Pledged Employers

Intu Properties

intu owns and operates some of the most popular retail led destinations in the UK and Spain with over 35 million visitors a year.

intu owns and operates some of the most popular retail led destinations in the UK and Spain with over 35 million visitors a year. We employ over 2,000 people directly and our UK centres are responsible for over 3% of the UK’s retail jobs. We’re passionate about creating compelling experiences that make our visitors smile, help our brand customers flourish and our communities prosper.

In July 2019, at his first staff presentation as intu’s new chief executive Matthew Roberts shared his belief as to the importance of good mental health and wellbeing. He told staff that one of their three priorities should be to look after their mental health and that intu would be exploring how it could support in that. Following the announcement over 100 offers of support were received within 48 hours demonstrating the importance to our staff.

Led by the corporate affairs and sustainability director, a cross business working group was set up using the TTC pledge as our roadmap. We are at the start of our journey but have a clear, achievable plan and cross business support and are committed at the highest level to making a difference to our colleagues by reducing the stigma around mental health and increasing mental health literacy.

 

East Kent Mencap

East Kent Mencap provide opportunities for adults and children with a learning disability, their families and carers in East Kent. We enable them to achieve the things that they want out of life and to be valued, treated equally, listened to and included.

East Kent Mencap is a very caring place to work and all our staff put in a huge amount of effort to supporting our members. However, it is hugely important to recognise and offer support to the staff themselves as well, and that is why we are signing the Time To Change Employer Pledge.

We care about our staff’s mental health and wellbeing, and we want them to know that East Kent Mencap not only supports them to do their jobs to the best of their abilities, but promotes their physical and mental wellbeing too. We want to remove the stigma around talking about mental health and facilitate openness and a sense of community across teams.

We hope to do this by creating ‘Wellbeing Walls’, a weekly staff newsletter and a virtual ‘Staff Hub’ where we can share information on local events, mindfulness tips and signposting to other services. We also hope to have a ‘Wellbeing Champion’ in each team to assist with activities around awareness days, as well as feedback to us how the Pledge is impacting their team, and what we can do to improve further.

Perfect Image

The Perfect Image team is made up of over 100+ passionate and talented experts. We have 28+ years of experience with designing, delivering and managing intelligent IT solutions that positively impact businesses from a range of industries.

Perfect Image is signing this pledge because we are committed to eradicating mental health stigma, improving diversity, and becoming more of an inclusive, judgement-free and supportive workplace. We will welcome all qualified job applicants and openly celebrate diversity by encouraging anyone, from any background, to reach their full potential.

 

We want mental health issues to be given the same importance and understanding as physical health issues. At every stage of employment, from recruitment and interviews, to sickness and absence, to development and progression and to day-to-day working, we want staff to feel fully supported and championed. This will be ingrained into our culture by reviewing and updating policies and procedures around recruitment and sickness/absences, where necessary.

The Perfect Image board has agreed to implement changes to tackle stigma and make our business a safe place for staff. Our CEO, CFO and Sales and Marketing Director have agreed that Perfect Image is no place for judgement and discrimination around mental health.

To support, we will assign 3 Mental Health Champions to begin with (2 being fully trained Mental Health First Aiders). They will meet regularly to review and improve our success with changing attitudes towards mental health.

We want to make sure that our pledge is making a positive difference to our culture and values so before we begin implementing the pledge we will start with a survey to learn where we currently are, and then when the pledge is established we will periodically evaluate the impact it has had. This will include staff’s attitudes towards mental health in the workplace and whether staff feel there is stigma/discrimination within Perfect Image. We will review EAP data (what/whether services are being used and whether use is increasing), and how many people are reading the EAP newsletter.

We will work to make sure staff, from board level to entry level, feel comfortable raising mental health problems and discussing them openly if they feel the need.  Staff will not be judged or stigmatised within the organisation and all staff accept, understand and support others in the company who are struggling with mental health problems. We will do this with training and going forward by setting out standardised best practices within manager training.

By signing the Time to Change pledge, we hope to educate staff, improve attitudes towards mental health, encourage positive conversations, and to fight stigma and discrimination. Our staff shouldn’t fear judgement or discrimination because of a mental health issue, and we want to empower them with the knowledge of where and how to get help. This will be reflected not only in our policies but also this needs to be a whole organisational change from the ground up; from peers to managers to business owners.

Hilltop Tots Day Nursery

We are a homely nursery in Talke, with spaces only for 6 babies and 10 toddlers.

We are a homely nursery in Talke, with spaces only for 6 babies and 10 toddlers. We find that our children and families benefit from a more personal, nurturing and child/family centred approach. By being a smaller setting with less children, we are able to help our children prepare for school within a group setting in an environment that is not as intimidating as larger less homely settings, encouraging them to settle quicker and easier.

We also have a high staff to child ratio to ensure that our staff spend more time with our children forming strong bonds and working closely in partnership with our families so that we can provide the best possible individual care for our children and to encourage them to learn, explore, have fun and reach their full potential.

We have designed our facilities to inspire children to have fun and enjoy learning. We have lots of unique facilities including our sensory room, which is one of the only sensory rooms in the area, indoor secret reading garden, Sensory Garden, role play village and much more to explore.

 

We are a new nursery which opened in January 2019. We believe in a home from home personal approach. We believe that a happy and motivated staff team will help to encourage each other, to be happy, have pride in our roles and as a result provide the homely and personal approach that we strongly believe in to help provide the best possible care for our children and families and to help our children reach their full potential.

 We are committed to supporting our team in every way we can to enjoy their roles, to have a great work life balance and to ensure their and each other’s wellbeing. However we also recognise that this is not always possible and there are lot of factors that can affect a person’s health and wellbeing.  Where this is the case, we want to provide the best possible support for our team to help them improve their wellbeing.

This is why we are committed to this pledge as we really care about all of our team and want each team member to feel supported and that they can look to us for support when they need it and in turn provide the same level of care and support to each other.

 

Our approach is always to listen to work together and to learn from each other’s. We are not experts in mental health and wellbeing and we do not have all the answers. But we will listen to the advice and guidance of others and work together to provide the best possible support and to develop our practice to enable us to work together to support each other.

 

We are all role models, to each other, to our children and families and to ourselves and we believe that we need to set the example, to support each other abd to encourage others to do the same.

RBH Hospitality Management

RBH, the UK’s leading independent hotel management company, manages a diverse collection of over 45 hotels across the UK, from full-service country retreats to limited-service city-centre hotels.

RBH, the UK’s leading independent hotel management company, manages a diverse collection of over 45 hotels across the UK, from full-service country retreats to limited-service city-centre hotels. Working in partnership with five of the most prestigious international hotel brands, including IHG, Hilton, Accor, Marriott and Wyndham, RBH is a driving force in the hospitality industry with an expert team of over 100 hotel specialists operating from offices in London and Glasgow. The portfolio unites over 5,700 rooms and over 1,900 colleagues across the managed and leased hotels.

Our Executive Committee strongly believe that caring about our people and helping them develop with RBH, in turn creates a happier environment for everyone. Our values are key to the way in which we operate our hotels and look after our people. They are fully aligned to the personal values of our senior team and are lived and breathed throughout the organisation every day. Our vales are Act with INTEGRITY, Deliver OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, Have the AMBITION to continuously improve, and Show that we CARE.

A focus on the Health and Wellbeing of our people is integral to our motivation which is why we have recently introduced a brand new role of Group Culture and Reward Manager, to help ensure we look after our people as best as we can.

Our vision is for all of us to make the tiniest of changes that can have an impact on our collective health & wellbeing at work and at home! We want all our teams to understand the importance of health and wellbeing and know how they can get involved and access the right tools and training to deliver this.

By implementing and committing to a mental health at work plan, we know it will enhance our already strong commitment to supporting our colleagues on all mental health issues. 

 

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The James Paget University Hospital is a vibrant university hospital providing the best possible care to a population of 230,000 residents across Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney.

The James Paget University Hospital is a vibrant university hospital providing the best possible care to a population of 230,000 residents across Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney, as well as to the many visitors who come to this part of East Anglia. Our main site in Gorleston is supported by the Newberry Clinic and other outreach clinics in the local area.

 

We are the largest employer in Great Yarmouth and Waveney with more than 3,000 staff in a variety of professions and fields. In addition to medical and nursing roles we employ financial, HR and administration staff, allied health professionals, domestic, catering and portering teams and more. Our staff act as ambassadors for the Trust and are guided by four key values which underpin the work that we all do. These are to put patients first; to aim to get it right; to recognise that everybody counts; and to do everything openly and honestly.

 

The James Paget University Hospital understands the importance of positive mental wellbeing for all staff and we are proud to recognise this commitment through the Time to Change pledge. We are dedicated to ensuring support is available for colleagues to help maintain positive mental health and wellbeing and raise awareness through a range of interventions including:  our Wellbeing Champions; bespoke wellbeing training for both managers and staff; promotion of national health campaigns and by providing accessible information. Our trust is working towards embedding a compassionate and inclusive culture and we recognise positive mental health and wellbeing for all our staff is a key element in achieving this aim.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is based in the heart of Nottingham and provide services to over 2.5 million residents of Nottingham and its surrounding communities.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is based in the heart of Nottingham and provide services to over 2.5 million residents of Nottingham and its surrounding communities. 

We're one of the largest employers in the region, employing around 16,700 people across three main sites.

We have a national and international reputation for many of our specialist services, including stroke, renal, neurosciences, cancer services and trauma as well as being at the forefront of many research programmes and new surgical procedures. As a teaching hospital we play a vital role in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals.

Our vision as a trust is to be outstanding in health outcomes and patient and staff experience. One of our key Strategy promises relates to our People and we have pledged to build on our position as an employer of choice; with an engaged, developed and empowered team that puts patient care at the heart of everything it does.

At NUH we recognise that delivery of exceptional patient care is dependent on our teams who deliver that care and ensuring that all our people feel valued and cared for is a key strand in our overall people strategy.  Ensuring that we create an environment where the health and wellbeing of all our people is supported and that we provide opportunities to improve their health and wellbeing is critical to the work we do. Our definition of staff wellbeing includes all physical, mental and financial wellbeing. We recognise that workplace mental health has increased over the past few years, both as a leading cause of absence from work and as a focus of our staff wellbeing programme. Whilst we have made a number of strides over the past couple of years in developing the support we offer to staff around mental health, there is still more we can do, especially around developing the most comprehensive offer we can. Our Time to Change pledge outlines existing work that we can promote and develop further as well as a range of newer initiatives to help reduce the stigma attached to mental health and increase knowledge about support available to staff.

CVS Group

CVS Group is the largest integrated veterinary services provider in the UK

CVS Group employs over 6,500 colleagues across a number of business divisions. The largest is the practice division comprising 503 veterinary practices. 

People are at the heart of our business where we are committed to providing services to our patients and to each other.  We recognise work and life can sometimes be stressful and we are committed to promoting good mental health and wellbeing in our workplace and we are proud to be signing The Time to Change pledge.

We will encourage a culture of wellbeing in our organisation and have a plan and clear vision we intend to deliver. We commit to combating the stigma of mental health and supporting our colleagues to openly talk about mental health, promoting access to resources through a network of colleagues trained in First Aid for Mental Health.

 

Medical News Today

Medical News Today, part of Healthline Media UK, is one of the fastest growing health information sites. Every month, more than 70 million people come to Medical News Today for our in-depth health content and the latest news in medical research.

Mental health is just as important as physical health. At Medical News Today, we strive to create an open and supportive environment, where no employee is afraid to talk about mental health. This is why we’ve signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge, as a commitment to our employees that we will support them in caring for their own mental well-being, as well as the mental well-being of others.

 

Our pledge includes:

  • Training team leaders and mentors in Mental Health First Aid
  • Promoting mental health awareness through internal activities, including mental well-being workshops, employee events, monthly mental health chats, and the sharing of personal stories
  • Ensuring our team leaders and mentors are equipped with the tools and resources they need to support their colleagues by offering comprehensive training and refresher courses
  • Creating a Mental Wellness Action Plan template that managers can use to check in with their direct reports and determine whether additional support in the workplace is required
  • Creating a monthly mental health newsletter that offers tips and resources for healthy mental well-being
  • Promoting better mental health and well-being by offering lunchtime relaxation activities for employees, including yoga and meditation​

 

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Valor Hospitality

Hotel Group.

Our pledge commitment is for Valor Hospitality to be a leader within the hotel industry to support team member wellness, happiness and success. This is done through living and breathing our Wellness Policy, activily talking about Mental Health and giving support to our team members. Our Time to change pledge will be signed by the HR Director, Moira Laird for Valor Hospitality at the companies National Team Member Consultative Committee meeting on 29th October 2019, with a celebratory lunch at Crowne Plaza Solihull. This event will have a representative from each hotel and will also be in attendance by the Valor Leadership Team showing our clear commitment 

Coral Products (Mouldings) Ltd

Coral Products Mouldings Ltd is part of the Coral Products PLC Group and is a manufacturer and distributor of plastic injection and blow moulded products into a diverse range of sectors including food packaging, personal care and household.

Coral Products has already been on a big journey in its commitment towards tackling workplace mental health. We don’t do this because we have to, we do it because our people are our best assets and we care about their wellbeing. We want a workforce who feel they work in a safe place, not only physically but mentally as well. With our help and guidance we believe we can support our employees to succeed, not only in the workplace, but in their personal lives too. This all starts with understanding mental health and what having good mental health means. We have already taken so many steps to reducing the stigma of mental health in our workplace and we will not stop until it becomes and ingrained part of everyday working life. We will reduce the stigma of mental health both in our workplace and our surrounding community.

Worcester Bosch

Market-leading manufacturer of boilers.

Worcester Bosch is a market-leading manufacturer of boilers. With a Royal Warrant and Which? Awards we pride ourselves on our quality and reliability. Our associates are the backbone of our business and with nearly 2000 associates located in the UK on 2 main sites and with around 400 who work remotely nationwide we are committed to ensuring the good mental health of each and every one.

We pledge that we will encourage good mental health by supporting mental health national days such as Time to Talk, World Mental Health Day and Mental Health Awareness Week. We are committed to creating a safe and welcoming environment for all our employees and to promise to them that we are a business that supports them.

We understand the importance of raising awareness around mental health within all levels of our organisation. We have over 90 mental health first aiders and will encourage the roll out of Time to Change Employee Champions across all levels and departments of the organisation. 

We take the time to encourage all our teams to be open and honest about their mental health and are fully committed to removing the stigma surrounding mental health issues.

Fisher German

Property Consultants and Chartered Surveyors

Durham Community Action

Non-profit organization that has been providing support to communities across County Durham since 1935.

Durham Community Action is extremely proud to be joining the Time to Change campaign. As a local infrastructure organisation working at both a strategic and operational level with the County Durham Partnership, we are committed to tackling stigma and championing mental health within our sector. We support volunteer led organisations and community groups to build resilience and capacity to deal with the issues they face. In doing so we put the wellbeing of our employees and those we work with at the centre of our approach. On 10 October 2019, World Mental Health Day, DCA’s Chief Executive will officially sign the Employer Pledge and publicly show our commitment to helping end mental health discrimination in the workplace.

London Borough of Sutton (Kingston and Sutton Council)

Local Authority.

London Borough of Sutton pledges to support its employees to improve their mental health and wellbeing by reducing stigma, opening conversations and providing a workplace where speaking about mental health is the norm. Mental health will be at the core of training and policies. With senior leader support we are looking forward to recruiting internal Employee Mental Wellbeing Champions, arranging events and providing support.

Paradigm Housing

Paradigm Housing manage over 14000 homes across 33 different local authorities.

As an organisation we are committed to changing the conversation about mental health for the benefit of our employees, our customers and the organisation. Our employees are our greatest asset, and our aim is to provide a framework which supports a healthy, resilient workforce at every level. In achieving this we will create a more collaborative, productive and safer working environment for all and deliver better outcomes for our customers.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Limited

Siemens Gamesa is a leader in the renewable energy industry, working to provide the world's best offshore and onshore wind turbines and services.

Our pledge is to support all our colleagues with their wellbeing and overall mental health. To do this we will engage our entire workforce through positive promotion, education and a dedicated wellbeing and mental health strategy for 2019 and beyond.

Furthermore we will provide all line managers with the skills and knowledge to actively support all colleagues with their mental health and aim to create an open culture to talk about mental health. #timetochange  

Croft Community School

A local authority school for young people with moderate learning difficulties and or Autism Spectrum Conditions.

VF Northern Europe Ltd

An American worldwide apparel and footwear company.

Vertas

Facilities management company.

From the very top of our organisation Vertas commits fully to an inclusive, tolerant and de-stigmatising culture, for our colleagues in all sites across Great Britain. We want each of our colleagues to have equal opportunities and enjoy an environment where they are supported and valued as individuals. Our people are at the heart of what we do and the service we deliver to clients. Each of our planned activities and actions in our pledge, large and small, will further enhance employee engagement and morale within our teams. This commitment and plan of action has been developed by our Senior Management Team and forms the core of our Health and Wellbeing strategy. Our Chief Executive Officer Ian Surtees recognises the importance of our actions, as an inclusive and responsible employer, and gives this plan his full support.

Target Housing

Target Housing Rotherham is a supported accommodation project, primarily for current offenders, ex-offenders or those at risk of offending.

For our pledge commitment we will draw on existing activities we have in place as well as adding new commitments to ensure we are doing the best we can for our employees in terms of their mental health. For our pledge commitment activity event we plan on conducting this hopefully on World mental health day 10th Oct in our central office where employees and senior management will be in attendance.

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

NHS Trust.

We recognise the fundamental wellbeing of our workforce is essential to ensuring that Sussex Community Trust is able to deliver our ambitions as an organisation. 

  • Improved and maintained Staff wellbeing will impact significantly on the care given to our patients we know that staff who are supported will offer a higher quality of service to patients.
  • Trust commitment to the wellbeing of our workforce will identify us as an employer of choice locally and will create the optimal environment for our staff to thrive and to develop their professional potential.
  • Staff Wellbeing will reduce the time that staff are absent from work through depression & anxiety and subsequently the stress placed upon other staff to cover existing workloads, as well as the financial and quality implications of needing to recruit temporary staff arrangements.
Rushcliffe Borough Council

Local Authority.

Rushcliffe Borough Council are committed to supporting positive mental health and wellbeing. Key actions include; delivery of mental health campaigns, development of mental health steering group, policy review – particular in regard to implementation of ‘wellness action plans’ and building on the recent completion of mental health first aid training.

In addition to the actions we are undertaking as part of the Time to Change Pledge we are also signing an action plan associated with the Mental Health Prevention Concordat.

Promat UK (Etex Group)

Producer of insulation and fire protection.

Promat UK is pledging to make our organisation a safe place whereby mental health is viewed as just as important as physical health and wellbeing. We encourage conversations around mental health and we are committed to providing our employees with extensive support, information and advice to help our employees maintain high standards of health and wellbeing.

We wish to assure our employees that when they face problems that the organisation will support them and treat them with respect, sensitivity and dignity.

Paint Pots Nursery

Nursery

As an organisation we commit to building and maintaining a safe, non-judgmental environment for our teams that encourages and supports a culture of sharing personal issues, a proactive approach to the reduction of stress and a continued focus on good mental health and well-being.

Hull Truck Theatre

Hull Truck Theatre produces and presents inspiring theatre that reflects the diversity of a modern Britain.

Hull Truck Theatre is committed to supporting the mental and physical wellbeing of our staff team. Through a series of activities we aim to raise awareness of wellbeing issues and signpost staff to information and support available. Our Time to Change pledge has helped us to create a clear action plan which includes breaking down stigma around mental health, empowering Employee Champions to implement activities, ensuring our policies and management structures are fit for purpose and demonstrating senior-level buy in. We are delighted to be working with HEY MIND to put this plan into action.

The Printing Charity

The only dedicated national charity helping people of all ages in the printing, publishing, packaging and graphic arts sectors.

The Printing Charity is proud of our commitment to support mental health in the workplace.  We will ensure that relevant training is given to all line managers and that awareness training is available to any staff that want to attend.

Working with Time to Change we pledge that a positive culture for mental health is embedded in all of our policies and that our staff feel fully supported.

Alder Hey NHS Foundation Trust

Children's hospital and NHS foundation trust in West Derby, Liverpool.

We are pledging to champion and support the mental and emotional health and wellbeing of all our staff enabling them to be well in work providing outstanding care to our children and young people.

Nestlé UK & I

Nestlé is the world's leading Nutrition, Health and Wellness company.

Our 2020 Vision is

  1. To have improved the lives of our employees by giving them the opportunities and support to make the best lifestyle choices to be healthier and able to live life to the fullest
  2. To create a workplace where we offer the opportunity to produce great work  in an engaging and motivating  environment that leverages individual strengths
  3. By having leaders who support and encourage by actively demonstrating their positive contribution to employee wellbeing to themselves, their families and their teams
  4. To work in an environment where pressure is seen as positive and work life and home life can be integrated in a way which suits the individual
  5. To live our NHW dream by offering great food choices and create 8000 employees who are passionate NHW ambassadors – @home, @work, @play
  6. To be a magnet for people who want to live the NHW dream

 

Tyne Housing Association

Specialist supported housing service to prepare people for independent living in mainstream housing.

We are actively committed to helping our employees improve and maintain their mental wellbeing.  Our Commitment starts with encouraging everyone in the workplace to be more open about Mental Health We will provide information, guidance and training to all levels of the organisation. Which will provide staff with the tools to ensure all staff feel supported and encouraged to talk.  Our CEO will sign the pledge at a staff event on World Mental Health Day, we will also provide activities and information that promote good mental health and wellbeing.

Piramal Healthcare Ltd

Piramal Group is a global business conglomerate with interests in Pharma, Financial Services, Information Management, Glass Packaging and Real Estate.

Alpha LSG

The largest Inflight Catering, Onboard Retail and Logistics company in the UK, with a dedicated team of professionals at your service across Europe.

We want every colleague at Alpha LSG to be proud and happy to work here.  We’re growing a culture of health and wellbeing that recognises the importance of all aspects of good health and we are committed to nurturing an environment where mental health can be discussed freely and with confidence.

We’re investing in equipping our leaders to have good conversations about mental health, in providing Mental Health First Aiders across our organisation, and in empowering Time To Change Champions through communication, information, and engagement so that we can break down barriers in our organisation and our sector and change the way we all think about mental health.

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