Mental Health Awareness Week 2024: 'Collaboration is key'

Mental Health Awareness Week started 13 May and runs until 19 May

Isabel Baxter
clock • 7 min read

With Mental Health Awareness Week taking place from 13 to 19 May, Professional Adviser explores how the advice industry supports its employees.

This year, the theme for Mental Health Awareness Week is movement, as data from Mental Health UK suggests 82% of people believe that regular physical activity is important for mental health and wellbeing. However, over a third of UK adults do not meet the recommendations set out by the World Health Organisation. What firms have in place Wealth manager Quilter offers an employee assistance programme that provides a range of services, including confidential counselling, therapy, legal and medical support. The programme is designed to assist its employees with various challenges suc...

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