HSE International ISSUE 112 | Page 23

MATES IN MIND Steve Hails, Chair of Mates in Mind, commented: “Sole traders and small businesses represent the vast majority of construction workers in NI, a workforce that is often difficult to reach when it comes to mental health awareness and support, and largely without access to professional counselling support service. We welcome this partnership with Inspire and through a collaborative approach with our partners WHLGNI, CEFNI, FMB, CITBNI and Buildhealth NI, we have developed a programme that not only provides a solid range of training and awareness programmes, but also ongoing counselling support.” sw2.pdf John Conaghan, Group Director of Professional Services at Inspire commented: “Inspire are delighted to announce our partnership with Mates in Mind to deliver mental health and wellbeing support to the construction industry in Northern Ireland. As Ireland’s leading provider of workplace wellbeing support services, we understand how important it is to engage with employees and organisations at all levels and the Mates in Mind programme provides an innovative platform to enable the construction industry to positively impact on the 1 27/03/2018 20:48 stigma traditionally associated with mental health.” “Sole traders and small businesses represent the vast majority of construction workers in NI, a workforce that is often difficult to reach when it comes to mental health awareness and support, and largely without access to professional counselling support service.“ www.matesinmind.org You are not a super hero... Stay Safe! Secures itself does not fall off Stays in position when used overhead Operate the Safewrench with 1 person! The spring washers keep the Safewrench secure on the bolt or nut. Even when working overhead! Now available Safewrench Non-sparking! AC SAFETY TOOLS SA Switzerland +41 26 439 93 00 [email protected] 23 HSE INTERNATIONAL www.safewrench.com