{"id":821592,"date":"2026-11-02T09:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T09:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/821592\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T09:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T09:40:09","slug":"builders-song-encourages-workers-to-talk-about-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/821592\/","title":{"rendered":"Builder’s song encourages workers to talk about mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"

Francis has worked in the industry since 15 and now runs his family business.<\/p>\n

Construction sites are well known for their banter and camaraderie but Francis believes that sometimes things might not be all as they seem.<\/p>\n

“[It was] a terrible moment because [my uncle] felt like he couldn’t reach out and talk about how he was feeling,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Even for the guys who might have had an inkling, no one really knew how to deal with what was going on.<\/p>\n

“I think he was struggling personally, he was going through what a lot of guys go through, he was 50 and sort of in a mid-life crisis moment and unsure of what he was doing.<\/p>\n

“He had lost a lot of confidence in what he was doing and I think all these things snowballed.”<\/p>\n

Studies have shown that talking and being part of an active community<\/a> can help improve overall mental health and Francis hopes that introducing this to construction could go a long way.<\/p>\n

“If you ask guys on site how they’re doing, the common phrase is ‘living the dream’ and we all know that’s sarcasm,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I think that each day the pulling pranks and joking is just a way of dealing with issues in their own way but actually they’re not speaking to anybody.<\/p>\n

“We should be talking on site and just being able to open up about our feelings.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Francis has worked in the industry since 15 and now runs his family business. Construction sites are well…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[102,1906,6623,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-821592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}