mental health

It is not always easy to identify the signs of mental health issues, but companies operating in road transport need to be aware that people can sometimes hide these problems beneath the surface. During Covid-19 lockdowns, delivery drivers were among…

A major new campaign focusing on the mental health of commercial vehicle drivers has been launched. The CALM Driver is a collaboration between Driving for Better Business, the government-backed Highways England programme, and the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM). It…

Everyone knows just how stressful Christmas can be, but for those in the transport and logistics sector the pressure can be even more extreme. The run-up to Christmas, now preceded by the dual double peak of Black Friday and Cyber…

The mental health of those working in the commercial vehicle, transport and logistics sectors has become a big focus in recent years. Much of this has been driven, of course, by a changing culture in wider society and by greater…

A new campaign launched last week at the CV Show is aiming to improve the mental health of commercial vehicles drivers and playing chess has been highlighted as one way of tackling the issue. Driving Better Mental Health, which is…