Past Events

Member event:  Dependency is a highly stigmatised challenge, which can have an impact on the lives of our colleagues both in the workplace, and beyond. Join our Member Lead Insight & Exchange session for a practical discussion on what support can be offered.

Open event:  Join the Thriving from the Start Network at this in-person event to explore the expectations that new entrants have of the new employers when embarking on their careers, as well as the expectations their employers may have of their new employees.

Member event:  Following our work with the World Wellbeing Movement in partnership with the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford, we are pleased to share the new iterations of the Global and UK Thriving at Work Guides.

Member event:  Join us for this spotlight event, featuring the Bank of England and Lloyds Banking Group  to  explore the role of people managers in supporting the wellbeing of their teams and how organisations can equip them to do so. 

Member event:   We are delighted to host this dinner, in partnership with PwC, for business leaders from our MindForward Alliance community .   

Invitation Only: Workplaces can provide support, and a safe space for those suffering from varying forms of domestic abuse. Join us for this event in collaboration with the Employers’ Initiative on Domestic Abuse.

2-day hybrid Global Summit

This inaugural workplace mental health summit will incorporate 2 days of live-streamed and on demand global content, as well as in-person senior leader and wellbeing practitioner events.  For sponsorship opportunities, contact Rosie Agnew.

Member event:   Join us at this Member Lead Insight & Exchange session to explore how significant organisational changes can impact the wellbeing of employees and how workplaces can improve support at this times.

Open event:   Join the Thriving from the Start Network for a session exploring what imposter syndrome is, the impact it has on the working lives of young professionals, and advice for how to overcome it.

Member event: This CPD webinar for all member employees will focus on how we can support ourselves and colleagues through a time of emotional fatigue, in response to an ever-changing and turbulent external landscape. 

Open event:  Join us for an important conversation about supporting baby loss in the workplace, in partnership with Tommy's, a charity which specialises in providing trusted baby loss information and support.

Member event:   At this CPD event we will explore menopause and mental health, and why it is important to consider in the context of the workplace.

At this Member Lead event, we will be addressing the question of how businesses can drive better awareness and engagement with their wellbeing and mental health resources.

Member only:  At this Senior Sponsor leadership roundtable, we will be discussing why suicide is a workplace issue and the role leaders can play in preventing it.

This CPD event will look at the intersectionality between neurodivergence and mental health, exploring some of the daily challenges that neurodivergent employees can face - both in the workplace, within their wider communities and beyond – and how that can impact on their mental health and wellbeing.

This breakfast event, kindly hosted by Wells Fargo, will be an opportunity for our Member Leads to share experiences, discuss best practice and explore the case for increased support for those in wellbeing roles.

A CMHA and Thriving From The Start Network event  to explore why it is important to set boundaries, and how we can practically and professionally do so.

Member event: This CMHA Senior Sponsor leadership breakfast will discuss the intersection between hybrid working and wellbeing.

Member Insight and Exchange:  The intersectionality between neurodiversity and mental health at work - what should businesses know and what should they do 

Member event:   What should employers know about how to support the mental health of applicants in their early careers during the stressful recruitment and induction process?

Members & by invitation only:   Recognising  and celebrating the achievements of the  City Mental Health Alliance UK  and  our  members in 2022.

Member event:   Join us to explore the shifting work design over the past few years, and it’s continued evolution. Hear from experts about how hybrid and flexible working can impact on employees’ mental health, and members sharing what is and isn’t working.

Open event:  Join our panel of experts and peers to discuss what it’s like to be queer in the first years of your career.

Open event:  Join us to hear about our latest research into how the mental health crisis in young people is impacting working parents.

Member event:  an informal event for our Senior Sponsors and Member Leads to look at the bigger picture gained from latest Thriving at Work Assessment outcomes and what we learn from the results.

Member event:  This CPD event for Mental Health First Aiders, Wellbeing/Mental Health Champions, Ambassadors, Advocates and others, will increase attendees’ understanding of the topic and their confidence to have a conversation with someone who may be struggling with financial wellbeing.

Member and by invitation only:  This agenda-setting UK leadership summit will bring together leaders in workplace mental health from the business, academic and mental health world. It is part of the MindForward Alliance Global Summit.

Member & ticketed hybrid conference: This inaugural workplace mental health summit will incorporate in-person senior leader and wellbeing practitioner events in local MindForward Alliance chapters and will be available virtually throughout the 3-day event.  The Summit is free to members. Tickets can be purchased for non-members.

Member event:   CMHA Senior Sponsor leadership discussion about the continued and emerging employee wellbeing challenges that our businesses face going into 2023.

Early careers event: This event offers a unique chance to hear from other young professionals about the challenges they faced – including imposter system and uncertainty around ways of working – and how they have coped.

Member event: This CPD event for Mental Health First Aiders, Wellbeing/Mental Health Champions, Ambassadors, Advocates and others, will increase attendees’ understanding of the topic and their confidence to have a conversation with someone who may be thinking about suicide.

Member event:  We will be hosting an in person breakfast for Member Leads, and are looking forward to bringing together our close community of Member Leads for the first time since the pandemic.

Member event:  This seminar will explore the tangible, practical and pre- and postvention practices and policies that organisations can introduce to help prepare for the tragic event of suicide amongst the workforce.

MindForward Alliance member only event: This session will focus on developing a mentally healthy working environment; including people management, ways of working and risk prevention.

MindForward Alliance member only event:  Senior business leaders from across the global membership share insights and learnings. This session will focus on how to make mental health a boardroom priority.

Member event:  Our research shows that people who are Black or from a Minority Ethnic background are more likely to face particular challenges. Join this open insight and exchange session to find out what CMHA members have done to build mentally healthy and inclusive workplaces.

Member event:  The crucial part of implementing a successful wellbeing strategy is knowing how to measure its success and identify risk areas. In this senior sponsor roundtable we will explore what businesses can do to measure and monitor their wellbeing risk and why they need to consider this.

Member event:  Find out how employers can start to challenge stigma about talking about money and concerns about money, and how your business can support employees to achieve better financial wellbeing.

Member event:  This CPD event for Mental Health First Aiders and Champions will look at how to support and have conversations about mental health with autistic employees. 

Early careers event:  The focus for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week is loneliness. This event is relevant for people at the start of their career, as research has shown that significant number of young professionals are experiencing loneliness at this stage of their life, and this is impacting on mental health.  If you are a young professional, please do join the CMHA’s Thriving From The Start Network for this next event. 

Member event:  Find out how different members have rolled out and structured their mental health support, which is driven by employees.

Member event:  Senior Leaders from the CMHA membership discuss with their peers how organisations have a responsibility to support the health of the frontline and essential workforce.

Member event:  A member drop-in session to support one another and share what business are doing to support the wellbeing of their employees.

Member event:  This member lead event will explore what burnout is and how it is related to other mental health issues, what organisations can do to prevent burnout and how organisations can support employees experiencing burnout. 

Global member event:  This event will focus on overcoming mental health stigma across different cultures. Speakers will explore how as organisations roll out initiatives to support employee mental health, care must be taken to understand local nuances with how mental health conversations are received.

Open event: The CMHA invites parents and carers to the launch of a new toolkit for parents; an important resource produced in collaboration with leading mental health organisations, designed to help you support the mental health of your children and young people. 

Member event:  What should employers know about how menopause can impact on the wellbeing of employees and what steps they can take to support and create positive wellbeing for people going through menopause.

Member & by invitation:  Recognising and celebrating the achievements of the City Mental Health Alliance and our members. Details to follow.

Member only:  Senior Leaders from the CMHA Membership share thought leadership and best practice with their peers on a subject of current importance on mental health in the workplace. Details to follow

Open Event:  This event is relevant for anyone with responsibility or interest in mental health, wellbeing and inclusion in the workplace; line managers of people in early careers; and early careers recruitment – please do share with colleagues.

Member event:   An event for Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA, wellbeing champions and advocates). The theme of this year's World Mental Health day is Mental Health in an Unequal World. In this session we will  explore the subject of suicide from diverse perspectives. 

Member event:  An informal CMHA member discussion on a topical theme related to mental health and the workplace. Details to follow.

Early careers event:   Do you ever feel that you are not as good at your job as people think you are? Do you ever experience self-doubt and anxiety of being “found out” or of making a mistake?

Member event:  Thriving at Work Seminar –  Psychological health and safety at work: managing psychosocial risks. At this event we will hear case studies from CMHA members on how to manage psychosocial risks and incorporate this into a health, safety and wellbeing programme.

Member event:  The Long Working Hours Culture - Is there an opportunity for change?

Open event:   More research is showing that neurodiverse people disproportionately experience work-related stress, which in turn impacts on their mental health. We will hear personal stories and discuss how the workplace can better support neurodiverse individuals.

Global member event:  A webinar for global wellbeing practitioners in collaboration with our CMHA chapters in HK, Australia and Singapore to explore different approaches to the implementation of global wellbeing interventions.  

Invitation only:   CEOs from the banking and wider financial services sector discuss mental health and the workplace after the pandemic.

Member event:  CMHA Senior Sponsors leadership discussion about ways of working and what business leaders can do to support employee wellbeing alongside the demands of a high-pressure working environment

Member & invitation only:  The CMHA, in partnership with Lloyds Banking Group, commissioned YouGov research that looks at how employer culture and experiences at work are impacting the mental health and wellbeing of our colleagues who are Black or from a Minority Ethnic background. 

Member event:  An informal 45 minute meeting, where members share successes, challenges, insights and learnings as we all continue to navigate these uncertain times. 

Member event for all employees: The CMHA and the Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People is pleased to invite parents and carers to an all employee event on Supporting the Mental Health of our Children and Young People. 

Open event:   People at the start of their career are invited to join a panel of experts and peers to find out what unhealthy perfectionism is, how does it hurt our wellbeing and what can we do about it?

Open event:  Please join us to hear three individual stories from people from the LGBT+ community – the challenges they have faced, personally and professionally, and how issues such as stigma and discrimination has impacted on their mental health.

Member event:   An event for Mental Health First Aiders, wellbeing champions and advocates on the theme of addiction.

Member event:  An informal 45 minute meeting, where members share successes, challenges, insights and learnings as we all continue to navigate these uncertain times.

Member event:  We will discuss the use of appropriate language, processes and metrics.

Member event:  In this senior leadership roundtable we will look at cultivating compassionate leadership and how to engage others in frank, open dialogue and make it safe for others to do so.

Member event:  An informal 45 minute meeting, where members share successes, challenges, insights and learnings as we all continue to navigate these uncertain times. This session will focus on the impact on the wellbeing of parents and carers and how employers can support working families.

Open event:  In partnership with Sainty Hird & Partners we are pleased to invite you to a webinar with former England rugby captain Dylan Hartley.

Member event:  This year we recognise and celebrate the achievements of the alliance and its members in a live broadcast

Member event:  We will look at how we can best adapt to new patterns of working and continue to foster human connection between our people as we continue to work away from the office.

A CMHA and Thriving From The Start Network event designed to help people in their early careers develop their mental health skills and awareness.

Member event:  Members are invited to join the first in a series of events focusing on global workplace mental health.

Member event:  This seminar for Member Leaders will focus on how organisations can help guide leaders and managers to manage the wellbeing of teams.