Supporting and collaborating with another innovative mental health provider
Since their launch in 2019 I have worked on a number of projects with Head Office; a small mental health and wellbeing consultancy on a mission to help businesses support the mental health and wellbeing of their people. This work includes clients in the creative industries, allowing me the chance to use my workplace health, mental health and wellbeing knowledge collaboratively with interesting clients outside of my usual arenas.
“I was able to offer feedback and suggestions to Head Office before they returned the strategy to their client – who loved what we had come up with.”
One such collaboration included the creation of a health, mental health and wellbeing strategy for a mid-size brand & communications agency. After aligning on our objectives, I contributed to shaping the ‘desk review’ that Head Office was running alongside team surveys and interviews. I then offered ideas as part of the development process, which saw us build both an overarching strategy and identify short, mid and long-term goals for the client. Head Office presented the strategy back to the client who was very happy with what was delivered and is now implementing our suggested plans.
Most recently we’re working together on a longer-term project with the aim to design and implement a ‘Mental Health Charter’ for a specific industry. The ambition is to work directly with key stakeholders (in varying roles across multiple organisations), to create a unique charter that can reflect the reality and needs of the sector. By holding space for the industry to design their own charter we believe we can build something that organisations will want to and can sign up to - that will create real change on-the-ground in mental health.
“When it comes to supporting the mental health of people at work Amy's approach is honest, direct and rooted in a desire to deliver recommendations that are both practical and can work towards meaningful action and change.”
– CARLY HEWITT – CO-FOUNDER, HEAD OFFICE