Fortis shortlisted for Mental Health Consultancy of the Year
Fortis Therapy & Training is thrilled to announce that it has, for the second year running, been shortlisted for the Mental Health Consultancy Award in 2022’s This Can Happen Awards. A timely announcement following the already award-winning business being named as one of nine finalists at this year’s FSB Celebrating Small Business Awards 2022 in the Wellbeing Award category.
One of only three names to be included on the This Can Happen shortlist for this particular category, Fortis will be heading to the Award Winners Presentation Reception on June 16th at the Business Design Centre, London, to see which businesses are crowned winners, alongside fellow Mental Health Consultancy Award finalists Let’s Reset and Mental Health at Work CIC.
After receiving a Highly Commended Certification at last year’s event for the same category – at which the award-winning mental health and emotional wellbeing specialist presented the judges with its work within schools as part of the Right to Succeed project – this year Fortis presented the panel with its extensive work with the national Police Service.
As the ‘go-to’ provider for police training, Fortis has, and still is, working with Humberside Police, South Yorkshire Police, Lancashire Police and Oscar Kilo – the National Police Wellbeing Service on the training programmes Keeping the Peace, Keeping the Peace Too, Trauma-informed Approaches to Policing as well as hosting two series of ‘Keeping The Peace’ podcast with a third in production.
Fortis’ work within the Police Service has centred around a focus on a whole organisation approach to wellbeing culture, something the Lincolnshire business has been actively and successfully working with other businesses on across a multitude of sectors. Working with national businesses an well-known brands such as The RHS, Mizkan, Synthomer, Fortis utilises the whole organisational approach by developing a wellbeing culture within each business, tailored to bespoke goals and support needs, creating a new culture within the workplace based on wellbeing to encourage effective, empathic leadership from within. This year’s awards has attracted entries from every sector, with judges reporting that they we were overwhelmed by the number of entries.
Toni Graves, Global Head of Reward and Wellbeing, Allen & Overy and This Can Happen Awards Jury Chair, said: “It has been an exciting few weeks for the judges reviewing all the entries to This Can Happen Awards 2022. We have seen a jump in quality over last year as it is evident more organisations are learning how to address mental health positively. It has also be impressive to see the range of industries submitting entries. Congratulations to those that have made the shortlist. We are looking forward to choosing the winners soon and celebrating with the shortlisted and winning teams and individuals in person next month.”
Alexis Powell-Howard, Fortis Therapy & Training MD and founder, said: “Last year we were so proud to be shortlisted and then named as Highly Commended in the Mental Health Consultancy Award. The 12 months which have followed 2021’s award ceremony has been Fortis’ biggest yet.
“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 with the internal support they need.
“To be shortlisted for a piece of work like this, which has already received such incredible feedback from those working on the frontline of the Service, really means the world to the team here. 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.”
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 for their employees and colleagues. Previous winners include Accenture, Legal & General, National Grid, Wave, Salesforce, Fidelity, Disney, Lloyds Bank and Royal Mail Group.
