HR Directors: Empowering Black Mental Wellbeing in the Workplace Beyond Black History Month

October has been an extremely busy month for Aurora with us hosting and speaking at various in-person events for Word Mental Health Day and Black History Month including the Make A Difference Summits (MAD World) Summit in London, the She Leads For Legacy ‘Empowered to Lead’ Conference and TheBusinessDesk.com Breakfast Roundtable with Addleshaw Goddard , in Manchester.

As we come to the end of Black History Month, it’s clear that there’s still work to be done to help organisations understand the unique challenges that their Black employees face when it comes to mental health and wellbeing, that’s required to attract top diverse talents in the Food Production Industry.

The reasons behind mental health stigma within Black communities are nuanced and complex but need to be understood if workplaces are going to create psychologically safe environments for all employees.

Here are some statistics to think about...

According to the MHFA England Race Equity Impact 2021 report:

• Half of Black Britons say they are as likely to have experienced racism at work as in the street.
• 29% of Black people say their mental health has been negatively impacted by racism experienced at work.
• Over 70% ethnic minority workers said they have experienced racial harassment at work in the past five years.?
• 33% of Black employees feel that their ethnicity will be a barrier to their next career move compared to only 1% of white employees.

Mental health initiatives typically have a one-or-two-sizes-fits-all approach. Yet, we know that many Black colleagues and employees don’t experience the world the same way their white colleagues do, so it’s important to tailor mental health to individuals, which coincidentally was this year's theme for World Mental Health Day.

?You can learn more here through our recent article: 3 Ways You Can Empower Black Mental Wellbeing in the Workplace. ?

Moving Forward Positively...

Moving forward positively and in continuity of the Black History Month conversation, where we’re committed to this year’s theme ‘Time for Change: Action Not Words.':

We’ll be hosting an?Executive Roundtable: Empowering Black Mental Wellbeing in the Workplace via Zoom on Thursday 24th November @12:30pm - 2pm GMT to discuss strategies and a new approach for leading and empowering a modern workforce.

This roundtable is exclusively for HR Directors, Directors of People, Heads of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), & Heads of Wellbeing, & Heads of Talent & Development.

If you’d like to join this roundtable discussion, please register your interest here.?

Aurora Wellness?is a mental health and wellbeing consultancy that helps organisations increase employee resilience and productivity; reduce chronic stress, burnout and absenteeism, through mental wellbeing and productivity training, coaching, & strategic frameworks. Previous clients include the London School of Economics (LSE), Imperial College London,?Michael Page, Page Executive, Matillion, Cochlear, North Sea Transition Authority, and North East London NHS Foundation Trust.?