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Your out-of-office deserves to mean something. 🧠 Get "Beach Brain Ready" with Natalie Griffith (MAC) - the career coach levelling up wellbeing in the games industry! "Beach Brain Ready" is a small-group pilot programme for professionals who want to wind down and fully appreciate their time off. 😎 💡 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀:   • Swap death-by-PowerPoint for genuine conversation, keeping groups small to create room for conversation   • Access a WhatsApp group to share wins, compare notes, and find encouragement   • FREE for the pilot cohort (in exchange for honest feedback and a testimonial) Natalie will host three interactive online sessions (1-hour each) to help you make the most of your annual leave. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dU4qdMzS #MentalHealth #WorkplaceWellbeing #AbsenceAnxiety

Join Safe In Our World as Julia Melvin (Wushu Studios) talks us through an introduction to neurodiversity in the games industry. 💭 In this free 1-hour session, you will:  • Discover inclusive terminology for talking about neurodiversity  • Learn about neurodivergent condition types you may encounter  • Understand common narratives of neurodiversity and stereotypes  • Explore common strengths and challenges of dyslexia, autism and ADHD  • Discuss workplace adjustments and support for neurodivergent colleagues 📅 Thursday 18 June 2026 🕙 10:00AM - 11:00AM BST #Neurodiversity #GamesIndustry #MentalHealth

Our whole team has been bouncing with excitement to finally share this news. 🥹 Safe In Our World has been working with AbleToPlay on something very special indeed! With oversight from our clinical board, Safe In Our World determined the criteria for a brand new category on the AbleToPlay platform - helping players find accessible games. 🎮 Users of the platform can now find:   • low-pressure games to help them unwind   • games to help them build relationships   • titles centring mental health in the narrative/design   • games to help learn strategies for wellbeing   • and so much more! There are so many ways Headspace can help gamers look after their mental health. 💚 Maybe they'll see one of your games in there? 👀 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eGQKhFam #GAAD #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #MentalHealth

"I didn’t realise how much I was compensating until I used it." 🤯 That's Codie, reflecting on the gaming hardware sent to us by Thumb Soldiers Ltd. So, what was the verdict? Find out what our ambassadors thought, and why they feel accessibility in games is important for mental health! 🎮 Read the full review 👇 https://lnkd.in/eh7YT6ZH #GAAD #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay #AccessibleGaming

You've heard of quiet quitting, right? 🙊 Silent disengagement from work, a loss of motivation or passion. So, why does this happen? Sarah (Charity Director) is heading to Nordic Game to deliver a talk exploring the high cost of silence. 🤫 Join her to explore the gap between culture and communication, and how silence is the ultimate innovation killer! Together you will explore: - everyday behaviours behind disengagement - link between low psychological safety and low creativity - strategies to re-engage your team 📢 The High Cost of Silence: Communication, Culture, and the Gap in Between 📅 Wednesday, 27th May 2026 🕜 13:45 - 14:30 📍 Theatre, Nordic Game #NordicGame #VideoGames #MentalHealth #QuietQuitting

Don't let the conversation fizzle out. 📢 We provide mental health tools, training, and resources to the games industry year-round. ⬇️ Even as #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek nears its end, we're still out here shouting about all the cool (FREE) support you can get as a company in the games industry. Free support like:   • monthly mental health talks and training   • on-demand webinars for partners   • toolkits/templates to improve workplace wellbeing There's also our new Mental Health Star Accreditation* - the video game industry’s first and only certificate in mental health and wellbeing practices in the workplace. * 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵-𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺. Let this week be the start of something bigger. 🚀 Together, we can make the games industry a safer place for everyone! 💚 #MHAW26 #GamesIndustry #WorkplaceWellbeing

Don't let the conversation fizzle out. 📢 We provide mental health tools, training, and resources to the games industry year-round. ⬇️ Even as #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek nears its end, we're still out here shouting about all the cool (FREE) support you can get as a company in the games industry. Free support like:   • monthly mental health talks and training   • on-demand webinars for partners   • toolkits/templates to improve workplace wellbeing There's also our new Mental Health Star Accreditation* - the video game industry’s first and only certificate in mental health and wellbeing practices in the workplace. * 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵-𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺. Let this week be the start of something bigger. 🚀 Together, we can make the games industry a safer place for everyone! 💚 #MHAW26 #GamesIndustry #WorkplaceWellbeing

We're halfway through Mental Health Awareness Week, and we want to remind the games industry why Safe In Our World was established. ⬇️ For you. 💚 Quite simply, we exist to remove barriers to mental health knowledge, tools, training, and resources for gamers and the games industry. 🤯 And we're doing this year-round! Just this week, Safe In Our World has 👇   • Delivered a talk on burnout to games studio Scopely (Barcelona)   • Delivered a talk on taking action for Sumo (UK)   • Hosted a webinar on managing anxiety and uncertainty   • We have another session today to discuss masking   • AND we're doing a guest talk on psychological safety tomorrow!!! Imagine what we're getting up to in the other 51 weeks of the year! 💪 So, it's time to lock in. This week, everyone is 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 about mental health... Dedicate the rest of your year to 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 something about mental health!!!   • Become a #LevelUpMentalHealth partner (it's literally free)   • Book your team in for some training   • Ask us about getting accredited Drop a comment to kick things off! 💬 Let's make sure the impact we're making this week can be felt for the rest of the year. 🚀 #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #MHAW26

45% of people have experienced poor mental health in the last year, and 43% have had a mental health diagnosis. 💔 Meanwhile, 35% of people feel uncomfortable discussing mental health with their manager, according to the latest Skillsearch report. Safe In Our World collaborated with Skillsearch to explore mental health as part of their Games and Immersive Salary & Satisfaction 2026 Report. The 2026 report explores a wide range of topics, including: - Games industry salaries and compensation trends - Workforce behaviour and career decision-making - Hiring outlook and industry sentiment - The role and impact of AI in games development - Regional and discipline-specific insights Download the full report ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eGPzEdBX #MentalHealth #GamesIndustry