What's New 07.07.08
Environmental and Occupational Cancer Risks
It is vital that we get recognition and acknowledgement of the environmental and occupational risk factors for breast cancer if we are ever to make progress on stopping this disease before it starts. Early detection and treatment alone have failed to reduce the burden of this disease. Lifestyle changes cannot prevent a woman getting breast cancer whilst cancer causing agents and endocrine disruptors are allowed to build up in the environment and our bodies.
A petition has been put on-line and providing there are 200 signatures (hopefully a lot more) when it closes in October, it will be passed to officials who work for the Prime Minister in Downing Street, or sent to the relevant Government department for a response. Every person who signs the petition will receive an email detailing the Government's response to the issues raised.
To sign the petition please click on this link:
WORKSAFE GB LTD
Helping Employers and Managers to tackle the No 1 cause of Sickness Absence and Manage the Legal Risks of Stress
WORKSAFE GB LTD supports the UK National Workstress network
29.05.08 Our Next Newsletter
The Summer edition of our newsletter is now available in either Word® or in PDF formats.
In this issue you can read articles on:
- Is anyone implementing the HSE Stress Management Standards?
- Conveners report
- Stress snippets, with many interesting articles
- The annual UK National Stress Network conference
Stress & Mental Health in the Workplace 2008
Symposium Events' Annual Stress and Mental Health in the Workplace Forum is now firmly establish as the authoritative event for HR and Occupational Health professionals dealing with stress and mental health across the UK. Now in its 5th year, this event will be an invaluable opportunity to share and discuss the challenges related to stress and mental health with the UK’s leading experts in the field. Combining best practice case studies, the very latest HSE guidelines and Symposium Events’ interactive Knowledge Share and Workshop sessions, the event will equip you with the tools to protect yourself against the risks of litigation, maintain an engaged workforce and reduce stress related absence across your organisation.
For further information and a bookingh form please follow this link to their website
13.05.08 Website changes
We have re-named the home page as About Us to more clearly reflect the mission and values of the network. The index on the left will be changed to reflect this over tyhe next week
The Men's Health Forum.
The Men's Health forum are a registered charity with their organisational website www.menshealthforum.org.uk. They also have a health info site at www.malehealth.co.uk for fast, free independent health information from the Men's Health Forum.
Mindful Employers Conference
The MINDFUL EMPLOYER Conference is to be held in Exeter on Thursday 25 September. As you'll see they have excellent speakers (Dame Carol Black, John Hamilton, Susan Scott-Parker) together with a wide range of workshops, one of which will be hosted by our Convener, Ian Draper, some magic and drama!
The conference organisers are offering a discounted rate for delegates who are employed by signatories to the Charter for Employers and bookings will close on 5 September - although places will be allocated a first come, first served basis and we are anticipating a lot of interest.
For a booking form follow this link
Guidance to the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
The Centre for Corporate Accountability has published comprehensive Guidance on the new Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act which begins to apply after 6 April 2008. It is intended to help a range of interested groups and individuals - whether they be lawyers, other advisors, bereaved families, trade unions, managers, employers or others - to understand the nature of the new offence, the type of organisations to which it applies, the circumstances that will lead to prosecution, areas in which the Act remains open to legal interpretation, and so on.
Whilst detailed and comprehensive, the guidance tries to explain the new law in as accessible a manner as possible.
To obtain the guidance, follow this link
Wind Down
This new website, www.winddown.co.uk offers a tremendous amount of advice on coping with stress. Articles currently available include, The vicious stress cycle, Can stress affect a relationship? and The right music for the right mood.
Stress Conference 2008
The 2008 Stress Network conference will take place at the Hillscourt Conference Centre, Rednal near Birmingham on Saturday, November 15th 9.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. and closing at 12.30 p.m. Sunday, November 16th 2008. The theme for this year is Eradicating Workplace Bullying, including Cyber-Bullying - The Case for Dignity at Work.
Bookings are now being taken, you can ensure your place by downloading and completing our Conference booking form
Clued in
The Clued-In Project is a leading service-user led training initiative that aims to reduce the stigma and discrimination that people experiencing mental distress face on a day to day basis.
The Clued-In Project delivers tailor-made training and educational sessions about a broad range of mental health issues to voluntary, statutory and private sector organisations. We are able to deliver training locally, regionally and nationally.
All of our training and educational sessions are developed and delivered by people who have direct personal experience of mental distress, which ensures that all sessions are powerful, impacting, inspirational, informative and educational.
For more information visit their website at www.imaginementalhealth.org.uk
You can also download acopy of information advertising their Stress In The Workplace courses and a Booking Form that any delegates interested in attending will need to complete
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