The Bank of England is among some of the City’s largest employers backing a network designed to help younger workers to manage their mental health HANNAH MCKAY/REUTERSThe Bank of England is among some of the City’s largest employers behind the launch of a network designed to help younger workers to manage their mental health. Research by the City Mental Health Alliance found that more than two thirds of graduates and students did not consider themselves to be in full mental health. The CMHA, with support from City employers including Linklaters, the law firm, and PWC, the professional services group, is launching the Thriving From The Start community to encourage employees to seek the support they need. Alex Costin, 23, a school-leaver apprentice at PWC, said that isolating mental health problems had almost cost him his job. It was only with support from PWC’s internal network that he was able to recover.…

Source: The Times November 12, 2018 00:00 UTC