Welcome to the MBC members area. This is your gateway to all the news, updates, events and resources you will need to support you and your organisation in embedding the Mindful Business Charter.
We have created Best Practice Guidelines for all sectors, to help organisations effectively tackle mental health in the workplace.
These guidelines originated as legal sector specific but following a series of meetings with a taskforce with leaders from multiple sectors we were able to adapt them for use in all workplaces.
As well as this online session we are also holding a number of in person sessions that we would like to invite MBC members from all sectors to attend;
• Leeds – Womble Bond Dickinson – 12:30 -29.01.2025
• Cardiff – Blake Morgan – 16:00 -12.02.2025
• Birmingham – Pinsent Masons – 16:00 -12.03.2025
• Belfast – TLT – 16:00 - 10.04.2025
• Dublin - TBC
If you, your colleagues or clients would like to attend one of these meetings, to find out more about the Guidelines, to share ideas, learn from each other and network, please email, info@mindfulbusinesscharter.com
(For a copy of the slides, along with additional resources, please see the Best Practice Guideline section in the table on the left under Resources.)
As you know, The Mindful Business Charter is a community of employer organisations whose aim is to reduce the causes of unnecessary stress to create healthier and more productive workplaces.
How we (whether employees, members, contractors, speakers, trustees or collaborators) operate and act with regard to each other is critical both to that broader purpose and to the sense of respect and collaboration which underpins that community.
This code therefore sets out what we expect of each other in our work as a community. To view our values - click here.
The MBC team is always available to come in and run workshops within a member organisation around bringing MBC to life, but you may not always need or want us. These notes, and the slides that accompany them, are intended to be a how to guide to running a successful 90 minute MBC workshop within your organisation. It could be a one off workshop or one of a series you run across the organisation to capture as many people as possible.
Feel free to use this to get your MBC journey going in 2025 - and of course if you want any more direct help from us - just let us know - info@mindfulbusinesscharter.com
We were very kindly joined on this Signatory Call by a selection of fantastic individuals - starting with Russell Rochford from Mathesons, who shared insights into the "right to disconnect" a policy which France, Belgium and Australia, amongst others, have brought into legislation and codes of practice for employers to enable employees to refuse to engage in work activity outside of their contracted hours.
You may be aware of Labours proposed plans to bring in “The right to disconnect” for the UK – and Russell's insights are a great starting point to understand how they might affect your organisation, either directly if you are in a "right to disconnect" jurisdiction, or if you conduct business with other firms in those countries.
We also heard from Brent Pope - former All Black rugby player and now a commentator and TV personality in Ireland as well as a mental health campaigner and the driving force behind the Elephant in the Room an initiative to tackle the stigma that still surrounds mental health and Lorraine Roche, also of Matheson, who spoke about their adoption of the initiative.
You can view the recording here.
At times we will find ourselves stuck in unhelpful thinking patterns, affected by biases, overwhelmed by emotion, and applying inaccurate judgements and assumptions that leave us feeling negative and overwhelmed. In this session, led by psychotherapist Charlotte Clegg, we look at why this happens, who experiences it, what some of the more common thought traps are, and, importantly, how we can constructively challenge our thoughts in a way that will allow us to think and proceed with clarity and fair judgement.
(Please note that due to potentially weather induced problems with the internet network, there are several disruptions to this recording - but nevertheless, we didn't allow the adverse conditions to get the better of us, didn't succumb to any negative thinking, and persisted with good humour!)
To view this session click here.
If you're new to the MBC, or if you want to refresh your approach to implementing the Charter in your organisation, take a look at our new Roadmap - which replaces our old Toolkit.
Packed full of ideas, examples and resources, in an easy to follow, step by step format, this document can help you. no matter what stage of the journey you are on.
To view and download the Roadmap, click here.
We want to make it as easy as possible for you to share the work of the MBC with your colleagues, old and new.
As such, we have created this video for you to use internally, to help new recruits, (or people who might want a refresh) understand what the MBC is, and why its important to your organisation.
Click here to view it.
The MBC holds regular events and calls to allow you to get involved, learning from others, and sharing your experiences in turn. We hold bi-monthly Signatory calls where we hear updates from members, along with Insight Sessions, discussions with leading experts on a variety of topics.
You can find upcoming events here, sync them into your calendar so you never miss them - but if you do, you can catch recordings in the Meetings and Events section.
Insight Session
Signatory Calls
New Joiner Events
Annual / Special Events
Notable Events (eg. Mental Health Week)
Signatory calls are where we allow our member organisations to give us updates on how they have been implementing the Mindful Business Charter, giving us all an opportunity to learn from each other. Here you can find an archive of past Signatory Calls. To view and join upcoming calls, subscribe to our Events Calendar.
Our Insight Sessions are brought to you by external speakers on diverse topics such as Neurodiversity, Stress and Burnout. Here you can find an archive of our past Insight Sessions. To view and join upcoming Sessions, subscribe to our Events Calendar.
Our Trustees provide strategic guidance, governance and support for the MBC, enriched by their years of experience in a variety of areas. This section provides a short introduction to them all and outlines their areas of responsibility.
As a signatory you can use these Logos and Visual assets on internal and external communication to help send the message that you are committed to reducing unnecessary stress through aligning with the MBC.
The more organisations that understand what we, the MBC and all its signatories are trying to do, the more effective we can be. It really helps if you can talk to your partner organisations about the MBC and how it supports your employees and there ways of working. To help you with those discussions we have created some resources for you.
Here you can find toolkits to get the ball rolling – straightforward guidance on how to embed the MBC principles into your organisation.
Digital wellbeing is an important factor in reducing unnecessary stress in the workplace. We can’t possibly be operating at our best if we are constantly interrupted by notifications, feeling the need to refresh our inbox out of hours, and ending up in cc chains that add no benefit to our day.
Developed by digital wellbeing experts Shine offline, these six bite size modules allow you to develop your understanding and gain practical tips to improve your relationship with your tech. It includes expert opinions from authors, psychologists and thought leaders, along with challenges, quizzes and accompanying written resources.
Each module is between 13 and 20 minutes, making it easy to allocate time to your development, either completing one a week, or whenever suits you.
As you travel along your MBC journey you may find you want to explore things in more depth, enrol Champions to help you strengthen the message across the organisation, or pick up some tips from organisations who are a little further along than you. This section provides you with a wealth of resources, so you don’t have to reinvent the wheel. Feel free to use them as a starting point to adapt them to your organisation.
MBC is a charity; we take our governance responsibilities seriously and want to be open and transparent. In this section you will find documents about that in practice - our constitution, details of our AGMs and the reports the trustees produce annually to describe our activity.
The latest MBC news in the media.
A large part of implementing the Mindful Business Charter is really about enacting behavioural change in your workplaces. As we appreciate that this can often be a sensitive and complex task, we have worked with the University of Central London and their Centre for Behavioural Change to bring you a variety of resources to help you. We were also delighted to work with them in completing some ground breaking research into MBC implementation - in both legal and non-legal sectors, a report of which you can find below.