Wellbeing Group

The School’s wellbeing group is an industry collaboration that brings together our partners, stakeholders and organisations from across the supply chain

Together we are dedicated to providing education and support to those in need whether this is through signposting or through developing our training programme.   

Furthermore, we aim to work collaboratively to promote a more proactive and preventative approach to workforce wellbeing across the built environment and to drive long term culture change within the industry, to promote equality, diversity, inclusion and respect that will ultimately promote construction as a career choice for the next generation. 

Our mission however is multifaceted: to confront the workforce wellbeing crisis head-on within the industry whilst also simultaneously promoting the wellbeing of our communities through taking a wide-angle view of wellbeing, highlighting where wellbeing is impacted at different points in the value chain, from planning and design, material sourcing and manufacture, construction and building management.

It is only by understanding and responding to challenges across the value chain, that we will stand a fighting chance of transitioning to a just, equitable, climate-resilient future. 

The Group has been working collaboratively with Lighthouse construction industry charity and Mates in Mind on the Make It Visible project, organising and delivering the industry launch of the new web portal in May. This portal will be the key vehicle to build awareness, signpost and give access to all the available helpline services and pinpoint all the Beacons. www.makeitvisible.info has been launched and is currently being communicated to all sectors of our industry.

The group will be continuing to work closely with Mates in Mind to drive positive culture change in the industry. The Group have set up a focus group to better understand and map other industry initiatives (including other working groups/steering groups/stakeholders/influencers/charters/standards).

As we continue our collaborative work with the Make It Visible Project to better understand how we can enable sustained positive culture change, it is important that we have a handle on what others in the industry are doing. This will avoid duplication and help to bring everyone together as a united front.