Our campaigning Where’s Your Head At? is a mental health campaign founded by Bauer Media, Natasha Devon MBE and MHFA England. Here’s our journey so far:
May 2018
October 2018
We delivered a public petition of over 200,000 signatures to No. 10 Downing Street. London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan pledged full support for our campaign.
The campaign launched! We asked people to sign a petition to make mental health first aid provision a legal requirement in the workplace.
November 2018
January 2019
We needed backing from businesses and the mental health sector to prompt legislative change. 50 leaders signed an Open Letter to the Prime Minister. They come from some of Britain’s biggest employers, including PwC, Royal Mail, WHSmith, Mace, Ford and Thames Water. The Open Letter called on the Government to prioritise its manifesto pledge from 2017. This was to amend health and safety legislation to put mental and physical first aid on an equal footing. An announcement from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) followed the Open Letter. The HSE updated their first aid guidance on mental health. It now provides employers with advice on how to support employees experiencing a mental health issue. This includes training staff as mental health trained first aiders. We’d like to thank Natasha Devon MBE and Bauer Media for their support on the Where’s Your Head At? campaign.
Parliament’s Backbench Business Committee announced a debate on mental health first aid in the workplace. It took place on Thursday 17 January. A cross-party trio of MPs, Luciana Berger MP (Lab), Norman Lamb MP (Lib Dem) and Johnny Mercer MP (Con) sponsored the debate. It was supported by over 60 cross-party MPs.
May 2019
Where’s Your Head At? launches its Workplace Manifesto. Employers are encouraged to sign up as official supporters of the Manifesto. This means they commit to recognising the need to prioritise mental health and make provision around mental health first aid in the workplace.
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