The resources on this page are intended to support employers with implementing mindfulness within their workplace, whatever stage they are on in their implementation journey.
In March 2022, the UK's National Institute for Care and Excellence published guidelines on mental wellbeing at work. As part of the evidence review, mindfulness came out very strongly as a programme to offer employees to help with managing their stress and overall wellbeing. NICE recommended that all employers, of whatever size, offer (or help employees access) mindfulness, yoga or meditation to employees on an ongoing basis.
Additionally, for employees who have - or are at risk of - poor mental health and want further support, the guidelines recommend that employers offer or provide access to cognitive behavioural therapy sessions, mindfulness training, or stress management training.
The Mindfulness Initiative welcomed the NICE guidelines and recommendations, and moved to support this with resources that enable employers to provide effective and good-quality mindfulness training to their employees.
The Mindfulness Initiative has been supported by and worked with HSBC in producing the infographics available here. We are also delighted that these resources are being linked to within the CBI's Work Health Index, which aims to support organisations to benchmark their health offering in a continuous process to improve health and wellbeing.
All of these resources are provided to download and use free of charge. If you would like to support the Mindfulness Initiative in the work that it does, please consider making a donation here.
A short video introducing mindfulness at work infographics, produced by the Mindfulness Initiative, supported by HSBC. The infographics are introduced by Ruth Ormston, Co-director of the Mindfulness Initiative and Mari Thorman, Co-founder of HSBC's mindfulness programme. Read more
An infographic providing an overview of mindfulness at work - what it means, how it can be beneficial, and its reference in the NICE workplace wellbeing guidance. Read more
An infographic providing guidance on what best practice questions employers can consider when implementing a mindfulness programme within their workplace. Read more
An infographic covering some of the common myths around mindfulness, specifically in a workplace context. Read more
An infographic providing covering some common pitfalls that organisations could encounter when choosing or implementing a mindfulness programme in the workplace. Read more
A case study about the mindfulness based offerings at HSBC. Read more
The Mindful Workplace Community, run by the British Association of Mindfulness-Based Approaches is a membership organisation sharing talks, resources, knowledge and best practice on mindfulness in the workplace. Read more
Our workplace resources are being linked to in the CBI Work Health Index, which is supporting organisations to benchmark themselves in a continuous process to improve employee health and wellbeing Read more
A toolkit to help you pull together the rationale and evidence for mindfulness training in workplace contexts, with practical advice for launching and developing your initiative. Read more