Fortis Therapy and Training has been named as Mental Health Consultancy of the Year at 2022’s This Can Happen Awards.
The Grimsby-headquartered operation, now in its tenth year of business, has been celebrated on the national stage for showing excellence in their approach with a key emergency service.
Work with the police was put forward, with the neighbouring Humberside and South Yorkshire forces, together with the National Police Wellbeing Service turning to the team.
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A range of services have been provided, including training programmes and supporting podcasts, with trauma-informed approaches established.
Alexis Powell-Howard, managing director and founder, said: “This truly is testament to the hard work, the life-saving work, every single member of the Fortis team puts in daily.
“I’m so proud of them and what we have achieved together.
“The work we have been doing across the country with the National Police Service and Oscar Kilo – the national police wellbeing service - is really working to address issues from the top down, and to provide teams working in some of the most traumatic and stressful areas of policing with the internal support they need.
“To be recognised for a significant piece of work like this, which has already received such incredible feedback from those working on the frontline, really means the world to the team here.”
Fortis’ work centres around a focus on a whole organisation approach to wellbeing culture, and the accolade, collected at London’s Business Design Centre, followed a highly commended last year.
“To once again be up there next to some incredible global names, to have the work we are
doing at Fortis recognised at such a level is testament to all the hard work our dedicated team puts into everything that they do,” Mrs Powell-Howard added.
“This win couldn’t have come at a better time for Fortis. This is our tenth anniversary year, and we have some exciting plans in motion to make it even bigger than the last 12 months, which have been our busiest yet – always a bittersweet thing to say given the nature of our work, however testament to how much more people are recognising the need for the approach to change around how we approach our mental health.”
Judges said the work was “more than commendable,” with tailored solutions “deeply impactful,” “ responding to the complex mental health issues faced”.
This Can Happen Awards were launched in 2019 to celebrate and recognise companies and individuals who have shown excellence in their approach towards positive mental health.
Previous winners include Accenture, Legal & General, National Grid, Wave, Salesforce, Fidelity, Disney, Lloyds Bank and Royal Mail Group.
Joining Fortis on the stage this year were Experian, Mercedes-Benz, PHD, and Ogilvy.
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