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Workplace Mental Health Collaborative
By Amanda Opie / 11 March 2020
When I did my Scottish Mental Health First Aid training, I was struck by the power of bringing people together...
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Scottish Parliament Reception – It’s Time to Take Action on Mental Health at Work
By Cazie / 16 June 2019
On May 21st, 2019, MHScot Workplace Wellbeing held a reception at the Scottish Parliament which was hosted by MSP Alexander...
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Where Does Mental Health First Aid fit in the Workplace?
By Cazie / 29 January 2019
Discussions in the news and on Social Media, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and Health & Safety Executive have been...
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MHScot welcomes HSE announcement on Mental Health First Aid
By Cazie / 2 December 2018
As many of you may already know, here at MHScot we believe that every workplace should promote good mental health...
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MHScot goes from strength to strength, find out why…
By Cazie / 22 October 2018
Welcome to the latest MHScot blog. As I sat down to put this together, the only word that kept coming...
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Is it ok to take a Mental Health Day?
By Amanda Opie / 9 July 2018
Today, it’s still true that our mental health is still not an obvious or as overt consideration as our physical...
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Workplace Wellbeing surveys shows interesting results
By Amanda Opie / 23 February 2018
I wanted to share some findings from a recent workplace wellbeing survey that was sent to me, on the subject...
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Scotland’s Year of the Young Person
By Cazie / 14 January 2018
The ‘Year of Young People’ here in Scotland is a great opportunity for generations, young and old, to come together...
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MHScot partners with Apex Hotels
By Cazie / 21 December 2017
MHScot Workplace Wellbeing C.I.C. and Apex Hotels Edinburgh are tackling mental health in the workplace together, through mutual support in...
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Coping with Christmas, Our guide to ‘managing stress’ this festive season
By Amanda Opie / 17 December 2017
Welcome to the latest MHScot blog. With Christmas just a matter of days away, we thought we’d focus on...
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Thriving at Work – New Report
By Cazie / 29 October 2017
On the 26th October 2017 a new report written by Mind's Chief Executive, Paul Farmer and former HBOS Chair, Dennis...
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Mental Health and Disability in the Workplace
By Cazie / 26 September 2017
The new Employability in Scotland initiative, which is a product of the recently devolved employment services in Scotland, aims to...
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Suicide – why the increase?
By Cazie / 4 August 2017
In all honesty, it was really only a matter of time and in many respects a bit of a reality...
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Here’s What No One Tells You About Workplace Stress and Productivity
By Cazie / 20 July 2017
With the UK teetering on the brink of an economic recession and the fallout from Brexit still to be felt,...
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Supporting Employee Mental Health & Wellbeing
By Cazie / 17 June 2017
It's been a busy and speedy first half of the year for MHScot. We've found ourselves working with a very...
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