Awards promote mental wellbeing in workplace

“In the workplace, it’s the stigma. People can’t talk about their mental health without others assuming they are mentally ill and that their state never changes. In fact they are on a continuum,” says Daniel Flynn.

HSE principal psychologist in Cork, Mr Flynn is calling for promotion of mental wellbeing in the workplace through engagement with PSYCHED, a new awards scheme for workplaces that genuinely make the effort.

The first of its kind in Ireland, and designed to make Cork the first mental health-promoting city, PSYCHED has the support of Cork Chamber of Commerce, which will use its database to make members aware of the scheme and how they can partake. Workplaces whose innovations help improve employee mental wellbeing will be recognised for their efforts at an awards scheme in City Hall next March.