DURING National Work Life Week, Mind in West Essex is encouraging all local businesses to learn the difference between stress and pressure, and how this impacts their staff.

Pressure can be effective for motivation, but too much pressure can lead to stress and sickness absences. According to the Health & Safety Executive, sickness absence due to stress costs over £5 billion a year in Great Britain.

Mind in West Essex offer a CPD certified e-learning course, suitable for both self-care and those working in a management or supervisor position:

• ●  Understand mental health and common mental illnesses, including stress
• ●  Learn how to support your own mental health when dealing with stressful workplacesituations
• ●  Discover how to support others in the workplace – both as a colleague and a managerThe Managing Workplace Stress e-Learning course costs just £20, with proceeds funding the charity’s work to improve mental health among the population of Epping Forest, Harlow, and Uttlesford.Find out more on the Mind in West Essex Training Academy website:mentalhealthtraining.org.uk/courses/managing-work-and-life-stress