Baton of Hope | Suicide prevention charity presents workplace mental health charter to Parliament

A suicide prevention charity has presented MPs with a workplace charter designed to give firms of all sizes guidance on supporting their employees' mental health.

Baton of Hope, which aims to be the UK’s largest suicide prevention charity, presented its Workplace Charter to MPs in Westminster.

Baton of Hope has achieved staggering traction in less than a year since its foundation and was granted full Charity Commission status earlier this month. Over 120 MPs have already pledged to support the Charity in becoming the biggest suicide prevention initiative in the UK, and sponsors already include major organisations such as Alstom, Natwest, Savills, Starbucks, TFL and Westfield Health.

Its Workplace Charter is a comprehensive guide for companies of all sizes to support the mental wellbeing of their employees, and make suicide awareness, support and prevention a workplace priority. It has been compiled by a team that consists of corporate, public and voluntary sector representatives, and is endorsed and signed off by leading clinicians in the field of suicide prevention. As Baton of Hope strives towards its ultimate vision of a zero suicide society, the Charter will provide employers with frameworks to educate their workforces and establish a healthy, non-stigmatising culture around the subject.