As a technology company we have the responsibility to understand the overuse of technology can become unhealthy. The AVERAGE ADULT WILL SPEND 34 YEARS OF THEIR LIFE LOOKING AT SCREENS. We as a company want to promote healthy screen time and encourage everyone to take their mental health and wellbeing seriously. As a company we try to encourage healthy habits in order to prevent mental health problems before they arise. Part of how we help clients is by enabling flexible and remote working using Microsoft technology, we help connect people via video for meetings for example. This is a big factor in helping people look after their mental wellbeing but we need to be mindful that it’s important to create a culture where the technology enhances work life balance and mental wellbeing rather than creating an “always on” culture which can lead to burn out.  

The Mental Health Foundation is the UK’s charity for everyone’s mental health. With prevention at the heart of what they do, the Mental Health Foundation aim to find and address the sources of mental health problems so that people and communities can thrive.