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Data reveals half of construction workers feel lonely at work
|Date: 7 March, 2023

Data reveals half of construction workers feel lonely at work
© chayantorn/ Adobe Stock The findings, conducted by NESCAFÉ as part of the ‘Make Chat Work’ campaign, re ...
© chayantorn/ Adobe Stock The findings, conducted by NESCAFÉ as part of the ‘Make Chat Work’ campaign, reveal that 47% of construction workers in the UK feel lonely in the workplace. This data is anno ...
7 March, 2023
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Construction charity braced for Christmas surge in use of its new mental health text service
|Date: 22 December, 2022

Construction charity braced for Christmas surge in use of its new mental health text service
National construction charity Band of Builders (BoB) is gearing up for an increase in use of its new ment ...
National construction charity Band of Builders (BoB) is gearing up for an increase in use of its new mental health text service during the festive period – following new figures that indicate that 5,5 ...
22 December, 2022
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Mental health in winter
|Date: 19 December, 2022

Mental health in winter
It’s not only the nights that start to close in for many people at this cold and dank time of year. The U ...
It’s not only the nights that start to close in for many people at this cold and dank time of year. The UK’ s most famous helpline – the Samaritans – reports that it receives by far and away the highe ...
19 December, 2022
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New text service to get builders talking
|Date: 27 September, 2022

New text service to get builders talking
A new text service has been launched as part of a growing campaign to get tradespeople to open up about t ...
A new text service has been launched as part of a growing campaign to get tradespeople to open up about their mental health over a cuppa. The new service, launched by national charity Band of B ...
27 September, 2022
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News for the trades
|Date: 14 September, 2022

News for the trades
SACRE BLEU! French heat pump costs blow hole in ‘nonsense’ UK government policy Current government policy ...
SACRE BLEU! French heat pump costs blow hole in ‘nonsense’ UK government policy Current government policy believes heat pump costs will fall by 25-50 per cent by 2025 and reach parity with a gas boile ...
14 September, 2022
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World Suicide Prevention Day
|Date: 7 September, 2022

World Suicide Prevention Day
September 10 marks World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) 2022, an annual awareness day created to establish ...
September 10 marks World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) 2022, an annual awareness day created to establish worldwide commitment and action on suicide prevention. With over 6,221 suicides registered in ...
7 September, 2022
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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