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Diversity and Inclusion Leaders Mental Health at Work

Diversity and Inclusion Leaders Mental Health at Work

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Times below are British Summer Time (BST).

All talks are recorded so you can revisit or view at a time convenient to you!

13:10 Online networking

13:25 Welcome

13:30 Chair’s welcome and opening remarks

Speaker:

Amy McKeown

former Mental Health Lead, EY and strategic workplace mental health expert

13:40 Elevating mental health as a strategic priority in this current climate and driving this forward to a total wellbeing strategy for your organisation

  • Understanding the business case for a total wellbeing approach to supporting employees in managing their health, work, life and financial wellbeing
  • Senior sponsorship as a driver in developing an open culture around mental health and wellbeing
  • Engaging employees and acting on employee feedback to strengthen wellbeing
Speakers:

Sarah Kaiser

Head of Employee Experience

Fidelity International

Natasha Wilson

Senior Manager - Employee Communications

Fidelity International

14:00 Understanding workplace challenges and cultural stigma faced by minority ethnic employees around mental health. In Conversation:

Speaker:

Bernadette Thompson

Deputy Director for Inclusion, Wellbeing & Employee Engagement

Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)

14:20 Case Study: Exploring the impact of grief on mental health and how to support employees through difficult times

A look at what the UK Civil Service are doing to ensure colleagues are supported through bereavement and loss and how to support all civil servants to feel able to talk openly about these issues and acknowledge their grief in the workplace.

Speakers:

Adam Land

Mental Health Champion & Senior Director, Remedies Business & Financial Analysis

Competition and Markets Authority

Darren Blakemore

Health and Wellbeing Consultant

Cabinet Office

14:40 Panel session with audience Q&A - COVID-19 and the impact on mental health

– Working from home, bereavement, isolation, loss of income and fear are triggering mental health conditions or exacerbating existing ones. Many people may be facing increased levels of alcohol and drug use, insomnia, and anxiety.
What role can employers play in supporting employees through these difficult times?

Speakers:

Sarah Kaiser

Head of Employee Experience

Fidelity International

Natasha Wilson

Senior Manager - Employee Communications

Fidelity International

Bernadette Thompson

Deputy Director for Inclusion, Wellbeing & Employee Engagement

Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)

Adam Land

Mental Health Champion & Senior Director, Remedies Business & Financial Analysis

Competition and Markets Authority

Darren Blakemore

Health and Wellbeing Consultant

Cabinet Office

15:05 Break and online networking

15:30 Chair’s welcome back

Speaker:

Amy McKeown

former Mental Health Lead, EY and strategic workplace mental health expert

15:35 Supporting mental health resilience in teams working across different locations

  • The challenges faced by both individuals and managers in responding to staff across multiple locations
  • What positive insights and good practice can we take from our recent experiences of working from home?
  • What are the next steps in integrating teams, supporting employee wellbeing and engagement in the new workplace landscape?
Speaker:

Abigail Hirshman

former Head of Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing, ACAS, Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing Director

Charlie Waller Trust

15:55 Implementing a mental health strategy and the role of line managers

  • Empowering and training line managers to effectively and confidently support the mental health and wellbeing of employees
  • Implementing and supporting Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA)
  • Removing the stigma around mental health and the role of storytelling
  • Setting up a Mental Health Network at Experian
Speaker:

Amy Priest

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Manager

Experian

16:15 Tall stories - the powerful truth of mental health

  • The power of storytelling – the role of advocates to role model vulnerability and start the conversation
  • Safe spaces – creating trust and safety to amplify the conversation
  • Bottom-up or Top-down – who owns the wellbeing agenda?
  • Living values – elevating your actions beyond words
Speaker:

Damien Shieber

Head of HR – Culture, Inclusion and Experience

Santander UK

16:35 Flexibility as an enabler of wellbeing

  • How flexibility can benefit the wellbeing of individuals
  • The impact of the pandemic on working arrangements and how we supported our employees during this time
  • How we plan to sustain flexibility and support employee wellbeing in the ‘new normal’
Speakers:

Kelly Metcalf

Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing

Fujitsu

Amanda Hammond

UK Wellbeing Programmes Lead

Fujitsu

16:55 Live audience questions and answers

Speakers:

Abigail Hirshman

former Head of Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing, ACAS, Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing Director

Charlie Waller Trust

Damien Shieber

Head of HR – Culture, Inclusion and Experience

Santander UK

Amy Priest

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Manager

Experian

Kelly Metcalf

Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing

Fujitsu

Amanda Hammond

UK Wellbeing Programmes Lead

Fujitsu

17:15 Chair’s closing remarks

Speaker:

Amy McKeown

former Mental Health Lead, EY and strategic workplace mental health expert

17:20 Online networking

17:30 Close of the d&i Leaders Mental Health at Work Online Seminar 2021

d&i Leaders Neurodiversity at Work Seminar - 7 July

Why not also attend the d&i Leaders Neurodiversity at Work Seminar – taking place in the morning on 7 July. Discounted full-day tickets available which can be shared with a colleague.
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