Help Inside the Hard Hat, the support campaign from the Lighthouse Construction Charity, is going on tour next month to raise awareness of the services it is offering to construction workers and their families.

The charity is taking its message: “No construction worker or their family should be alone in a crisis” directly to frontline workers along with information about the help it can.

It is asking companies and sites to get in touch if they would like a visit from the ‘Hard Hat’ tour team to deliver the charity’s messages directly to those who might need support and there will also be a great range of prizes and freebies up for grabs. 

The five day tour will visit various locations across the Midlands from 7th – 11th February.

Lighthouse CEO Bill Hill of Construction Charity said, “There is a marked increase in suicides within the trades, machine operators and our unskilled labour force. Over 50% of this workforce   are either self employed, agency workers or on zero hour contracts and are often part of the sub contracted labour force on our construction sites. This suggests that communication about the support services we have available are simply not getting through to these workers and they are  the ones that need us the most.”

In the UK, two construction workers take their own lives every working day, he added and stress, anxiety and depression account for a fifth of all work-related illnesses. The charity’s ‘Help Inside the Hard Hat’ campaign has already helped to raise vital awareness of poor mental health within the industry. Over 35,000 posters have been  downloaded and sites across the country have shared the campaign message on site hoardings. The campaign has also seen the Help Inside the Hard Hat message on vehicles, mobile working platforms and cranes. 

To request a visit by the Help Inside the Hard Hat tour, contact Andy Stevens at Andy.stevens678@gmail.com 

Help Inside the Hard Hat 

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