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Mental Health Charter

What you need to know

Signees

 

Mental Health Charter


Mental Health CharterWe have a launched a new Mental Health Charter for employers and service providers. The Charter, jointly produced by the Equality Commission, Action Mental Health, Disability Action, Mindwise, Mental Health Foundation and Niamh, provides a framework for working towards mentally healthy workplaces.

Those who sign up to the Charter will undertake to promote good mental health which will be beneficial to their business/organisation, employees and the whole community in Northern Ireland.

We can provide signees with free information and training resources to help them meet their charter commitments.


Charter Commitments
By signing up to Mental Health Charter you will be working towards putting 5 Charter Commitments in place. The Mental Health Charter is not a set of quality standards or an accreditation but is a voluntary commitment to developing best practice in the workplace.

1. Create an open and inclusive workplace culture which displays respect for those with mental ill health

 

2. To promote equality of opportunity and challenge discrimination in the workplace

 

3. To promote equality of opportunity in recruitment and selection for those with mental ill health

 

4. To identify and provide sources of information and support regarding mental ill health

 

5. To adopt 'Every Customer Counts - promoting accessible services' recommendations

 

> Charter Commitment Statement

 
 


Commitment Registration Form

 

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Mental Health Charter Partners




Mental Health Charter Partners

 
Mental Health Charter Signees

More than 200 companies and organisations have signed up to the Mental Health Charter. These include:
 
 See our photo gallery of some of the companies and organisations who have signed up to the Charter.
 

 
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Managing and supporting employees with mental ill health

Ruth McVeigh, HR Manager for Allen & Overy in Belfast, explains how they take a proactive and positive approach to supporting staff with mental ill health. This includes staff training, signing up to the Mental Health Charter and working closely with organisations, including the Equality Commission and Action Mental Health on a number of mental ill health initiatives.

Una Wilson from the Equality Commission explains the key aspects of the Mental Health Charter and the support that is available to businesses in Northern Ireland.

         

 
 
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