On International Men’s Day (19th November), Ben is launching its new ‘Men’s Health Awareness’ training, providing employees across the automotive industry with a better understanding of the health challenges that affect men’s physical, emotional and psychological wellbeing.
In the UK, one in five men die before reaching 65 and, with over 82% of the automotive workforce made up of men, Ben is shining a light on men’s health to help start supportive conversations. This training has been created to increase awareness about men’s health and wellbeing across the industry. The course is suitable for anyone who works in the automotive industry, including people managers and all genders.
Course benefits include:
- Insights into health challenges and risks related to men’s health and wellbeing
- Strategies to build resilience, skills and confidence to support with better managing men’s health
- A clear understanding of personal wellbeing
- Knowledge to recognise, support and empower men’s health, at work and beyond
- How to support others and hold supportive conversations around men’s health
- A toolkit packed full of useful resources.
The training is offered face-to-face or virtually, providing a flexible and engaging learning environment.
This course is part of a suite of three new training products being launched by Ben, including the recent Equality, Diversity & Inclusion course and a new Women’s Health Awareness course, which will launch in the New Year.
Any profits generated from BenTraining bookings go back into Ben’s mission of providing free, confidential health and wellbeing support for life to those who work, or have worked, in the automotive industry and their families.
Over 99% of Ben’s recent survey respondents were personally affected by a health & wellbeing issue1 and as demand for Ben’s support is growing, now is the ideal time for automotive employers to invest in supporting their employees.
Julie Hayes, Specialist Services Lead at Ben, said:
“With a high proportion of males working in the industry, we’re pleased to launch this new Men’s Health Awareness training offering for automotive employers. It’s vital to be driving awareness and strengthening men’s health and wellbeing across the industry. Too often, common health and wellbeing concerns go unspoken – and that silence can have a serious impact. This training gives everyone the tools and resources to improve men’s health and wellbeing across the industry.
We are deeply committed to supporting everyone in the automotive industry, in all roles and life stages. With our expertise built over the past 120 years, we’re uniquely positioned to deliver training that helps automotive people genuinely thrive in their work and home lives.
We believe that empowering our automotive family to prioritise their health and wellbeing builds stronger, more resilient teams. This new training is part of a programme of new product development, which we will be launching to the industry. We’re eager to partner with employers to support their employees so they feel valued, connected and confident to bring their best selves to work and beyond. We’re looking forward to working closely with many more automotive employers as a trusted training partner.”
Ben offers a wide range of training programmes on different health and wellbeing topics, including three which are focused on supporting those who are going through the menopause. In the New Year, Ben will launch its new Women’s Health Awareness training, which is suitable for all genders and anyone wanting to learn more about women’s health and wellbeing.
To find out more about working with Ben, visit: www.ben.org.uk/partnerwithus.
