Poor mental health costs businesses up to £56bn each year* — it has been cited as the top reason for employee sickness absence in recent years**.

The Access to Work Mental Health Support Service is funded by the Department for Work and Pensions is available at no cost to your organisation.

The service offers confidential, personally tailored, work-focused support — to help people with mental health symptoms to stay in — or return to — their jobs.

Our support includes: Advice on workplace adjustments Support plans Practical coping strategies Being your company's ‘wellbeing team’. We have already helped more than 20,000 people experiencing anxiety, depression and stress.

End of the presentation i will support busniesses/ employees to sign up to the service if they wish to and advise how we can become the businesses wellbeing team.