Simon Blake OBE

Since October 2018, Simon Blake OBE has been Chief Executive Officer of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England CIC, leading the organisation to achieve its vision of normalising society’s attitudes and behaviours around mental health, through training one in ten of the population in Mental Health First Aid skills.

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How to embed diversity and inclusion into your workforce wellbeing strategy

In May 2022, Totaljobs hosted a webinar focused on employee wellbeing, with Simon Blake OBE, Chief Executive Officer of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England, joining an expert panel.

Following this, Simon has kindly written the below piece to mark World Mental Health day on October 10th 2022, giving his expert view on how to ensure diversity, equity and inclusion sits at the heart of your organisation’s wellbeing strategy.

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