MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK 2022 Mental Health Awareness Week is a yearly event, this year running from the 9th to 15th May focussing on improving positive mental health for everyone. It is hosted by the Mental Health Foundation. For 2022, the theme is all around exploring the impacts of loneliness and how we can tackle this. The Mental […]
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Our growing band of walkers, cyclists, joggers, and runners have excelled themselves! In week 3, we have covered over 500 miles! Taking us down past Derby, through Worcester, Bristol, and finally past Exeter! When we started planning this event, we were unsure we would make it to Land’s End, now we are just wondering when […]
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Macmillan Cancer Support recently published research showing that an estimated 7 million people across the country have turned to exercise including jogging or running during the pandemic crisis to boost their mental health. One in seven people in the UK (14%) said exercise had helped them handle stress better since the first lockdown. […]
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What inspires children can so often inspire all of us… “What’s your best discovery?” asked the mole. “that I’m enough as I am” said the boy. I love this quote by Charlie Mackesy in his award-winning 2019 book, The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse. My son was given this book to inspire […]
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All of us at Astute Recruitment Ltd are delighted to announce that today, 1st February 2021, we are launching our Miles 4 Meals charity campaign! Our team will be ‘virtually’ walking the 911 miles from John O’Groats to Lands End, and if we can walk back again! We find ourselves in unusual times. Many […]
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As England heads into a second national lockdown, we provide some tips for working from home during this stressful time, and hope this helps those feeling anxious, worried or struggling generally. Stress Awareness Day, falls today, 4th November 2020. It was created by the Founder of International Stress Management Association (ISMA) Carole Spiers […]
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Mental Health Week Can Your Business Afford to Ignore Mental Health? We investigate the key impacts, costs, AND savings to companies of mental health at work. Mental health has increasingly been highlighted as a key factor in business and employee performance, success and productivity. This year’s Mental Health Week has special […]
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The social media and pressures in general forced upon someone who was actually very fragile, resulted in tragedy for Caroline, her friends, and family. Her death also served to highlight as a warning for all of us that whilst dates in the year like Valentines Day have typically become a day of ‘lurve’, joy and […]
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Its National Stress Awareness Day 2019. Some stats from the Health and Safety Executive Department figures The UK’s economy lost a total of 12.8million workdays in 2018 solely due to stress 602,000 UK workers suffer from work-related mental issues such as depression and anxiety 44% of work-related sick days were caused by depression and […]
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“Life is a series of little successes. Make sure you celebrate yours”. A quote from the latest life coach/ business guru? Nope. My husband said this to my 10 year old son. We all have the power to inspire and encourage others in work, rest and play. Who are you going […]
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