OUR CHARITY
UKESG Ltd
UKESG Ltd
our
purpose
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- Better mental health for the Emergency Services
- Protecting the people who protect the people
WHy?
Mental health across the Emergency Services is at crisis point:
- 1 in 20 (5%) Emergency Services workers have made an attemp to take their own life due to stress and other factors
- 1 in 4 (27%) have considered ending their lives
- 62% say they have experienced a mental health problem
- Over 9 in 10 (92%) respondents have experienced stress, low mood and poor mental health at some point while working for the emergency services
Source - Mind: Mental Health in the Emergency Services Survey 2018/19
- Recent polling shows that 50% of NHS workers said their mental health had declined since the start of the pandemic* with anxiety, stress and depression the most reported reasons for a marked increase in absence**
Sources – *YouGov poll for the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) on 22 April 2020. Sample of 996 healthcare workers across the UK
**NHS Digital – Sickness Absence Rates April 2020 (published 20 August 2020)
WHAT IS IT
ALL ABOUT
Fire | Police | Ambulance | UK Average | |
Reported own mental Health issues | 66% | 70% | 76% | 43% |
Rated own mental Health as "poor" or "very poor" | 32% | 30% | 27% | 8% |
Rated own mental Health as “very good" | 16% | 9% | 7% | 30% |
Source - Mind: Mental Health in the Emergency Services Survey 2018/19 **Figures from the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development Survey 2018
NB: both surveys used identical questions and methodology
NB: both surveys used identical questions and methodology
our
5 year vision
UKESG (The Charity)
- Donate £10 million to support improvements in Mental Health for the Emergency Services
- Establish a measurable improvement in the state of mental health in the Emergency Services to the same level as in the general public
The Gratitude Games
- Generate £7.5 million direct surplus to UKESG
- A major annual event, with a charity/broadcast output to a UK TV audience
- A series of complementary mass participation events for the general public in 13 regions across the UK
- 200,000 participants over 5 years