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Welcome to AWARE NI's Workplace Wellbeing Hub!

Did you know?

Mental health problems cost the Northern Ireland economy over £3.4 billion annually and are the leading cause of employee absence.

AWARE can help you improve staff wellbeing and reduce workplace stress.

Prioritising employee wellbeing is essential for a successful organisation. We offer a range of initiatives to improve mental health and reduce stress in the workplace.

Training Programmes and Workshops

At AWARE NI, we understand the importance of a healthy workforce for the success of your organisation. That's why we offer a comprehensive range of workplace wellbeing training programmes to suit your company's needs. Our evidence-based solutions empower your employees, increase productivity, and foster a positive working environment.

Our flexible training options include Stress Management, Supporting Employee Wellbeing (a course for managers) and Mental Health First Aid.

Workplace Programmes Information Pack

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Corporate Partnerships

As a non-profit charity, fundraising and donations are essential for the continued provision of our core services. With the help of our corporate partners, we can continue our services and look to expand them, helping to reach even more people.

We understand that the most effective partnerships are those which benefit both parties. That’s why we work closely together to build professional and positive relationships your staff and company will truly benefit from whilst supporting AWARE in our charitable cause.

What AWARE can offer you
- A dedicated Account Manager together with a passionate, professional and creative team working alongside you to achieve your partnership goals;
- Access to mental health workshops and resources tailored to promote positive mental health and wellbeing amongst your staff - including Mental Health First Aid;
- Guaranteed positive PR for your company, with our partnership featured across online and offline media;
- Support to help your organisation reach its corporate social responsibility goals
- A range of engaging fundraising campaigns and events to encourage interaction and boost morale amongst staff;
- Recognition for your investment in improving the lives of your workforce, and the wider community, by receiving the Investors in Mental Health Award;
- The ability to demonstrate your business’ commitment to promoting awareness and understanding of mental health, lowering stigma and supporting employees through our Mental Health Charter;
How you can support us
- Make AWARE services available to staff and customers/clients;
- Raise awareness of mental health: you’ll be helping to make our services known whilst also sharing our messaging and opening conversations surrounding mental health;
- Raise vital funds to support AWARE’s services continue and expand;
- Avail of our volunteering opportunities available to your staff across our support services and fundraising department.

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Investors in Mental Health Awards

The Investors in Mental Health Award is an initiative developed by AWARE to provide recognition to businesses, schools and community groups who significantly contribute to promoting positive mental health within their field.

The recipients of this prestigious award are invited to a celebratory event to reflect on their fantastic achievements and learn about what others are doing.

Receiving the Investors in Mental Health recognition allows you to use the AWARE Investors in Mental Health logo on your website, headed paper, or staff newsletter. You will also receive a certificate to hang in your office. This recognition can help you in attracting potential employees and promoting mental health awareness in your team.

Click here to visit our Investors in Mental Health page and find out more.

Why choose AWARE NI?

Expertise
- With over 25 years of experience in mental health advocacy, AWARE NI is a trusted name in the industry. Our team brings extensive knowledge and expertise to guide your organisation towards a mentally healthy workplace.
Tailored Training
- Tailored Training: We believe that one size doesn't fit all when it comes to workplace wellbeing. We have a range of training options to address the unique challenges faced by your industry, size, and culture. From stress management to helping managers support employee wellbeing, our programmes and workshops offer practical strategies that can be implemented straight away.
Mutually Beneficial Partnerships
- We collaborate with leading businesses all over NI to promote mental health awareness and make a positive impact. By partnering with us, you join a network of like-minded organisations committed to prioritising employee wellbeing. Together, we can shape a healthier future for your workforce.
Investors in Mental Health Awards
- Our Investors in Mental Health Awards honour forward-thinking companies that actively invest in the mental wellbeing of their employees. By participating in our training programmes, you demonstrate your commitment to creating a mentally resilient workplace and stand a chance to be celebrated as an industry leader.

“We highly recommend partnering with AWARE! They provided us with a Corporate Fundraising Representative who assisted us with information on events and provided support and ideas for our own fundraising events. They also enabled us to meet our Corporate Social Responsibility by helping to promote positive mental health with our staff through the excellent information and material provided to us”

MAURICE BOYD, CEO, ABL GROUP

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Back to Life, Back to Normality

Back to Life, Back to Normality is a free 12-week mental health programme delivered by AWARE, the depression charity for Northern Ireland. The programme is divided into two 6-week courses, both using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) concepts. The programme is delivered in a group setting predominantly online.

What will I learn?

This programme will help you manage your feelings when you are stressed, worried or depressed. You’ll learn simple, practical skills to help you cope with life’s challenges. You’ll also be introduced to the practice of mindfulness and learn how to apply it to everyday life to feel calmer and less stressed.

Content

Part 1 – ‘Living Life to the Full’ CBT course (2 hours per week)

A six-session course using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) concepts – the most evidenced-based talking therapy for people affected by low mood, anxiety or depression. It focuses on how we can change our thinking and behaviour to feel better and cope with life’s challenges.

Part 2 – Mindfulness (2 hours per week)

A six-session introductory course exploring what mindfulness is and how it can support you in everyday life. Each session will introduce a different practice and touch on various aspects of mindfulness, such as the body scan and mindful eating

Delivery

Courses are delivered online in a group environment. Your participation in all classes on both courses is essential to achieving maximum benefit.

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This project is supported by the Department of Health Mental Health Fund & The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland.

Back to Life, Back to Normality - Upcoming Courses

Back to Life, Back to Normality - Upcoming 12-week Courses

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‘Meet us’ – 25 Years of Changing Lives Campaign

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AWARE is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year! And to mark this occasion we wanted to invite you to ‘Meet us’. Across 5 video interviews, we introduce board members, team members, volunteers, and service users who passionately have kept AWARE services alive for a quarter of a century. As each interviewee describes their journey with mental health, we want to show you that we employ people with personal experience of mental illness at every level of our organisation.

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Chief Executive at AWARE, Karen Collins, says,

“At AWARE, we view it as essential to have people with personal experience of mental illness, whether that is themselves or have walked the journey with a loved one, employed at every level of our organisation. It is always so courageous and empowering for people to come forward to share their stories so that others can be encouraged they are not alone in how they think or feel and that there are services out there for them to access help from. Mental illness can be such an isolating period in someone’s life and we want people to know that they are not alone, that they can come and meet with our staff, group facilitators, and service users who have either been there in the past or are currently in a similar place.

I personally am very proud of our board, staff members, facilitators, and service users that put themselves forward for our ‘Meet Us’ – 25 years Of Changing Lives campaign. We hope that by listening to these testimonies the public will know that they will only be met with understanding when they come to AWARE to seek help. That not only do we work to raise awareness of depression, anxiety, and bipolar to help break down the stigma surrounding the topic of mental illness, but that our team passionately lives it out in our own lives every day by being willing to speak up about it.”

AWARE first started in Derry/Londonderry in 1996 by a group of people that shared a past of mental illness and a dream of a future where more people could get the help and support they needed. From one conversation AWARE was born, and now 25 years on it has grown to a thriving charity whose services have reached thousands, and whose conversations today are changing lives! We wanted you to meet some of those people, and are so proud to present the incredibly inspiring stories from Maryanne, Alan, Caitlin, Warren, and Helen. Please watch the videos below!

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Workplace Wellbeing

Welcome to AWARE NI's Workplace Wellbeing Hub!