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March on Stress newsletter - December 2019

Added on the 19th December 2019

Welcome to our annual news round up!

Thank you to our clients and colleagues for another great year as we continue to support organisations and individuals to improve mental health in the workplace. This year we have made our Christmas charity donation (instead of sending cards) to the Alzheimer’s Society.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish you a wonderful and safe Christmas and New Year, we look forward to working with you again in 2020!

With best wishes and festive cheer,

The March on Stress Team

Latest news

‘Mental Health at Work: What’s the Evidence?’

Our second conference – ‘Mental Health at Work – What’s the Evidence?’ takes place on 11 February 2020. We have planned a fantastic day for anyone interested in supporting mental health in the workplace, with up to date research and learning, expert speakers and experiences from different organisations.

As well as a keynote from Professor Neil Greenberg, our speakers include:

Dr Will Ponsonby, President of the Society of Occupational Medicine
Dr Laura Rafferty, King’s College London
Martin Lally, Greater Manchester Police
Dr Andrew Ronald, NHS Grampian
Dr Vanessa Moulton, Mindflex
Ed House, Home Office
Anthony Birkett, HM Passport Office
Dr Brock Chisholm, Trauma Treatment International
Dr Karla Greenberg, March on Stress
Darren Humphrey, March on Stress

Bookings are coming in thick and fast so don’t miss out! Book online or contact us for more details.

2019 – Review in brief

It has been another busy year for the March on Stress team!

We started the year by welcoming Debbie Place to our Operations team. Debbie joined us in January and supports our day-to-day operations, delivering pre and post training support. You can contact her at admin@marchonstress.com.
Our clinical team has supported 175 new patients and we have seen an increase in the number of organisations using our Clinical Services.
We continue to provide extensive TRiM and StRaW® training, with over 1,000 new TRiM personnel and 250 new StRaW personnel trained since the start of the year.
The first StRaW research was published in September – read more below.
We have developed our Wellness (psychological monitoring service) this year, widening the capability of the service even further with bespoke questionnaires to meet a variety of needs, including pre-recruitment and pre-clinical assessment questionnaires.

NICE role for March on Stress Director

March on Stress Director, Professor Neil Greenberg, was appointed as an Expert Adviser for the NICE Centre for Guidelines in November 2019.

NICE (the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care. Read more here.

First scientific publication of StRaW®

The first study into StRaW was published in the Workplace Health & Safety Journal in September – with results showing positive effects for mental health in the workplace. You can access the paper here.

StRaW (Sustaining Resilience at Work) is our peer support system designed to detect and prevent occupational mental health issues and boost an organisation’s psychological resilience.

Heathrow Airport’s Katherine Compton wrote about their implementation of StRaW, as well the other workplace health and wellbeing work that Heathrow Airport have been undertaking, in IOSH magazine in October. The article is a great read on an organisation’s approach to supporting people in the workplace. You can find it here

Civil Service Trauma Advice

New trauma advice was published for the Civil Service in October. ‘Managing Work-Related Trauma’ gives practical guidance for frontline, operational and specialist teams on how to operate in potentially traumatic work environments and manage the emotions that follow. Read more here.

2020 Training Dates

We have lots of training coming up in the new year! Here is a lowdown of our upcoming courses, with further dates to be added after the Spring.

28th-29th January 2020 – Two-day TRiM Practitioners course in Exeter
30th-31st January 2020 – Two-day TRiM Managers course in Exeter (COURSE FULL, contact us to join the reserve list).
17th-18th March 2020 - Two-day TRiM Practitioners course in London
19th-20th March 2020 – Two-day TRiM Managers course in London
24th-25th March 2020 – Two-day StRaW Practitioners course in London
26th March 2020 – One-day StRaW Managers course in London

You can book online here

If you would like to talk to us about training at your location, please get in touch .

Award winning clients!

There was great news for the hard-working Welsh Ambulance TRiM team, when they picked up a prestigious award this year for their TRiM work. At the NHS Wales Awards in September their TRiM service was recognised with the award for ‘Enriching the wellbeing, capability and engagement of the health and care workforce’. Huge congratulations to all the team involved, it is always wonderful to hear how much TRiM is making a difference in organisations. Read more about the award here.

Mental health advice videos released

Professor Neil Greenberg contributed to informative new mental health videos for the Australian insurance organisation, icare, as part of their development of a new Social Connections Toolkit.

Take a look at the toolkit here, where you can watch Neil talk about his five tips for resilience, the importance of peer support and benefits of social connections.

Prison Service rolls out TRiM

We are delighted to have delivered a successful Train the Trainer programme to the prison service this year. HMPPS now has four TRiM Practitioner Trainers who are delivering TRiM Practitioner training throughout the prison service.

Train the trainer works best for organisations looking to train significant numbers of Practitioners (75 plus), contact us for more details about introducing ‘Train the Trainer’ to your organisation.

Christmas & New Year office hours

Please note we will operate with reduced staffing between Christmas Eve and Monday 6th January 2020, with the office closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. If you need us during this time, please email info@marchonstress.com and we will respond as soon as we can.

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