Mental Health Archives - Professional Builder

Mental health in the construction industry

|Date: 28 July, 2022

Mental health in the construction industry

Mates in Mind is challenging the construction industry to start the conversation about mental health Last ...

Mates in Mind is challenging the construction industry to start the conversation about mental health Last year, early findings from our major study into the mental health of self-employed construction ...

28 July, 2022
Read more
Kick It With Keylite returns

|Date: 21 July, 2022

Kick It With Keylite returns

Following the success of last year’s initiative, Kick It With Keylite returns for 2022 – bigger and bette ...

Following the success of last year’s initiative, Kick It With Keylite returns for 2022 – bigger and better than before. This year, Keylite Roof Windows (Keylite) is challenging trades to ‘Keep It Up’ ...

21 July, 2022
Read more
The mental health of construction workers

|Date: 22 June, 2022

The mental health of construction workers

In partnership with the IES and funded by a research grant from B&CE, we published the full report of ...

In partnership with the IES and funded by a research grant from B&CE, we published the full report of our findings looking at the mental health of self-employed construction workers and those work ...

22 June, 2022
Read more
Shining a Light on Men’s Health Week

|Date: 16 June, 2022

Shining a Light on Men’s Health Week

It’s Men’s Health Week from 12th to 19th June and the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity are suppor ...

It’s Men’s Health Week from 12th to 19th June and the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity are supporting the week by raising awareness of all the resources they have to support our men in constru ...

16 June, 2022
Read more
Supporting Mental Health in construction is a priority for CITB

|Date: 13 May, 2022

Supporting Mental Health in construction is a priority for CITB

To mark Mental Health Awareness Week (9 to15 May 2022) CITB is pledging its continuing support to trainin ...

To mark Mental Health Awareness Week (9 to15 May 2022) CITB is pledging its continuing support to training and understanding. A study compiled by the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity and CITB, ...

13 May, 2022
Read more
Band of Builders launches free counselling service for tradespeople to tackle construction industry mental health crisis

|Date: 1 April, 2022

Band of Builders launches free counselling service for tradespeople to tackle construction industry mental health crisis

Construction workers in crisis are being urged to use a new free counselling service that has been set up ...

Construction workers in crisis are being urged to use a new free counselling service that has been set up by a national builders charity, after its inaugural Big Brew fundraising campaign raised enoug ...

1 April, 2022
Read more
Tackling mental health issues within the construction industry

|Date: 8 March, 2022

Tackling mental health issues within the construction industry

A new app-led Mind Fitness training solution built by and for the construction industry to help tackle it ...

A new app-led Mind Fitness training solution built by and for the construction industry to help tackle its mental ill health issues, officially launched last month. Ownminder, is the first industry-sp ...

8 March, 2022
Read more
Let’s talk about depression with GP Alice Fitzgibbon

|Date: 22 February, 2022

Let’s talk about depression with GP Alice Fitzgibbon

GP Alice Fitzgibbon tackles a common mental health issue. This month we return to one of our mental healt ...

GP Alice Fitzgibbon tackles a common mental health issue. This month we return to one of our mental health topics – depression. Depression is a real condition that will affect 1 in 10 of us at some po ...

22 February, 2022
Read more
Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity’s latest campaign

|Date: 11 February, 2022

Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity’s latest campaign

With the pandemic placing issues of mental health into sharp focus the Lighthouse Construction Industry C ...

With the pandemic placing issues of mental health into sharp focus the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity’s latest campaign is guiding the industry’s workforce towards help and support. Professi ...

11 February, 2022
Read more
Vital Text HARDHAT to 85258 service launches

|Date: 7 February, 2022

Vital Text HARDHAT to 85258 service launches

The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity is adding another route to vital wellbeing support by launch ...

The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity is adding another route to vital wellbeing support by launching their text HARDHAT to 85258 service to provide immediate support to the construction commun ...

7 February, 2022
Read more