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    |Date: 22 February, 2022
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  • Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity’s latest campaign

    |Date: 11 February, 2022
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    11 February, 2022
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  • Vital Text HARDHAT to 85258 service launches

    |Date: 7 February, 2022
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    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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  • Fundraising campaign throws spotlight on mental health awareness

    |Date: 1 February, 2022
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    1 February, 2022
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  • Latest survey finds that a third of construction workers now suffer with anxiety

    |Date: 29 December, 2021
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    Latest survey finds that a third of construction workers now suffer with anxiety

    High levels of mental distress and a reluctance to seek professional help among UK construction workers i ...

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    29 December, 2021
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  • Construction industry praised for “looking after its own”: reflections on 2021 by Band of Builders

    |Date: 19 November, 2021
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    19 November, 2021
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  • Elliott and Mates In Mind supporting mental health

    |Date: 29 October, 2021
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    Elliott and Mates In Mind supporting mental health

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    Over recent years, there has been a much-needed shift of focus to mental health. It comes as recently the Centre for Mental Health announced that globally, we lose 91 million days to sickness, and the ...

    29 October, 2021
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  • Merchant sector praised for leading the fight to tackle mental health crisis in construction

    |Date: 26 October, 2021
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    26 October, 2021
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  • Builders urged to join in charity ‘Big Brew’ to tackle mental health crisis in construction

    |Date: 20 September, 2021
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    20 September, 2021
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  • Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles supports Surfwell emergency services mental health initiative

    |Date: 31 August, 2021
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    Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is supporting new emergency services mental health initiative, Surfwell, with a loan of three Volkswagen vans. One Crafter and two Caravelles will be used to support the ...

    31 August, 2021
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  • Help Inside the Hard Hat campaign to support construction workforce

    |Date: 28 May, 2021
    Help Inside the Hard Hat campaign to support construction workforce

    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
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    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 

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

    |Date: 23 April, 2021
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    23 April, 2021
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  • Hudson Contract highlights help for tradespeople during pandemic

    |Date: 28 January, 2021
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    Hudson Contract highlights help for tradespeople during pandemic

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

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

    |Date: 22 January, 2021
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    Former professional footballer, Billy Kee has hung up his boots for the life of a bricklayer – and it’s a ...

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    22 January, 2021
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