Time To Talk Day | Why HR should encourage staff to discuss mental health at work

Every HR leader worth their salt knows the importance of mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.

And while it should always be at the forefront of a company’s people agenda, today provides an opportunity for leaders to focus more on how they’re supporting the mental health of their employees.

Time To Talk Day, billed as “the nation’s biggest mental health conversation”, is an initiative run by mental health charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness in partnership with Co-op, with the aim to spark millions of conversations about mental health in communities, schools, homes, workplaces and online across the UK.

This year will mark 10 years of Time to Talk Day and, as its name suggests, the campaign encourages participants to make time in their day to have frank and open conversations about mental health, and how they can support themselves and one another.