Professionals in the Third Sector tend to be very committed to their cause and communities and sometimes avoid speaking out about their mental health and wellbeing in order to protect the organisation and the sector as a whole. However, many workers do experience mental health problems and often feel isolated and lack support. Our community wanted to talk about this important issue so we invited some brilliant experts to facilitate the discussion. 

This discussion is for everyone - those who are looking to improve their wellbeing at work, those who want to help their peers and those who have teams to lead and support. Our knowledgeable experts will be able to advise you. This is an open discussion so feel free to add your thoughts and join in at any point. 

 

🗓When: Thursday, 20th June, 1PM-2PM

💻Where: Online on CharityConnect, right here on this post

🤝Meet the panel: 

 

Yannis Munro is the Mental Health Advisor for The Prince’s Trust. His role is to implement and operationalise the Mental Wellbeing Strategy for the organisation. He has been with The Trust for almost five years; his previous career was with the corporate world. He’s a trained coach, psychotherapist and mental health advocate. Yannis is passionate about volunteering and helping people in need. Also volunteered for Marie Curie, Hestia and Mind.  

Katie Duckworth is an infectiously enthusiastic coach, workshop leader, speaker and writer. She has worked in the non-profit world for 30 years, first in communications and education for organisations such as Christian Aid and The National Trust, then as a freelance writer. She now draws daily on this experience in her role as Director of Be The Change Coaching & Training which she set up to support non-profit leaders and their teams to find the elusive ’sweet spot’ between going all out to change the world and loving work. She firmly believes that looking after ourselves and our wellbeing (and avoiding the stress and burnout so common in our sector) is absolutely key to being able to make our most powerful contribution and ‘be the change we want to see in the world.’ 

Marteka Swaby has a passion for people with over 15 years’ experience effectively improving health and wellness, supporting both organisations and individuals internationally to improve emotional wellbeing. She is an expert in mental health, providing consultancy across a range of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) programmes and organisational wellbeing strategies to catalyse change.  Marteka is the founder of Benevolent Health, a wellness consultancy, utilising emerging digital technologies to accelerate innovation across healthcare. Marteka is also the Co-founder of Mind Hub a digital workplace wellbeing tool for managers and organisations to improve emotional wellbeing and create happier, healthier employees. She has practiced as a psychotherapist in one of the UK’s largest Trusts and is currently working with a group of private aesthetics clinics to embed psychological wellbeing.  Marteka has a Masters in Psychodynamic Counselling & Psychotherapy, a member of the BACP and registered BPC psychotherapist.  

Henri Saha is the Director of Futureproof Youth - a non-profit organisation preparing the youth of today for the World of tomorrow with emotional and positive mental health-related training.  He has over 10 years of experience exploring and sharing insight on the human experience and Psychology in various ways, shapes and forms.  This started with elite performance, working with athletes, sports people, teams and coaches in various contexts. He has also lectured at Universities, taught in schools and worked with entrepreneurs and business owners on managing and understanding their emotions and how to deal with the pressures and stresses of 21st Century living.   

Jon Salmon is the co-founder of creative agency Byte Entertainment and an active mental health campaigner. Due to the stigma of mental health, it took Jon 20 years to talk openly about how it has affected his family, friends and himself personally.  After the death of a friend to post-natal depression in 2016 Jon realised, he had to speak out.  Jon couldn’t have picked a more public platform to do so when he spoke alongside the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry at Heads Together mental health event. Jon now speaks openly on how awareness and reducing stigma can save lives.