Reflecting on Mental Health Awareness Week at Robinson Brothers

Mental Health Awareness Week was been designed to break the stigma around mental health and to support those developing or experiencing mental health issues. At Robinson Brothers, staff wore items of green and raised money for the Mental Health Foundation. For more information on why we wear green during Mental Health Awareness Week, click here.

Mental Health Awareness courses were run on site, by an external training facilitator alongside the Safety, Health and Environmental team. The course provided guidance to staff on how to recognise when they or someone they know needs support with their mental health. Mechanisms to support a person emphasised the need to listen non-judgementally, give reassurance and encourage professional and self-help.

Acts of kindness were completed around site to increase morale and to promote this year’s theme of kindness. Many people shared their happy memories with photographs, of weddings, concerts and time with family and friends. Information on how to safeguard the mental health of ourselves and those around us are being kept around site.

The external training facilitator and the Safety, Health and Environmental team said:

“We thought the course went really well. If we can at least help one person through a tough time in their lives then we feel our job was done. We understand there was a lot of information to take in in such a short space of time but we believe the message of mental health awareness was received in good spirits”.

Other activities implemented throughout the week were, quizzes, Safety Surgeries and Fruit Day, with motivational posters strategically placed throughout the site.

Robinson Brothers will be looking into carrying on some of the activities like Safety Surgeries and Fruit Day throughout the year.

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Robinson Brothers is a leading UK chemical manufacturer of fine chemicals and rubber accelerators. Our team of Chemists are experts in custom synthesis, contract manufacture and process optimisation. This experience has led us to become a reliable supplier to organisations; serving the Pharmaceutical, Medical Devices, Veterinary, Agrochemical and Speciality Chemical industries as well as many others. Click here to view our current vacancies.

Robinson Brothers Group acquired Endeavour Speciality Chemicals in 2008.

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