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Memorial For a Subcontractor

Published 26 January 2021 | Written by Denise Southard
CategoriesAccess to health practitioners and counselling services Mental health

The project team were all deeply saddened of the loss of Terry Tyler from LJJ LTD on 16th January 2021. Terry was much liked and respected by everyone on the Knowles House project. To encourage the workforce to talk about their grief regarding the loss of a work colleague, the project team have put up memorials and set up an…


Construction Industry Helpline App

Published 10 December 2020 | Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator
CategoriesAccess to health practitioners and counselling services Mental health

The Lighthouse Club Construction Industry Charity, who run the Construction Industry Helpline, launched an app  in collaboration with COINS (a construction software firm) and Building Mental Health (an online information portal about mental health, also developed by the charity). The new Construction Industry Helpline app will be a free, confidential service aimed at providing essential information and guidance on wellbeing…


World Mental Health Day Fortune Cookies

Published 19 October 2020 | Written by Colleen Liston
CategoriesConsultation Mental health

In order to spread the message about World Mental Health Day, the project team made customised Fortune Cookies which featured a selection of mental health facts on one side and thought provoking quotes on the other. By mixing cookies including prizes amongst normal cookies, the team managed to get more information about mental health across to the site team and…


Offering Personalised Classes for Operatives Families

Published 19 October 2020 | Written by Cara Chernanko
CategoriesMental health Workforce development plans

Skadoosch – a provider of personalised classes for families (with children aged 3-11) that encourages positive social interaction and mental wellbeing through fun games and activities, have partnered with the Goodluck Hope Project to offer classes to the site’s families. Together they have recognised how work-related mental health issues not only affect the individual, it also affects the individual’s family….


Talk To Us Posters on Crane Bases

Published 22 June 2020 | Written by Denise Southard
CategoriesMental health

As well as seeking to prevent suicides through awareness campaigns and mental health first aid training we have put posters in and around our crane bases. If someone is suffering from suicidal thoughts they may try to come onto site when empty and use the crane as a method of suicide. We have put posters around the crane base in…


Anniversary Employer Pledge

Published 23 March 2020 | Written by Amy Stockton
CategoriesMental health

CR Civil Engineering celebrated 20 years of trading and to mark the occasion, the company signed the ‘Time-to-Change Employer Pledge’. The Time to Change Employer Pledge is a commitment to changing the way we all think and act about mental health in the workplace. This commitment is supported by a 12-month Employer Action Plan, built upon five years of evidence-based…


Therapy Dog

Published 10 February 2020 | Written by Kiu Tran
CategoriesAccess to health practitioners and counselling services Mental health

Introducing the latest member to join the team at Elephant Park, Marley the therapy dog. To compliment Lendlease’s commitment to the health, safety and wellbeing of its people and those who work on our projects, the team at Elephant Park have their very own in-house therapy dog. Anyone can drop by for a cuddle or pick-me-up or request a private…


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