{"id":76308,"date":"2020-05-18T11:07:38","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T10:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=76308"},"modified":"2020-05-18T11:07:38","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T10:07:38","slug":"mental-health-first-aiders-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mental-health-first-aiders-2\/76308\/","title":{"rendered":"Interserve deploys 150 Mental Health First Aiders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interserve Construction<\/a> has deployed 150 Mental Health First Aiders to support their colleagues during the Covid-19 pandemic<\/h2>\n

The Mental Health First Aid<\/a> (MHFA) England has called on the thousands of people it has trained in mental health skills to join the national effort to tackle the impact of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

Interserve\u2019s Mental Health First Aiders have all been trained to MHFA England standards in supporting those struggling with their mental wellbeing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With the virus heightening stress, anxiety and social isolation, Mental Health First Aiders at Interserve Construction are using their skills to support those struggling with their mental health by signposting them to the appropriate support, both in and outside of the workplace.<\/p>\n

Talk about mental health concerns<\/h3>\n

Neil Rosiak, HSE director at Interserve Construction, said: \u201cOne in four people are affected by a mental health<\/a> condition at some point in their lives and nearly two-thirds of people with a known mental disorder never seek help from a health professional.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Interserve Construction we want to create a safe and healthy environment where people can access the help and support they need and through our network of 150 Mental Health First Aiders<\/a> we help colleagues with mental health concerns, so they have a positive experience at work.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople in need shouldn\u2019t be ashamed or embarrassed to talk about any mental health concerns especially during Mental Health Awareness Week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Interserve Group Limited has also rolled out the innovative Thrive application to all of its colleagues in the UK and Ireland, who can download it for free. The app, provided by AXA PPP healthcare, helps users boost their mental wellbeing and manage their mood with clinically approved techniques including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.<\/p>\n

Interserve also has a dedicated mental health support service on its MyInterserve online portal for colleagues.<\/p>\n

\u2018An unprecedented period of anxiety\u2019<\/h3>\n

Duncan Stephenson, deputy chief executive of the Royal Society for Public Health<\/a> (RSPH), commented: \u201cThis is an unprecedented period of anxiety for many people in the UK and the population\u2019s mental health is paramount at this time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know Mental health First Aiders provide excellent support in the workplace. It will be fantastic to see this work translated to community settings and remote working as we manage the mental health challenges associated with this outbreak.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emma Millward, regional marketing manager at Interserve Construction\u2019s North West offices, added: \u201cI volunteered to become a Mental health First Aiders\u00a0because I am passionate about helping people and had a desire to break the stigma surrounding mental health.<\/p>\n

\u201cA close family member gave me an analogy comparing taking a tablet for depression to using a crutch when you break a leg, this really put it into perspective for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt also seemed natural for me to take on the role as a number of colleagues and customers confide in me as they say that I am great listener.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Interserve Construction has deployed 150 Mental Health First Aiders to support their colleagues during the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[309],"tags":[676,54592,432,923,13889,934],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-76308","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-health-safety-news","7":"tag-construction","8":"tag-coronavirus","9":"tag-health-safety","10":"tag-mental-health","11":"tag-tilbury-douglas","12":"tag-wellbeing"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nInterserve deploys 150 Mental Health First Aiders<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Interserve Construction has deployed 150 Mental Health First Aiders to support their colleagues during the Covid-19 pandemic\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mental-health-first-aiders-2\/76308\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Interserve deploys 150 Mental Health First Aiders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Interserve Construction has deployed 150 Mental Health First Aiders to support their colleagues during the Covid-19 pandemic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mental-health-first-aiders-2\/76308\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-05-18T10:07:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Interserve-deploys-150-Mental-Health-First-Aiders.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"934\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Steph Blundell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Interserve deploys 150 Mental Health First Aiders\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Interserve Construction has deployed 150 Mental Health First Aiders to support their colleagues during the Covid-19 pandemic\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/Steph_PBCToday\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mental-health-first-aiders-2\/76308\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mental-health-first-aiders-2\/76308\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Steph Blundell\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/baf6766a43e70a35cada0c600519a2fb\"},\"headline\":\"Interserve deploys 150 Mental Health First Aiders\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-18T10:07:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mental-health-first-aiders-2\/76308\/\"},\"wordCount\":483,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Construction Processes\",\"Coronavirus\",\"Health & Safety\",\"Mental Health\",\"Tilbury Douglas\",\"Wellbeing\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Health & Safety News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mental-health-first-aiders-2\/76308\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2020\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mental-health-first-aiders-2\/76308\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mental-health-first-aiders-2\/76308\/\",\"name\":\"Interserve deploys 150 Mental Health First Aiders\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-18T10:07:38+00:00\",\"description\":\"Interserve Construction has deployed 150 Mental Health First Aiders to support their colleagues during the Covid-19 pandemic\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mental-health-first-aiders-2\/76308\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mental-health-first-aiders-2\/76308\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mental-health-first-aiders-2\/76308\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Interserve deploys 150 Mental Health First Aiders\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\",\"description\":\"The Latest Planning, Building & Construction News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\",\"alternateName\":\"PBC Today\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/baf6766a43e70a35cada0c600519a2fb\",\"name\":\"Steph Blundell\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/62283f53e7b9ae55cd3516832342b97ce87c86f2c2130dfce68124d194b36df8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/62283f53e7b9ae55cd3516832342b97ce87c86f2c2130dfce68124d194b36df8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Steph Blundell\"},\"description\":\"Steph is the Senior Digital Editor here at PBC. When she\u2019s not working hard on cranking out first-class content for our online viewers to enjoy, she\u2019s keeping our social media lively and up to date\u2026 you could call her a social media guru? We\u2019re sure she\u2019d like that. With a BA in English and Journalism, Steph isn\u2019t fazed by attention to detail; on the contrary, she enjoys getting her teeth into a good article. In her downtime Steph loves nothing more than getting together with friends to enjoy a few (several) gin and tonics. Think you\u2019ve got some content Steph would be interested in? You can contact her either by phone on (01270) 502876 or by email at sblundell@pbctoday.co.uk\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/steph-blundell\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/Steph_PBCToday\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/stephblundell\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Interserve deploys 150 Mental Health First Aiders","description":"Interserve Construction has deployed 150 Mental Health First Aiders to support their colleagues during the Covid-19 pandemic","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mental-health-first-aiders-2\/76308\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Interserve deploys 150 Mental Health First Aiders","og_description":"Interserve Construction has deployed 150 Mental Health First Aiders to support their colleagues during the Covid-19 pandemic","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mental-health-first-aiders-2\/76308\/","og_site_name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","article_published_time":"2020-05-18T10:07:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":934,"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Interserve-deploys-150-Mental-Health-First-Aiders.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Steph Blundell","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Interserve deploys 150 Mental Health First Aiders","twitter_description":"Interserve Construction has deployed 150 Mental Health First Aiders to support their colleagues during the Covid-19 pandemic","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/Steph_PBCToday","twitter_site":"@PBC_Today","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mental-health-first-aiders-2\/76308\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mental-health-first-aiders-2\/76308\/"},"author":{"name":"Steph Blundell","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/baf6766a43e70a35cada0c600519a2fb"},"headline":"Interserve deploys 150 Mental Health First Aiders","datePublished":"2020-05-18T10:07:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mental-health-first-aiders-2\/76308\/"},"wordCount":483,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"keywords":["Construction Processes","Coronavirus","Health & Safety","Mental Health","Tilbury Douglas","Wellbeing"],"articleSection":["Health & Safety News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mental-health-first-aiders-2\/76308\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2020","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mental-health-first-aiders-2\/76308\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mental-health-first-aiders-2\/76308\/","name":"Interserve deploys 150 Mental Health First Aiders","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-05-18T10:07:38+00:00","description":"Interserve Construction has deployed 150 Mental Health First Aiders to support their colleagues during the Covid-19 pandemic","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mental-health-first-aiders-2\/76308\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mental-health-first-aiders-2\/76308\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/mental-health-first-aiders-2\/76308\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Interserve deploys 150 Mental Health First Aiders"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","description":"The Latest Planning, Building & Construction News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization","name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","alternateName":"PBC Today","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Planning, Building & Construction Today"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/baf6766a43e70a35cada0c600519a2fb","name":"Steph Blundell","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/62283f53e7b9ae55cd3516832342b97ce87c86f2c2130dfce68124d194b36df8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/62283f53e7b9ae55cd3516832342b97ce87c86f2c2130dfce68124d194b36df8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Steph Blundell"},"description":"Steph is the Senior Digital Editor here at PBC. When she\u2019s not working hard on cranking out first-class content for our online viewers to enjoy, she\u2019s keeping our social media lively and up to date\u2026 you could call her a social media guru? We\u2019re sure she\u2019d like that. With a BA in English and Journalism, Steph isn\u2019t fazed by attention to detail; on the contrary, she enjoys getting her teeth into a good article. In her downtime Steph loves nothing more than getting together with friends to enjoy a few (several) gin and tonics. Think you\u2019ve got some content Steph would be interested in? You can contact her either by phone on (01270) 502876 or by email at sblundell@pbctoday.co.uk","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/steph-blundell\/","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/Steph_PBCToday"],"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/stephblundell\/"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-28 15:14:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76308"},{"taxonomy":"stakeholder_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stakeholder_rel_tag?post=76308"},{"taxonomy":"contributor_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor_rel_tag?post=76308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}