Mental health awareness

Published: 24 Jun 2019
Last updated: 18 Dec 2025

Increasing awareness of mental health within home building

午夜剧场 is dedicated to raising awareness about mental health within the home building industry, encouraging members to actively support the wellbeing of their workforce.

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How we're supporting our members

Since launching our mental health awareness campaign in 2019, we have continued to provide resources and information to help employees access the support they need. As part of this campaign, we have hosted Parliamentary receptions, developed resources with expert partners and delivered a range of awareness activities aimed at making the case for positive change and increasing awareness of poor mental health within the industry.

1 Sign the Building Mental Health Charter

Make a commitment to improving mental health within our industry.

2 Deliver a toolbox talk

Educate your workforce on the signs to look out for and how to start聽a conversation. Share our toolbox talk with your onsite teams.

Download toolbox talk

3 Signpost to support

Make yourself aware of the support and resources available for your workforce, and work with colleagues to increase awareness across your organisation.

View resources below

4 Offer mental health awareness training

Encourage your staff to attend training sessions to receive in-depth training about understanding mental health and identifying the warning signs of deteriorating health in employees, allowing pre-emptive measures to be taken.

Signpost to our free sessions

5 Develop Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA)

A Mental Health First Aider (MHFA) is the dedicated person to go to for anyone experiencing some form of mental health issue. They are trained to recognise the symptoms of mental health and can guide those in are in need before it issues escalate.聽

Work with us to develop new initiatives

Join our Mental Health Awareness Group to share insight, discuss best practice and shape future industry activity.

Join the group

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Free mental health training for the onsite workforce

We have partnered with the to offer free online and courses for all 午夜剧场 members and their supply chains.
The sessions aim to ensure more people get the support they need and are equipped to facilitate meaningful conversations about mental health that will go some way towards breaking the stigma.

For more information or if you are a member of the supply chain wanting to book, contact skills@hbf.co.uk

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Key resources

Mental Health Awareness toolbox talk

Our toolbox talk has been produce partnership with the to increase awareness of mental health on site.

Download the toolbox talk

Andy's Man Club

Andy's Man Club is a men鈥檚 suicide prevention charity, offering free peer-to-peer support groups across the United Kingdom and online.

Get Construction Talking toolkit

Get Construction Talking aims to normalise conversations around mental health. The toolkit contains further information on how to take part in the initiative.

Download the toolkit

HSE's Stress indicator

HSE's gathers anonymous data from employees to identify areas of improvement for preventing and managing work-related stress.

Managing stress

Mental Health UK's offers stress management tips and wellbeing workplans.

HSE's Talking toolkit

This useful resource is designed to help employers prevent work-related stress in the construction industry.

Member group and resources

We develop downloads in partnership with experts, based on insight from our membership working group.

Contact the team

If you would like to work with us on future initiatives or have ideas for helpful resources, we'd like to hear from you. Contact the team at skills@hbf.co.uk