Mental Health Awareness Week: 13th May – 19th May 2024

New employee wellbeing offering officially launched by Elephants Don’t Forget
A recent study has shown more than 1 in 7 UK adults report that their mental health is currently either bad or the worst it has ever been.* According to the Department for Work and Pensions, more than 20,000 people in the UK are absent from work every month, because of poor mental health.  

These statistics show the importance for every company to place a high priority on promoting and supporting positive mental health within the workplace. The responsibility to enact positive change rests with HR teams, managers, and company leaders.  

Most companies have already adopted strategies that aim to address mental wellbeing in the workplace and help build a positive workplace culture. However, in our own research with a broad range of companies we have found that the challenge is not the availability of mental health tools, but the adoption of and personal outreach to individuals that prevents their effectiveness.  

Considering this challenge, we have for the past two years been working hard to develop a meaningful employee wellbeing offering. We didn’t do this in isolation.  In the early research stage, we polled lots of customers and researched the issues and pitfalls with many of the off-the-shelf wellbeing offerings that are on the market.   

After an exploration of these insights, we have come to a proposed solution that looks to address the critical need from organisations. That being to consolidate the many resources and tools already in use by firms to personalise employee wellbeing pathways, build wellness profiles and give employers the ability to read the ‘mood music’ across their business.  

I would like to thank everyone who participated in the research phase and give a special thanks to Close Brothers and our other customers who worked with us to develop the offering and navigate the not inconsiderable privacy and confidentiality issues that are such a big challenge that comes with the subject. 

We have chosen to launch our ground-breaking Employee Wellbeing Offering during the Mental Health Awareness Week. We believe this is a market-leading solution to genuinely support employee wellbeing. 

If you would like to learn more about how Clever Nelly’s Wellbeing application works, please email our team at nelly@elephantsdontforget.com.

Adrian Harvey

CEO, Elephants Don't Forget

*Mental Health Statistics UK 2024 - Forth (forthwithlife.co.uk)