Severn questions with Alastair Pentland for World Mental Health Day

World Mental Health Day is on 10 October every year, and this year, the theme is workplace mental health.

We spoke to Alastair Pentland, Environmental Operations Manager at Oren Environmental. Alastair is a mental health first aider, equipped to recognise the early signs of mental health issues in his colleagues and to support them.

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Severn Trent Services talks man health

Teams in Severn Trent Services have been putting their health and well-being first with help from Paul Bannister, founder of ManHealth – an organisation supporting men through difficulties in their mental and physical ill health, ultimately to prevent suicide

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Mike is flying the flag for ‘Man health’, are you?

Mike Killingbeck, Regional Service Delivery Manager for Severn Trent Services, talks about his own mental health and how he tries to support his team – that consists of 20 men – with their own ‘man health’ too.

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Is your organisation sharing mental health stories?

The more people share stories about their own mental health challenges, the more it becomes normalised in the workplace.

That’s the position Dan Mcardle took, Head of Water Services Contracts at Severn Trent Services, when he shared his mental health journey on an internal podcast this year.

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It’s Mental Health awareness week

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK. It’s a yearly event that shines a light on the importance of looking after your mental health and is organised by the Mental Health Foundation.

This year, the focus is loneliness. Something all of us will experience at some point in our lives.

In this article we talk about what loneliness is and what the Severn Trent Services team is doing to help support people.

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