{"id":114190,"date":"2022-08-11T07:30:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T06:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=114190"},"modified":"2022-08-11T13:26:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T12:26:42","slug":"starting-a-conversation-about-mental-health-in-the-construction-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/starting-a-conversation-about-mental-health-in-the-construction-industry\/114190\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting a conversation about mental health in the construction industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Craig Sanders, joint managing director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.protrade.co.uk\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Protrade<\/a>, explores the topic of mental health in the construction industry, startling suicide statistics, and discusses the Lighthouse Club\u2019s new \u2018Help Inside The Hard Hat\u2019 initiative<\/h2>\n<p><em> Ignore gross headlines. Mental health in the construction industry is a serious issue and needs to be talked out far more. <\/em>In June, you may recall that The Daily Mail ran a particular story about a \u2018study\u2019 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/causeway-launches-new-construction-mental-health-and-wellbeing-survey\/113718\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">state of mental health in the construction industry<\/a>. The leading headline for that piece was <strong>\u2018UK builders go WOKE\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a reason it has been widely criticised. It\u2019s an insulting and gross headline, a story about an outdated stereotype that totally talks about a serious issue in a playful manner.<\/p>\n<p>Mental health is spoken about so much across so many areas, but what\u2019s the reality within what is one of the country\u2019s most important and demanding sectors?<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthouseclub.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lighthouse Club<\/a>, a UK-based charity that provides financial and emotional support to construction workers dealing with mental and other health issues, it\u2019s estimated that two construction workers take their own lives every working day in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, it was reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/essentialsiteskills.co.uk\/blog\/post\/mens-mental-health-and-construction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Essential Site Skills<\/a> that the construction industry has the highest level of death rate, making up for nearly 27% of the total workplace deaths &#8211; a figure that is three times higher than the national average for male workers.<\/p>\n<p>While we could go on and on about the facts, these are both startling and devastating &#8211; a reality that deserves more than playful headlines. This is what matters and is what isn\u2019t talked about enough.<\/p>\n<h3>This isn\u2019t about being Woke. It\u2019s about creating awareness around the serious issue of suicide<\/h3>\n<p>You\u2019ve seen the headline that The Daily Mail ran. Below is a line from that same article.<\/p>\n<p><em>Modern tradesmen are sensitive souls more likely to enjoy yoga, muesli, listening to Radio 4 and sharing their feelings, a survey has found.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Instead, let\u2019s look at the reality of the industry.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of our customers\u00a0are one-man bands, tradespeople that often work long hours away from their homes and families, are running a business single-handedly, chasing payments, managing contracts, and are constantly battling tight deadlines.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an incredibly isolating and lonely job and, as a result, it\u2019s those same people that don\u2019t have anyone they can turn to.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve talked a lot internally and with customers in the industry about these issues and what\u2019s clear to me is that everyone seems to know someone that has taken their own life.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe that resonates with you, too. From my own experience, many years ago, I worked on the trade counter and knew a guy that was a regular &#8211; a lovely guy, with a great family &#8211; and I was shocked to find out that he had taken his own life two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>No one knew what he was going through or that he was struggling. That stays with you and more needs to be done raise awareness of these issues within the industry.<\/p>\n<h3>Invaluable charities like Lighthouse Club need to be embraced far more<\/h3>\n<p>I\u2019ll be frank. I have worked in the construction industry, it wasn\u2019t until earlier this year that I was aware of the Lighthouse Club and the amazing, invaluable, work they do.<\/p>\n<p>If that\u2019s the case for me, how many more people find themselves in the same boat?<\/p>\n<p>The Lighthouse Club don\u2019t just work with mental health. They\u2019re involved across a number of wellness areas within the construction sector, including financial which has become prevalent in recent years with everything that is happening.<\/p>\n<p>They have recently launched their \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthouseclub.org\/help-inside-the-hard-hat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Help Inside the Hard Hat<\/a>\u2019 campaign to raise awareness of poor mental health in the construction industry. Its main aim is to provide a huge range of proactive support and resources, including our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionindustryhelpline.com\/about-us.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">24\/7 Construction Industry Helpline<\/a>, a free app and mental health training.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a campaign that I would urge every other business to raise awareness of and get behind because the reality is that by doing so, you may be reaching someone that might just need their help.<\/p>\n<h3>We all have a responsibility to look out for each other<\/h3>\n<p>Since becoming more aware of the Lighthouse Club, the discussion around mental health is something we have only embraced more.<\/p>\n<p>Some businesses go down the route of employing mental health first-aiders. It\u2019s not a route we will be going down, though. That responsibility of being mental health aware shouldn\u2019t rest on the shoulders of a designated group of people.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s an onus on all of us. We all have a responsibility to look after one another and have each other\u2019s backs. We should care about the people that we\u2019re spending our time with. And we\u2019re committed to having proper conversations with our staff and our customers within the industry. Only by doing that can our industry break down the barriers that have been around it for far too long.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not about being Woke. 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