There are a wide range of materials and organisations that can help employers to implement positive policy and practice on mental health.

For a full listing of useful materials and organisations, we recommend that you download the Resources section of the working minds toolkit.

Or use the selected contact list below for organisations that deal with disability and employment issues.

You can also visit the links section of the main website for a comprehensive list of organisations and websites dealing with mental health issues.

Business in the Community (BiTC)
137 Shepherdess Walk, London N1 7RQ
tel: 0870 600 2482
web: www.bitc.org.uk
Business in the Community works with its members to improve, measure and report the impact their business has on their environment, workplace, marketplace and community.

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
CIPD House, Camp Road, London SW19 4UX
tel: 020 8971 9000
email: cipd@cipd.co.uk
web: www.cipd.co.uk
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development is the professional body for all those specialising in advancing the management and the development of people. CIPD aims to advance the management and development of people to the benefit of individuals, employers and the community at large.

Common Purpose
Discovery House, 28 - 42 Banner Street, London EC1Y 8QE
tel: 020 7608 8100
email:commonpurpose@commonpurpose.org.uk
web: www.commonpurpose.org.uk
Common Purpose aims to show people how to make better professional decisions based on the appreciation of the bigger picture rather than on specialised knowledge and influence.

Disability Matters Limited
The Old Dairy, Tiebridge Farm, North Houghton, Stockbridge Hants SO20 6LQ
tel: 01264 811120
email: disabilitymatters@compuserve.com
web: www.disabilitymatters.com
Disability Matters Ltd promotes culture change to help employers maximise the potential of disabled people within their workforce and enhance the quality of services to disabled customers.

The Disability Partnership
Wooden Spoon House, 5 Dugard Way, London SE11 4TH
tel: 020 7414 1494
email: office@disabilitypartnership.co.uk
web: www.disabilitypartnership.co.uk
The Disability Partnership acts as a launch pad for new initiatives that work against physical and attitudinal discrimination to change the daily lives of many disabled people for the better.

Disability Rights Commission (DRC)
DRC Helpline, Freepost MID 02164, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 9BR
tel: 08457 622 633
email: ddahelp@stra.sitel.co.uk
web: www.drc-gb.org
The Disability Rights Commission is an independent body set up by the Government to help secure civil rights for disabled people, and advise on the working of disability legislation, particularly the Disability Discrimination Act.

Employers' Forum on Disability
Employers Forum on Disability, Nutmeg House, 60 Gainsford Street, London SE1 2NY
tel: 020 7403 3020
email: efd@employers-forum.co.uk
web: www.employers-forum.co.uk
The Employers' Forum on Disability is the national employers' organisation focused on disability in the UK. Funded and managed by its members, The Employers' Forum makes it easier to recruit and retain disabled employees and to serve disabled customers.

Employment Support Unit
Institute for Applied Health & Social Policy, King's College London, Fifth floor, Waterloo Bridge Wing, Franklin Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NN
tel: 020 7848 3770
web: www.kcl.ac.uk/iahsp
The Employment Support Unit is working to bring an employment dimension to the provision of socially inclusive services and to ensure that Government programmes are a good deal for service users.

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Rose Court, 2 Southwark Bridge, London SE1 9HS
tel: 020 7717 6000
info line 08701 545500
email: hseinformationservices@natbrit.com
web: www.hse.gov.uk
The Health and Safety Executive's mission is to ensure that risks to people's health and safety from work activities are properly controlled. It aims to ensure that employers fulfil their obligations to their employees, and that all employees look after their own health.

Healthy Workplace Initiative
Department of Health, Wellington House, Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG
tel: 020 7972 4940
web: www.doh.gov.uk/workp
The Healthy Workplace Initiative is a Department of Health initiative which encapsulates a new approach to the problems of health at work, aiming to place health in the mainstream of business thinking and organisational development.

Home Office Human Rights Unit
c/o Home Office, Public Enquiry Team, Room 856, 50 Queen Anne's Gate, London SW1H 9AT
tel: 020 7273 4000
email: public.enquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
web: www.homeoffice.gov.uk/hract
The Human Rights Unit's main responsibility is to ensure the successful implementation of the Human Rights Act 1998, which incorporates into UK law rights and freedoms guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights.

The Work Foundation
Peter Runge House, 3 Carlton House Terrace,
London SW1Y 5DG
email: customercentre@theworkfoundation.com
web: www.theworkfoundation.com
An independent, not-for-profit body, The Work Foundation (formerly The Industrial Society) combines leading-edge analysis of the modern workplace with practical experience of what inspiring and successful businesses and public sector organisations look like today. It is a new kind of organisation - part research institute, part business consultancy, part advocate.

Investors in People
7 - 10 Chandos Street, London W1G 9DQ
tel: 020 7467 1900
email: information@iipuk.co.uk
web: www.iipuk.co.uk
Investors in People is a national quality standard which sets a level of good practice for improving an organisation's performance through its people.

New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP)
Room N8, Moorfoot, Sheffield S1 4PU
tel: 0114 259 3334
email: nddp.info@dfee.gov.uk
web: www.dfee.gov.uk/nddp
The New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP) is piloting a range of initiatives to help disabled people and those with long-term illness into work and training through the Government's Welfare to Work approach.

New Ways to Work
24 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, London E8 2EZ
tel: 020 7930 3355
email: info@new-ways.co.uk
web: www.new-ways.co.uk
New Ways to Work campaigns and provides expertise on new and flexible ways of working that help people, organisations and society achieve a balance between work and the rest of life. New Ways to Work offers an Information & Advice Service and a range of expert publications, also running training sessions, conferences and workshops.

Working Well Trust
359 High Street, Stratford, London E15 4QZ
tel: 020 8519 8619
email: director.wwt@btinternet.com
Working Well Trust offers information, advice and guidance for people with mental health problems. The Trust offers various support and training activities for people referred from mental health services, including job preparation, IT and Drop-In training, basic skills and support groups.