mental health

HFW Community | In conversation with Gareth Thomas

HFW Community | In conversation with Gareth Thomas

Please join us on Wednesday 3 November at 7pm GMT, where Gareth Thomas, a respected figure in rugby and an advocate for LGBTQ+ issues and HIV awareness will join us for the latest in our HFW Community event series.

Hosted by HFW partner, Richard Neylon and COO Sid Welham, this webinar will hear Gareth discuss his playing career, his TV career and how he has strived to raise awareness around key issues, in particular LGBTQ+ equality, mental health...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/10/12/hfw-community-in-conversation-with-gareth-thomas/

Maritime industry making empty promises on mental health support

Maritime industry making empty promises on mental health support

Managing Director and Clinical Psychologist, MHSS 

A clinical psychologist has challenged the maritime industry to stop making empty promises about helping to improve seafarers’ welfare and mental health.
 
Occasions like World Mental Health Day (10 October) give shipping companies an excuse to promote themselves as caring employers that want the best for their crew members, according to Charles Watkins.
 
However, the founder and...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/10/08/maritime-industry-making-empty-promises-on-mental-health-support/

Seafarers Struggling With Their Sexual Identity In Maritime Industry

Crewmembers struggling with their sexual identity are talking more openly about the issue and the challenges they face within the maritime industry, a leading psychologist has revealed, says in article published on mental health website.

Mental health support solution

Charles Watkins, a clinical psychologist and Managing Director of Mental Health Support Solutions (MHSS), said that his organisation – which provides 24/7 mental health support and guidance throughout the shipping sector – was...

https://mfame.guru/seafarers-struggling-with-their-sexual-identity-in-maritime-industry/

Zurich offers free mental health education to all UK corporations

Zurich offers free mental health education to all UK corporations

Insurance giant says work-related stress legal precedent, Hatton v Sutherland, will be tested as working patterns alter

30 April 2021: Zurich Resilience Solutions, part of Zurich Insurance Group has today launched a new digital tool that allows UK corporations to educate, identify and manage the mental health risks associated with their workforce. The Zurich Risk Advisor (ZRA) app is a digital risk assessment tool that will empower...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/04/30/zurich-offers-free-mental-health-education-to-all-uk-corporations/

Coronavirus Takes a Toll on Mental Health of Sailors

When Ritesh Mehra, 43, enlisted for a four-month stint as captain on a liquid gas tanker last July, he never expected to be stranded at sea until spring, reports The Hindu.

Ship Docked Outside

“Twice it has happened that the ports are not allowing crew change,” Mehra told Reuters via Zoom from the bridge of the 80,000 tonne ship docked outside the Indian port of Haldia.

“My family won’t trust me any more. I have been giving them dates when I would come home from December.”

Mehra, who has 20 years’...

https://mfame.guru/coronavirus-takes-a-toll-on-mental-health-of-sailors/

Maritime UK Introduces Mental Health In The Maritime Pledge

Maritime UK, the umbrella body for the maritime sector, is delighted to today (2 March) launch the Mental Health in Maritime Pledge, reports Maritime UK.

The Maritime Pledge

The pledge forms a key pillar of the Diversity in Maritime Programme, alongside the Gender Pledge. The new pledge is part of the programme’s objective to ensure employee mental health and wellbeing is considered at the highest levels across the sector.

The Mental Health in Maritime Pledge calls upon executives from maritime...

https://mfame.guru/maritime-uk-introduces-mental-health-in-the-maritime-pledge/

Company Culture Update: Maintaining trust, safety and flexibility

A strong company culture isn’t established overnight; it takes months or even years to forge and must withstand hard times. In this episode of Company Culture Update, Indie Bollman, Trailer Bridge’s vice president of organization development, discussed the company’s dedication to trust, safety and flexibility as it pushes through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trailer Bridge specializes in asset-based logistics, providing ocean carriage, integrated logistics and trucking for the U.S., Mexico, Puerto...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/company-culture-update-maintaining-trust-safety-and-flexibility

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