\n Paul Stewart, who represented England, visited Persimmon Homes North West\u2019s office in Birchwood Park, as part of a session organised by mental health charity Mindflow.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mindflow works to raise awareness of mental health issues in the construction industry by bringing in former footballers to share their experiences.\n<\/p>\n
\n During his talk, Mr Stewart spoke openly about the challenges he has faced throughout his life, career, and retirement, and spoke about the importance of starting honest conversations about mental health in the workplace.\n<\/p>\n
\n Persimmon Homes North West made a \u00a31,600 donation to Mindflow in support of its ongoing work.\n<\/p>\n
\n Persimmon Homes donated \u00a31,617.85 to Mindflow (Image: Persimmon Homes)\n<\/p>\n
\n Trevor Steven, CEO of Mindflow, said: “We would like to thank Persimmon Homes North West for both their warm welcome and generous support.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We have had the pleasure of working with Persimmon Homes across a number of sites throughout the North West, and it is encouraging to see the organisation continuing to prioritise mental health and wellbeing across its workforce.\n<\/p>\n
\n “While mental health in construction is often associated with site-based teams, it is important that colleagues working in offices and support functions are not overlooked.\n<\/p>\n
\n “By bringing these conversations into its head office and creating opportunities for staff to hear powerful stories such as Paul’s, Persimmon is demonstrating a commitment to supporting the wellbeing of all its people.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Partnerships such as this are vital in helping us continue our work to improve mental health awareness and support across the construction industry.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Ian Hilliker, managing director at Persimmon Homes North West, said: “It was a privilege to welcome Paul Stewart to our office, and we are grateful to him for sharing his story.\n<\/p>\n
\n “His talk was both moving and powerful, and with Mental Health Awareness Week approaching, it reinforces the importance of speaking up if you are struggling.”\n<\/p>\n
\n More information about Mindflow and its work to improve mental health support in the construction sector can be found at www.mindflow.charity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paul Stewart, who represented England, visited Persimmon Homes North West\u2019s office in Birchwood Park, as part of a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[134,554,555,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-454649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}