The New Economics Foundation was commissioned by the Government's Foresight project on Mental Capital and Wellbeing to develop a set of evidence-based actions to improve personal well-being. In this report, nef presents the evidence and rationale between each of the actions, drawing on a wealth of psychological and economic literature.
www.neweconomics.org/sites/neweconomics.org/files/Five_Ways_to_Well-being_Evidence_1.pdf
The following link to resources produced by Health work and wellbeing UK can provide an overview of latest research and best practice in mental health at work. This includes the UK mental health employment strategy.
www.dwp.gov.uk/health-work-and-well-being/resources/
Healthy Working lives is a scottish site which aims to ‘help employers, employees and partner agencies to come together to create a much healthier, more motivated workforce’. The site can provide further resources, ideas and information for employers. It should be noted that references to legislation and participation in some programs may not be relevant to Kingston employers.
The Final Report of Stephen Houghton's Tackling Worklessness Review contains the Review team's recommendations on how successful multi-agency and cross-sector local partnerships can best tackle worklessness in their communities.
The findings and recommendations in this report are those of the consultant authors and do not necessarily represent the views or proposed policies of Communities and Local Government.
www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/1161160.pdf