Tools for individual employees
Mental Health Foundation: How to manage and reduce stress
Created by the Mental Health Foundation, this resource is aimed at individuals who want to know more about stress and how to manage it. This easy-to-read guide includes details on what stress is (e.g. the physical, behaviour and emotional symptoms and how to identify signs of stress), what causes stress, how you can manage stress and where to go to seek further help.
Good thinking
Good Thinking was created in 2017 by the NHS, Public Health England and the Healthy London Partnership. With over 120 online resources, the website includes guides to improving mental health and courses, apps and therapy that are available to those living and working in London. There are resources for anxiety, stress, sad or low mood and sleep problems. Users can also take a self-assessment which provides feedback and suggests actions based on the answers given. There is also a page for those requiring urgent support.
Mind
Mind, the UK charity, offer open and in-house courses training in managing mental health at work. The one day training offering includes an overview of mental health, how to spot signs and symptoms, how to support someone experiencing mental ill-health, how to communicate sensitively and manage disclosure and how to manage performance of staff with mental health problems.


