What is The Lift Industry Mental Health Charter?
The Lift Industry Mental Health Charter is an initiative/idea which is focused on bringing together the lift industry to support mental health within the industry. This includes all lift companies, lift consultants and lift suppliers across the lift industry and their employees. Working together to support the people within the industry with their mental health will make the industry a safer and more supportive place to work. The mission is to make this an international charter across the worldwide industry and for businesses to support the charter with five commitments:
- Strive to carryout Well-being/Mental Health Risk Assessments
- Take Reasonable Steps To Support Employees Well-Being
- Implement Stress Risk Assessments
- Include Mental Health In Your Duty Of Care And Safety
- Support The Lift Industry Mental Health Charter
How do I join? What are the benefits?
There are many benefits to signing up to the charter, but primarily the charter is to show support as an industry. Along with the support from the industry, the mental health charter aims to bring the employees within the industry concessions with companies who also support this worthy cause. The concessions will be aimed at wellbeing and the general health of employees and business owners within the lift industry. These will be developed as the mental health charter progresses and gains momentum.
Will there be a charge to sign up?
There will be no charge at this early stage. The idea of the charter is to show commitment and encourage well-being services, however if you wish to drop out at a later stage this can be done and removed from the charter and the benefits once created.
Is this supported by mental health professionals?
The Lift Industry Mental Health Charter is supported by professionals outside, and within our industry, Such as Karl Grey at Ascent lift consultancy who runs his own counselling business and ‘Petrain Services’, who has run external courses within our industry. We also have many other supporters who are trained in the area of mental health.
The Lift Industry Mental Health Charter also provides useful free links to a mixture support services.