Make It Happen – Together.On Thursday 28th August, 12:00–1:30pm, we’re bringing together leaders, managers, advocates, and curious minds from across the UK for our next FREE Mental Health & Wellbeing...
A Message from the Editor,Sonia Last 📝When we struggle with our mental health, it can be hard to do the things that may make us feel better. It can take huge effort to summon the energy and courage to actively self-care. Retreating from the wor...
Are workplace wellbeing campaigns making a real difference, or just ticking boxes? In this thought-provoking episode, we uncover the gap between what organisations say and what employees actually experience. As stress, cynicism, and disengagement ris...
In today’s workplace, gender-neutral policies are often hailed as progressive. But here’s the problem: when you apply the same rules to everyone in unequal circumstances, you don’t create fairness - you deepen inequality....
Every day across the UK, millions of people quietly juggle the demands of work while providing unpaid care for a loved one. It might be a parent supporting a child with additional needs, a partner caring for someone with a lo...
Asking the Tough Questions This World Wellbeing Month 🌍 June is World Wellbeing Month - a time when many organisations proudly promote their wellbeing policies, benefits packages and mental health initiatives. But amidst the social me...
We know that careless working conditions can give rise to or exacerbate poor mental health, but a well-run, humanely managed working environment can do much to promote and protect our sense of wellbeing. We know that psychosocial...
This week, two of our team, Angela Rook and Sonia Last, sit down with our partner Claire Mackenzie from Venturing Out for a relaxed, 23-minute chat about the future of employee wellbeing. Wellbeing is no longer a ‘nice to have’ but a business-critic...
A tribunal ruling on a manager’s repeated sighs might sound trivial, until you look closer. In this episode, we unpack what a “sigh” really communicates in power-imbalanced settings, and why it matters for neurodivergent people at work. We explore ho...
What if underperformance isn't a failure of the person, but a signal that something in the system isn't working? In this episode, we step back from the blame game and explore a more compassionate, human-centred approach to performance, support and le...
As we mark Mental Health Awareness Week, it's the perfect time to reflect on one of the most powerful tools we have for supporting wellbeing – community. At MHScot, we’ve seen first-hand how meaningful connections an...
Mental Health Awareness Week shines a spotlight on community, but what about the other 51 weeks of the year? In this episode, we unpack why real mental health support requires more than awareness campaigns and ask what community really means in the m...
