Co-op marks World Mental Health Day

Wednesday 10 October 2018

The Channel Islands Co-operative Society Limited will be supporting staff, alongside local charities for this year’s World Mental Health Day, today.

The Co-op will be running events in its stores across the islands, to help promote the services available to staff, encouraging them to meet charity representatives to hear what support the groups can offer around mental health and wellbeing within the community.

Guernsey MIND will be holding sessions at the Co-op’s St Martin store, offering staff more information about its services. 

Guernsey MIND’s Employee Wellbeing Service Manager, Jo Cottell said, "everyone with a mental health condition has their own experiences and needs. No one approach fits all and it is great to see that the Co-op has taken this on board and is willing to offer the opportunity for staff to learn more about the help that is out there. We very much hope that these sessions will be informative for staff, and that by encouraging a better understanding of mental health issues within our community we will make it easier for people to get the right help, as early as possible."

Tanya Dority, Community Manager for the Co-op, said, "workplace stress plays a vital role in a person’s overall mental wellbeing, so getting the right information about the help out there is crucial. The success of The Channel Islands Co-operative Society has been built on its people, and their wellbeing is extremely important to us. We hope that these sessions will give our staff the knowledge they need to feel fully informed about the help that they can receive for themselves or for those close to them."

Pictured: The Co-op store in St Martins.