Pledged Employers

We pledge to ensure that all our staff understand the importance of looking after their mental wellbeing. As a family company it is vital that we protect our staff by addressing mental health at work for those with existing issues, for those at risk and for the workforce as a whole. We believe our workplace should be a place where everyone can be safe, innovative and thrive.

Unity Trust Bank is a commercial bank with a difference. We work with businesses and organisations that create a better society; helping organisations to prosper and contributing to economic, community and environmental change. We are committed to supporting those who suffer from mental health illnesses in the workplace, as well as changing the perception around mental health to back the time to change initiative.

Unity Trust Bank has signed the pledge to show our commitment to our employees.

We have developed an action plan which includes:

• Appointing two Mental Health First Aiders
• Providing training and guidance to our managers to equip them to have conversations about mental health
• Creation of Wellness Action Plan (WAP) for line managers to identify and manage work-related stress
• ‘This is me’ campaign- welcoming employees to share personal stories about their mental health and offer advice to others
• Reviewing key people policies
• Wellbeing allowance (including either annual health checks, family health cash plans or individual private health insurance)

Through these actions we want to promote an open and sympathetic culture where people feel comfortable openly talking about their mental health and line managers understand better how to support their teams.

As an organization, CU Social Enterprise changes lives by providing opportunities in the community. As an employer, we are committed to improving the lives of its employees. In 2019, the company is taking the Time to Change Employer Pledge, and is also taking part in Thrive at Work Wellbeing program, a commitment that provides criteria and guidelines to help create a workplace that promotes employee health and wellbeing.

The Maritime Academy Trust is committed to ending the stigma and discrimination associated with Mental Health in the work place. The Trust is proud to be working with Mind on the implementation of an action plan which will be key to developing an inclusive and supportive culture where employees feel empowered to talk about their Mental Health.

TACT has signed the Employer Pledge to help eradicate the stigma around mental health, foster good mental health and to create a positive and inclusive culture within the organisation that understands and supports employees living with mental health conditions.

As the Isle of Wight’s longest established and only independent generalist recruitment agency, supplying temporary, contract and permanent staff to all industries WP Recruitment & HR Ltd is committed to raise awareness of and promote positive mental health and inclusion in the workplace to make the Island a better place to work.

Steve Fearnehough, Managing Director of Crossway Scaffolding feels as an organisation we have a duty to look after the mental health and wellbeing of all our employees and we are very proud to be making the commitment to sign the Time for Change pledge.

As a company we will endeavour to:

• Raise awareness of mental health issues and behaviours across the company and local community.
• Reduce the stigma attached to mental health in the workplace and in particular the construction industry.
• Empower our employees so they feel able to approach colleagues, managers and directors for help.
• Provide mental health first aiders across the organisation.
• Promote the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion ethos across the organisation.

Suffolk New College have signed the Time to Change pledge because we want everyone to know that we are taking a pro-active approach to educating and raising awareness about mental and emotional health issues, helping to reduce the associated stigma and creating a platform to support all our employees and students.

At Acocks Green Primary School we have been working hard to build a workplace environment where everyone is, very simply, happy. Happiness which equates to fulfilment in our roles, whatever our role is in the school; peace and rest at home and with our families and with our time for relaxation and wellbeing. We know that if any one of our team is not fulfilled and happy it can cause distress and a deterioration of mental health and positive outlook. We talk, we listen and we care. Everyone is valued, everyone is nurtured and everyone is happy. This is our wellbeing motto for the school and we put this at the heart of everything we do.

Alison Pritchard, Government Digital Service's Interim Director General signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge on 21 August 2019 on behalf of the GDS Executive Team.