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Charity employees and volunteers are incredibly caring people, often taking on the stress of others. Without the right support, they can face workplace mental health issues such as vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, and burnout.
Our mental health and personal safety training for charities equips managers and teams to foster supportive cultures and psychologically safe workplaces, where people feel valued, heard, and able to share their emotional burdens before they become overwhelming.
For charities with retail stores, the post-pandemic rise in violence has added further strain to wellbeing programmes. This not only impacts staff and volunteer safety, but also risks operational stability, as volunteers make up more than 87% of shop workers. At a time when charity retail is booming, retaining and recruiting volunteers has never been more vital. With the right mental health and conflict management training, many incidents can be prevented, protecting both people and the future of charity retail.
The training I attended was one of the most profound learning experiences I have had in a while. High quality, fast paced, deep, challenging, thought provoking and humorous. Brilliant!
Javed Khan
CEO, Barnado's
Oakwood are incredibly customer focussed; always taking the time to really understand the different levels of support we need in relation to mental health, personal safety, and any bespoke requests.
Geoff Speed
Head of Talent Development, Marie Curie
The virtual courses and support calls have been tailored to meet our specific needs and have been extremely well received by our team, it's been a pleasure working with them.
Paul Richens
People Programme Manager, Royal Voluntary Service
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Oakwood's approach is highly professional and bespoke. The training I attended with them, along with the top 25 senior leaders at Barnardo's was one of the most profound learning experiences I have had in a while. High quality, fast paced, deep, challenging, thought provoking and humorous. Brilliant!
Javed Khan
CEO, Barnados
Oakwood are incredibly customer focussed; taking the time to really understand the different levels of support we need. Oakwood has partnered us in rolling out numerous mental health and personal safety Programmes and they are also helping us with some bespoke support for lone workers at night. The evaluations have been outstanding and the feedback from staff very strong.
Geoff Speed
Head of Talent Development, Marie Curie
As well as training our mental health first aiders, Oakwood have provided one to one wellbeing support calls for members of our team and developed bespoke courses and awareness Programmes on safe suicide conversations, self-care, and group reflective practice. Oakwood have been very helpful and supportive, and it's been a pleasure working with them.
Paul Richens
People Programme Manager, Royal Voluntary Service
Oakwood delivered excellent sessions to our Roadshow and Hub teams. The company were extremely professional and tailored the training to meet our needs, something that not all training providers will do. The trainers are extremely engaging and informed, using their expertise to bring the sessions to life. They have provided excellent resources post training and we are all implementing the learning from the day. Thank you to Oakwood for your excellent training.
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Charity
Charity employees and volunteers are super caring people with a tendency to take on the stress of others. If not provided with a highly supportive working environment, they will experience various workplace mental health issues, like vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue and burn-out.
We believe managers are in a fantastic position to influence team culture and to create psychologically safe workplaces where people, not only feel valued and supported but, are able to express their feelings and share some of that emotional burden before it overwhelms.
For charities with retail stores, the post pandemic rise in violence in stores is adding additional pressure to wellbeing Programmes. It also represents a risk to their operational model, as they rely on volunteers to fill >87% of shop worker positions. At a time when charity retail is booming, the need to retain and recruit volunteers has never been higher. With the right training and perspective on preventing and managing conflict, we believe many situations of violence might be avoided completely thus reducing this risk.
Charity
Charity employees and volunteers are super caring people with a tendency to take on the stress of others. If not provided with a highly supportive working environment, they will experience various workplace mental health issues, like vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue and burn-out.
We believe managers are in a fantastic position to influence team culture and to create psychologically safe workplaces where people, not only feel valued and supported but, are able to express their feelings and share some of that emotional burden before it overwhelms.
For charities with retail stores, the post pandemic rise in violence in stores is adding additional pressure to wellbeing Programmes. It also represents a risk to their operational model, as they rely on volunteers to fill >87% of shop worker positions. At a time when charity retail is booming, the need to retain and recruit volunteers has never been higher. With the right training and perspective on preventing and managing conflict, we believe many situations of violence might be avoided completely thus reducing this risk.
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Charity
Charity employees and volunteers are super caring people with a tendency to take on the stress of others. If not provided with a highly supportive working environment, they will experience various workplace mental health issues, like vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue and burn-out.
We believe managers are in a fantastic position to influence team culture and to create psychologically safe workplaces where people, not only feel valued and supported but, are able to express their feelings and share some of that emotional burden before it overwhelms.
For charities with retail stores, the post pandemic rise in violence in stores is adding additional pressure to wellbeing Programmes. It also represents a risk to their operational model, as they rely on volunteers to fill >87% of shop worker positions. At a time when charity retail is booming, the need to retain and recruit volunteers has never been higher. With the right training and perspective on preventing and managing conflict, we believe many situations of violence might be avoided completely thus reducing this risk.