Fit-out contractor Portview has given its employees a year-long subscription to the mindfulness app Headspace to help support their mental wellbeing.
The Headspace app gives Portview employees free, unlimited access to daily mindfulness tips, podcasts, playlists and home exercises to strengthen their mental resilience, improve concentration, and aide sleep throughout and beyond the pandemic.
Portview’s decision was prompted by research by mental health charity Mind showing that covid-19 and the subsequent lockdowns have led to more than half of adults (60%) experiencing a decline in their mental wellbeing. The top contributing factors towards declining mental health included social isolation (79%), anxiety around loved ones contracting the coronavirus (74%) and lockdown (73%).
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