June 2025 Newsletter: Taking action to improve the health of our teams.

The Garrett Learning newsletter. A mental health and wellbeing update to find out what has been happening, what’s coming up and what’s new

Inside this month’s issue:

The Burnout Report
Are your employees from Worcestershire and do their skills need a boost? Get 50% funding for training
Upcoming support, training programmes and retreats for you and your team!

What’s been happening?

Mental Health Awareness Week isn’t just for May…

Mental Health UK reports that over 91% of adults experienced high pressure and stress at some point over the last year. This has been taken from The Burnout Report 2025 with 1 in 5 workers needing to take time off work due to poor mental health caused by that stress and pressure.

The report states the following workplace factors that have contributed to burnout:

Fear of redundancy/Job security
Working unpaid overtime
Working from a fixed location
Increased workload
Feeling isolated at work

Plus factors outside of the workplace include:

Care responsibilities
Parental responsibilities
Money worries
Experiencing poor physical health
Problems in personal relationships

What can employers do to take action and support their employees:

Take a look at the company culture and policy. Do you have a plan for the health and wellbeing of your team? Does this include physical and mental health? Is it lived or, dare I say it, a ‘tick box’ exercise?
Do you have wellbeing advocates within the business who not only promote a healthy approach to work but they also live it (i.e. wellbeing boundaries, taking lunch breaks, taking time off work for annual leave and also not working when they’re unwell)
Do your people leaders feel confident in having conversations about flexible working and the reasonable adjustments that can be provided?
Are you implementing mental health awareness training in the workplace? If so, you know I can help you with that!

Training enables your team and people managers to be aware of signs of poor mental health, but more importantly, the confidence to have a productive and supportive conversation, therefore addressing the issues before they escalate.

Signposting is also important, if you have limited services within your organisation, please take a look at the mental health directory: www.hubofhope.co.uk which is an app and can be accessed by the web to find supports in your local area.

What’s new?

I am so pleased to share that for a second year running, Garrett Learning is an Approved Training Provider for the Worcestershire Growth Hub Skillsboost Funding! This means you may be eligible to claim back 50% of the cost of the training: Mental Health Training, Leadership and Development programmes and The Work and Wellbeing Retreat!

Sorry if you have employees out of this area (similar funding may be available in your local area, please contact your local council), the Worcestershire Growth Hub Skillsboost Funding is for employees who are resident in Worcestershire and it’s for businesses of any size to support training. To check your eligibility, please visit: www.worcestershiregrowthhub.co.uk

Please feel free to reach out with any questions regarding this. wendy@garretlearning.co.uk or call/WhatsApp on 07859 878 599.

What’s coming up:

We are jam-packed with lots of open courses for you and your team to join, however, if you would like to run a private cohort, please do get in touch with me: wendy@garretlearning.co.uk or call/WhatsApp on 07859 878 599.

Want to find out more on how Garrett Learning can help you??

Garrett Learning creates welcoming, memorable, and learner-focused learning experiences to reach individual and business goals.

Book a discovery call with us to see how Garrett Learning can offer:

Lunch and learn workshops
MHFA England Programmes Open courses
Bespoke training
1:1 well-being strategy development
Business mentoring

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We (Wendy and her growing team!) are here for you when you need us. We are here to hear you! We are kind in nature and open to hearing everyone’s point of view. Our training and overall learning experiences are built to ensure you feel comfortable and can be yourself.