The project focused on addressing three key objectives; Firstly, the need to fill the gap with accessible and relevant mental health and wellbeing resources for young employees, as many of whom are struggling with mental issues while feeling unsupported in their work environments. Secondly, aimed to bridge the Digital Competency gap for VET and training vet educators, enabling them to use Innovative tools and resources to provide mental health support and Well Being programmes training in a blended or remote working context. Thirdly, to ensure awareness for a good working environment and to care for workers' mental health, with a discussion forums, and initiatives for training human resources managers and employers in the well-being with our elaborated resources and policy and recommendations for stakeholders, we are one step closer to having a more sustainable and healthy work environment in Europe. Based on to these objectives, was the development of an interactive Toolkit that would provide practical guidance and support on aspects of well-being, such mental health, and work-life balance and ensuring that the promotion of well being became an integral part of vet and to promote a culture of health within the organizations.
The BE WELL project has been addressed, due to rise the concerns regarding the mental health and well being of young employees in the evolving post pandemic workplace. The consortium did a state of art in each country, answering; how was VET training programme in their countries and how could BE-WELL address it to achieve the desired impact? and the results of this research found that the “62% of employees globally consider mental health issues to be a top challenge during and after Covid-19”. The impact of job insecurity on mental health, concluding that addressing the impact of job insecurity on mental health is an urgent need. Factors such as job instability, lower income , added to extraordinary situations such as the pandemic, generate stress and anxiety that has become more acute in recent times. Also, the shift to remote and Hybrid models created a gap in resources and support, the most affected has been the young workers who were disproportionately affected by stress, anxiety and burnout. There is a real need on European level to support youth well-being in the workplace, and we anticipated with the Be-Well resources helping to address in somehow this gap and need, also in VET training programmes to empower VET trainers