"Pioneering 'buddy' scheme aims to boost mental health at the workplace", 16 Nov 2014

A national charity has welcomed a unique North-East initiative which will allow small and medium sized firms to share the mental health expertise of larger companies. The idea of Darlington Borough Council leader Bill Dixon…should mean smaller companies are better equipped to deal with workplace mental health crises. Bosses wanting to tap into the human resources expertise of big firms will be able to do so for the first time via the website of partnership organisation Darlington Cares…National mental health charity Mind recently published a survey showing staff are experiencing high levels of stress…Larger companies which have expressed an interest in the ‘buddying’ scheme include mobile phone company EE, sub-sea specialists DeepOcean, Whessoe Engineering, Darlington College and Teesside University…