Mental Health in the Workplace
From our lived experience, in-depth reports into mental health like the Stevenson-Farmer review, and initiatives like Mental Health First Aiders, we know there is a problem with mental wellbeing in work. We also know from in-depth surveys that this is amplified in the creative industries sector. A recent poll across advertising agencies revealed that:
As recently as 2017, 63% of advertising and media agency staff said they’ve considered leaving the industry at some point due to work negatively impacting their wellbeing
So, we’re reaching out to agency leaders to eradicate unhealthy working practices in the advertising, PR and media industry. Focusing on our employees’ emotional wellbeing to protect our industry’s Brilliant Creative Minds.
Read more at: 100 Ways for Brilliant Creative Minds
Using our skills and money to support new ideas to address (in our own small way) the world’s biggest problems is of course at the heart of why we exist and what excites our community and our clients. Our partnership with and sponsorship of Creative Conscience (which exists to drive creative talent from all around the world to apply their heads to create socially valuable ideas and campaigns) is now in its third year and yet again, our breath has been taken away by the winning entries from their 2018 Awards.
Steph’s personal favourite is a community art project where communities can share what they are thankful for and learn about benefits of practicing gratitude.
https://www.creativeconscience.org.uk/winners/gabriela-matouskova/
Nats is excited to be working with the creator of a memory book for dementia sufferers and their families
https://www.creativeconscience.org.uk/winners/adam-welton/
Why not visit these and then choose your favourite?
We are equally interested in delivering Social Value for our corporate clients as we are for delivering commercial success for our Charitable clients. So, our win to deliver a refreshed CSR Communications platform and strategy for IT Services giant TCS has given us yet another opportunity to look at things from the other perspective. Watch this space for the launch of a ground breaking strategy that will blow the socks off those stakeholders driving interest in Technology skills amongst our future generations.
Last night we had the privilege of attending the 2017 Creative Conscience Awards. The quality of the creative work was as ever outstanding – below you will be able to see what we mean. Social & Local is as ever proud to be partnering CC and sharing 50% of our profits to leverage impact by enabling this talent to get out there into the World and make it a better place.
There’s a gap in education for chronically ill students who are not well enough to attend school. While these students receive support from the government for core subjects, there is little in place to help with non-core subjects.
As a result, Class Cast is a program that would bring the classroom to the student using video, VR and live streaming. Not only can Class Cast help chronically ill students, but it has the potential to help students around the world who lack access to education.
An interactive wellbeing exercise and learning book for children ages 7–11, helping children from a young age to learn and manage their emotions.
The book itself contains a range of exercises from breathing exercises to distraction exercises, diary entries and worry trees.
Each emotion has different coping methods and ways for the children to understand the emotion and learn why they feel this way.
The book highlights how important it is for children to be growing up and feeling comfortable talking about their emotions and expressing them as both a child, a teenager and an adult.
Billy Homan one of our sponsored Social Entrepreneurs launched his Vantola brand in July with its first ever product, the “cyclists” Rucksack. Designed by cyclists, created for explorers, the design is unique allowing users to customize to their individual need.
Vantola has charitable giving running through its DNA
– 5% of the profits made from its range will go to brand connected charities offering educational travel trips for children. Perhaps one day they will mirror the success of Tom’s Shoes. I’m optimistic!
So, if there are any avid explorers amongst you then to find out more or buy a superb, British made Vantola rucksack
please visit his support page here.
and …give our Billy a headstart.
Meet our new Social Purpose Partner. Creative Conscience are a not-for-profit organisation that nurture socially valuable, human-centred design to enable and inspire people to change their lives and the lives of those around them for the better. They have an established awards scheme for people in the creative industry who can enter problem-solving concepts for free – in graphic design, illustration, photography, film and product development, to name just a few disciplines. Last year they received nearly 500 projects and their awards were hosted by Unilever.
