Samaritans Scotland’s Aberdeen branch has teamed up with Cala Homes to create a short film to help increase awareness of mental health issues and the construction industry.
The ‘Constructing Healthy Minds’ film was produced by Samaritans volunteers with Cala Homes (North) and Pink Sphynx Media, with funding from LNER’s Customer and Community Investment Fund.
Samaritans has been Cala’s charity partner since 2020 following the charity’s call for better mental and emotional health support for middle aged men, who are three times more likely to take their own lives than women.
The film highlights some of the struggles construction workers may face and the stigma around talking about mental health issues.
It also discusses the confidential help Samaritans can offer those in need of emotional support and how Cala supports the charity’s vital work across the UK while strengthening mental health and emotional wellbeing amongst employees and subcontractor partners.
Maria Cowie, former branch director of Aberdeen, who has been leading on …