Stress Awareness Month

Stress Awareness Month runs through April and has been held since 1992. It started in the UK and is now marked internationally, encouraging people to look at the causes of stress as well as ways to cope.

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April is Stress Awareness Month. Some pressure at work is normal, but ongoing stress affects our health, relationships and how we do our jobs. Rather than only sharing coping tips, this month we're looking at causes too: workload, unclear priorities and always-on habits. If something is adding to your stress, please raise it with your manager or through [feedback route]. Confidential support is also available at [link to EAP].

April is Stress Awareness Month. Some pressure at work is normal, but ongoing stress affects our health, relationships and how we do our jobs. Rather than only sharing coping tips, this month we're looking at causes too: workload, unclear priorities and always-on habits. If something is adding to your stress, please raise it with your manager or through [feedback route]. Confidential support is also available at [link to EAP].

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It's Stress Awareness Month. If your workload or something else at work is causing you stress, please raise it, because we'd rather fix causes than only offer coping tips.

It's Stress Awareness Month. If your workload or something else at work is causing you stress, please raise it, because we'd rather fix causes than only offer coping tips.

Talking points

For managers and team leads.

- Ask the team what's causing pressure, and act on what you can change. - Look at workload, priorities and meeting load, not only individual resilience. - Remind people of confidential support such as the employee assistance programme.

- Ask the team what's causing pressure, and act on what you can change.
- Look at workload, priorities and meeting load, not only individual resilience.
- Remind people of confidential support such as the employee assistance programme.

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How to pitch it.

Avoid putting the burden back on individuals with breathing exercises and wellbeing tips alone. Acknowledge workplace causes honestly and follow up on what people raise.

Avoid putting the burden back on individuals with breathing exercises and wellbeing tips alone. Acknowledge workplace causes honestly and follow up on what people raise.

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Stress Awareness Month: What we're doing this year
It's Stress Awareness Month — here's how you can get involved
This week: Stress Awareness Month + team news
1 April: Stress Awareness Month at [Company]

How to feature this in your newsletter

Plan ahead — Add Stress Awareness Month to your content calendar at least 2 weeks before the date so you have time to gather content and images.
Choose your angle — Will you run a dedicated special edition, or include it as a section in your regular newsletter? Bigger events work well as specials; smaller ones fit into your weekly digest.
Involve your people — Ask employees to share their stories, experiences, or ideas related to Stress Awareness Month. User-generated content always gets higher engagement.
Include a call to action — Give readers something to do: attend an event, share a message, learn something new, or donate to a cause.

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