Gemma Howe

Mental health and wellbeing initiatives in the rail industry

The rail industry is taking great strides in supporting your mental health and wellbeing and there are some great new initiatives recently launched for you and your colleagues.

One million steps

Tony Brindley, MTR Elizabeth Line

Tony, who works at Romford Railway Station, is walking over 33,000 steps per day during the month of September in his challenge to walk one million steps.

Mental health in RAIL

On 29 June, RAIL hosted their first webinar focused on ‘Supporting each other: Mental health and the railway’, feat...

Becoming a listening volunteer

Joanne Marrable, Samaritans listening volunteer

I absolutely love being a listening volunteer with Samaritans, I consider it a privilege. There’s something quite humbling about being granted access into a person’s life and quite often in their darkest moments. Some callers can find it so difficult to pick up the phone and start a conversation and as a volunteer you’re able to give them the time and space they need to share their thoughts and feelings and to really listen to them.

Covid-19

The coronavirus outbreak is affecting the way many of us live our lives, and it’s normal that this will affect people’s mental health. Samaritans has created a dedicated page providing guidance around mental health, which is being kept updated with helpful articles and resources as they are published.

Samaritans emergency appeal

The outbreak of Coronavirus and the affects it has had on our mental health means the Samaritans helpline is needed now more than ever. Samaritans is working hard to be there day and night for those struggling to cope, and their helpline is feeling the pressure.