Our teams face enormous challenges to their mental health every day on this busy and demanding railway. Join freight driver Heather Waugh and others to hear about a cross-industry study that aims to ensure everyone has the support they need.
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Angie Belcher shows how she uses the process of learning stand-up comedy to help people experiencing trauma have confidence to write and perform from their own life experiences. Angie talks about her pioneering work being the first person to get comedy prescribed on the NHS and how her belief that comedy is for more than just the live circuit, but a power for good that can help elevate people and transcend their belief in themselves.
Mental health of children and young people
Our guest speaker, Hinal Patel, a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, shared insights and guidance on how to support young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
How to be your own therapist
Modern life is a minefield for stress. Whether it’s juggling work, relationships or money, we often struggle to make time for ourselves and can find ourselves stuck in a rut with bad habits or worries. In this session, Owen O’Kane reveals how simple and short techniques throughout the day can form healthier perspectives and let you ditch harmful thought patterns.