Our Construction Industry Helpline Packs have got a new look and now provide even more information about how to reach out for help in times of need. As well as providing information about our own 24/7 helpline, we’ve now included contact details for other charities that can offer advice and guidance on a range of issues varying from mental health, cancer and bereavement support.
In addition to this, the new look posters and cards also provide contact information for specialist professional institutions that can also offer help.
The packs will provide your workforce with handy wallet-sized Construction Industry Helpline cards, as well as A2 posters for your site or place of work. There are nine packs in total, so you can choose a pack size which suits your organisation.
The helpline provides a completely free and confidential employee assistance programme for all construction workers and their families in the UK and Ireland and provides advice on welfare and mental wellbeing, emergency financial aid and support on legal, tax and debt management matters.
Bill Hill, Chief Executive of the Lighthouse Club Charity said, “Last year our helpline received 1500 calls for help. 400 of these were from families seeking emergency financial aid and they were granted a total of £735,000. 1100 of the callers were seeking support on mental health and legal, tax and debt management matters.
We want to ensure that our construction workers can access as much help as possible when they need it and that is why we have included the additional information about other helplines on our posters and cards. In response to the serous issue of poor mental health wellbeing in construction, we’ve also augmented our helpline services to fully support callers suffering from mental health issues such as stress, anxiety and depression.
But we need to reach even more people and make sure that every one of our 2.1 million construction workers know where to turn to in times of need. You can help us achieve this by ordering your helpline pack today.”
By purchasing a pack, you will also be pledging to hold a ‘Lighthouse Day’, which is where you choose what you want to do and when to raise much needed funds for our charity.
