"He can have a Force 12 nervous breakdown while he stands next to you in the bus queue and you may be his best friend but you'll never be the wiser. Which is why some of our best officers turn …
Maria works at the Home Office in Croydon. She has sickle cell – a disorder of the haemoglobin in the red blood cells. As Deputy Civil Service Disability Champion, I enlisted the help of the Civil Service Workplace Adjustment Service …
Man Up, Man Down – you are not alone A little over 18 months ago my 18 year old daughter Libby took her own life. She had Anorexic Nervosa, Autism Spectrum Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder. My darling daughter struggled …
Each year Civil Service HR colleagues and I partner with the Migraine Trust to mark Migraine Awareness Week 6-12 September to help promote greater awareness of migraines. I feel it important to share what those like me who suffer this …
In the latest of a series of blogs on the changes disabled colleagues have experienced due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we focus on shielding and the challenges it brings. Many of our family, friends, and colleagues have been shielding …
The latest in our Week of Winners blog posts looks at the recipients of the Health & Wellbeing Award, the Cross-Government Menopause Working Group.
Disability Champion Philip Rutnam tells us what he learned during Migraine Awareness Week and introduces Linda, who writes about her experience of living with migraines.
The award-winning Team Chaffinch share some fun and easy ways to take care of your wellbeing, from the new and improved A-Z to Better Wellbeing toolkit.
Civil Service Health and Wellbeing Champion Jonathan Jones requests your feedback on what worked well for you in Active Wellbeing Week.
Civil servant Charlotte Kume-Holland offers a personal reflection on how we can understand our own mental health and ways we can take care of it.
