Mental Health Archives - Professional Builder

Help Inside the Hard Hat campaign to support construction workforce

|Date: 28 May, 2021

Help Inside the Hard Hat campaign to support construction workforce

The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity is launching their hard hitting and poignant ‘Help Inside th ...

The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity is launching their hard hitting and poignant ‘Help Inside the Hard Hat’ campaign. The campaign aims to raise awareness of mental wellbeing issues in our in ...

28 May, 2021
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454 hard hats represent the number of UK construction suicides each year

|Date: 13 May, 2021

454 hard hats represent the number of UK construction suicides each year

For Mental Health Awareness Week, exhibition visualises the scale of the problem in the UK Male construct ...

For Mental Health Awareness Week, exhibition visualises the scale of the problem in the UK Male construction workers are three times more likely to die from suicide than the average UK man Half of UK ...

13 May, 2021
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Half of UK tradespeople experience mental health problems due to work

|Date: 12 May, 2021

Half of UK tradespeople experience mental health problems due to work

HALF of UK tradespeople experience mental health problems due to work. Bricklayers (73%) are the most lik ...

HALF of UK tradespeople experience mental health problems due to work. Bricklayers (73%) are the most likely tradespeople to experience work-related stress Finances are the most common cause of stress ...

12 May, 2021
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The importance of understanding and addressing workplace stress

|Date: 23 April, 2021

The importance of understanding and addressing workplace stress

Mental Health Charity, Mates in Mind, launches short film highlighting the importance of understanding an ...

Mental Health Charity, Mates in Mind, launches short film highlighting the importance of understanding and addressing workplace stress Chris, a 30-year veteran of the construction industry, was a cari ...

23 April, 2021
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Hudson Contract highlights help for tradespeople during pandemic

|Date: 28 January, 2021

Hudson Contract highlights help for tradespeople during pandemic

Hudson Contract, the construction industry’s biggest payer of subcontractors, is highlighting the help an ...

Hudson Contract, the construction industry’s biggest payer of subcontractors, is highlighting the help and support available to tradespeople and their families suffering from mental health or financia ...

28 January, 2021
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Billy Kee: finding solace in the trades

|Date: 22 January, 2021

Billy Kee: finding solace in the trades

Former professional footballer, Billy Kee has hung up his boots for the life of a bricklayer – and it’s a ...

Former professional footballer, Billy Kee has hung up his boots for the life of a bricklayer – and it’s a move that’s helped saved his life. Lee Jones talks to the Accrington Stanley star about his ba ...

22 January, 2021
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Top ways to help with mental well-being

|Date: 30 December, 2020

Top ways to help with mental well-being

Mental Health is important especially in the agricultural industry, so here are some quick hints and hand ...

Mental Health is important especially in the agricultural industry, so here are some quick hints and handy tips to improve your mental health in minutes Exercise. Going for a run or lifting weights st ...

30 December, 2020
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ONS Suicide Statistics

|Date: 23 November, 2020

ONS Suicide Statistics

Bill Hill CEO of the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity Opinion Piece on recently published ONS Sui ...

Bill Hill CEO of the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity Opinion Piece on recently published ONS Suicide Statistics As well as the word unprecedented, we are now hearing the words mental health e ...

23 November, 2020
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IronmongeryDirect supports National Home Improvement Month with positive mental health message

|Date: 10 September, 2020

IronmongeryDirect supports National Home Improvement Month with positive mental health message

Following its research on the impact of clutter on mental health and wellbeing, leading specialist ironmo ...

Following its research on the impact of clutter on mental health and wellbeing, leading specialist ironmongery supplier, IronmongeryDirect has joined forces with the British Home Enhancement Trade Ass ...

10 September, 2020
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Mates in Mind calls for more attention on construction industry’s mental health

|Date: 29 June, 2020

Mates in Mind calls for more attention on construction industry’s mental health

James Rudoni, MD of Mates in Mind, has said that as we get Britain building, we must build back better fo ...

James Rudoni, MD of Mates in Mind, has said that as we get Britain building, we must build back better for workers as well as the economy. Mates in Mind, a mental health charity, has welcomed measures ...

29 June, 2020
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