Three new signatory companies from the mortgage sector have joined the Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC).
Virgin Money, Clayhall Financial and JLM Mortgage Network have all signed up in recent weeks.
The MIMHC is a not-for-profit organisation, created to raise awareness of employees’ mental health and support the industry in taking positive action to improve it.
It now has 77 companies from within the mortgage sector as signatories, and along with the seven co-founder companies now represents over 15,000 individuals working within the mortgage industry.
Brightstar, Chartwell Mortgage Services, Coreco, Crystal Specialist Finance, Knowledge Bank, Landbay, and SimplyBiz Mortgages were the seven co-founding signatories from the mortgage industry, and sales director at Chartwell, Scott Howitt, commented: “It’s fantastic to see new companies sign up to the charter as this will undoubtedly increase the provision of mental wellbeing support available to individuals working in the mortgage sector.
“The recent additions continue to demonstrate the diversity of our signatories which now include small and medium sized broker firms, mainstream mortgage lenders, challenger banks, insurers, mortgage clubs, mortgage networks, trade publishers and conveyancers. Despite our activity and the growing profile of MIMHC, we still have work to do.
“Our 2023 survey recently confirmed that 42% of respondents are offered zero health and wellbeing support from their employer or simply do not know one is in place. We will not be satisfied until all companies operating in our sector deliver even the most basic of mental health support which might just be encouraging conversation no matter the topic.”
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