Mindful Employer

Charter for Employers Positive about Mental Health

As an employer we recognise that in the UK, people experiencing mental ill health continue to report stigma and discrimination at work. Having signed the ‘Charter for Employers Positive about Mental Health’, we are committed to creating a supportive and open culture, where colleagues feel able to talk about mental health confidently, and aspire to appropriately support the mental wellbeing of all staff.

As an employer, we have made an on-going commitment to:

• Provide non-judgemental and proactive support to staff experiencing mental ill health.
• Not make assumptions about a person with a mental health condition and their ability to work.
• Be positive and enabling towards all employees and job applicants with a mental health condition.
• Support line managers in managing mental health in the workplace.
• Ensure we are fair in the recruitment of new staff in accordance with the Equality Act (2010).
• Make it clear that people who have experienced mental ill health will not be discriminated against, and that disclosure of a mental health problem will enable both the employee and employer to assess and provide the right level of support or adjustment.Charter for Employers Positive about Mental Health

Armed Forces Covenant

We, the undersigned, commit to honour the Armed Forces Covenant and support the Armed Forces Community. We recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans and military families contribute to our business and our country.

Signed: Simon Hall 

Name: Simon Hall

Position: Founder & CTO

Date: 13th July 2021

The first duty of Government is the defence of the realm. Our Armed Forces fulfil that responsibility on behalf of the Government, sacrificing some civilian freedoms, facing danger and, sometimes, suffering serious injury or death as a result of their duty. Families also play a vital role in supporting the operational effectiveness of our Armed Forces. In return, the whole nation has a moral obligation to the members of the Naval Service, the Army and the Royal Air Force, together with their families. They deserve our respect and support, and fair treatment.

Those who serve in the Armed Forces, whether Regular or Reserve, those who have served in the past, and their families, should face no disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public and commercial services. Special consideration is appropriate in some cases, especially for those who have given most such as the injured and the bereaved.

This obligation involves the whole of society: it includes voluntary and charitable bodies, private organisations, and the actions of individuals in supporting the Armed Forces. Recognising those who have performed military duty unites the country and demonstrates the value of their contribution. This has no greater expression than in upholding this Covenant.

1. We Airway Medical Ltd will endeavour in our business dealings to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, which are:

• no member of the Armed Forces Community should face disadvantage in the provision of public and commercial services compared to any other citizen 
• in some circumstances special treatment may be appropriate especially for the injured or bereaved.

2.1 We recognise the value serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families bring to our business and to our country. We will seek to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, by:

• Promoting the Armed Forces: 

We will promote the work, activities and events of the British military community through our own digital and social media channels

We will publish our Covenant pledges on a dedicated Covenant section on our website 

We will promote the fact that we are an Armed Forces friendly organisation, to our staff,        contractors, customers, suppliers and wider public 

• Veterans: 

We will work with and advertise vacancies through Career Transition Partnership (CTP), to ensure employment opportunities are made available to veterans

We will welcome applications from and guarantee interviews with, veterans who meet the criteria in the job specification 

Recognising military skills and qualifications in our recruitment and selection process

• Service Spouses & Partners: 

We will support the employment of Service spouses and partners by welcoming applications from spouses/partners who meet the criteria in the job specifications 

We will partner with and advertising vacancies on Forces Families Jobs and Recruit for Spouses

We will endeavour to offer a degree of flexibility in granting leave for services spouses and partners before, during and after a partner’s deployment  

• Reserves: 

We will support our employees who are already members of the Reserve Force

Staff will be actively encouraged to become Reservists 

We will grant an additional 5 days unpaid leave for annual Reserve Forces training

We will support any mobilisations and deployment

• Cadet Organisations: 

We will support our employees who are volunteer leaders in military cadet organisations

We will grant an additional 5 days unpaid leave to attend annual training camps and courses 

We will actively encourage members of staff to become volunteer leaders in cadet                    organisations

We will support local military cadet units where possible and appropriate

We recognise the benefits of employing cadets/ex-cadets within the workforce

• National Events:

We will support Armed Forces Day, Reserves Day, the Poppy Appeal Day and Remembrance activities

• Armed Forces Charities: 

We will support Armed Forces charities with fundraising and supporting staff who volunteer to assist

2.2 We will publicise these commitments through on our website, setting out how we will seek to honour them and inviting feedback from the Service community and our customers on how we are doing.