Staff at Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) have held five days of activities for Mental Health Awareness Week, during which the latest Health and Wellbeing interview with Paula Purdy was launched.
Running from May 10-16, all 50 plus employees took part in Mindful Monday, Talk Tuesday, Wellness Check-In Wednesday, Thankful Thursday and Feedback Friday, where managing director Jo Breeden spoke about the business’s ongoing wellness plans including the creation of mental health roles.
He also revealed the results of an internal health and wellbeing questionnaire where 81% of respondents said they are ‘happy’ or ‘love’ what they do, and over 50% saying that the creation of more opportunities to ‘connect and chat’ while working from home had been the most beneficial to their wellbeing.
CSF also increased its online activities to engage external audiences, creating a blend of original, audience-focused content and thought-leadership pieces while also bringing an element of fun into the mix.
Breeden (pictured) said: “Mental Health Awareness Week has provided an occasion to celebrate our triumphs overcoming adversity and explore new mental health strategies for the future. But activity should not be confined to a week, it has to be top of the agenda every day of the year.”
CSF also launched the fourth in the series of Health and Wellbeing interviews with Paula Purdy, intermediary sales Manager – north at Together.
Available to view HERE, she speaks about single parenting, overcoming grief of losing loved ones and the important role family and friends play when building a successful career.
Jason Berry, group sales and marketing director at CSF, said: “I would like to thank Paula for stepping forward to talk so eloquently about her own mental health journey and the issues she has faced in her life, and as with every other interview we genuinely hope it helps others in the marketplace.
“I would also like to thank all the staff at Crystal for being so engaged with all our mental health and awareness activities, both internally and externally. There is a real buzz about what we are doing and we are even closer as a team, the support for one another is wonderful to see.”