National Stress Awareness Day

Wednesday 6th November 2019

You Too Can Get Involved in NSAD17 on Wednesday 6th November 2017

National Stress Awareness Day is our annual flagship annual event, so why not get involved?

This event is great as a means of raising profile, achieving publicity for stress, and promoting the importance of wellbeing for individuals and organisations.

What is National Stress Awareness Day?

National Stress Awareness Day (NSAD) is organised by the International Stress Management Association UK (ISMA^UK) – a registered charity whose aim is to advance the education of the public in the field of biological stress. Funded by a wide range of sources from qualified stress management practitioners registered with ISMA^UK, right through to Government funded bodies such as the Health and Safety Executive, the charity also works with other outside organisations that have an interest in stress and stress reduction.

NSAD aims to help people by highlighting the many coping strategies and sources of help available to people who want to reduce the harmful effects of stress in their lives.

Now in its 9th year, NSAD is a firm fixture in the UK calendar on the first Wednesday of November. Stress can be brought on by many things and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) cite for example that work-related stress accounts for over a third of all new incidences of ill health and that each case of stress-related ill health leads to an average of 30.9 working days lost.

Stephen Fry

“I send you my love,
best wishes and a big smile
from afar for all that you are
doing”

Rt Hon Jeffrey Donaldson – MP MLA

” I am delighted to give my support
to the National Stress Awareness
Day and its role in helping to educate
employers and their staff about how
to cope with stressful situations.
This is indeed very valuable work “

Cary Cooper

” We all infect other people with
our happiness…smiling is the
outward manifestation of happiness
and inner well being.. “

Chris Rowe – Head of Stress
Programme, HSE

” At work, a smile can convey empathy or
approachability. HSE research shows
that good managers demonstrate these
important skills “

Angela Clow – Vice President of
ISMA and Professor at Westminster University

” Not all pain is gain: be good to yourself, smile
and spread some happiness, start a positive
chain reaction “

Barrington Pheloung – Film
& TV music composer

” I’m happy to support ISMA’s efforts in
highlighting and combating stress. The
message should go out that pressure can be
good, stress never is. Well done “

Stephen Sidebottom – Head of
HR, Nomura International plc

” Reducing stress and getting the right work/life
balance is something we must all strive to
achieve “

Kate Bradford – Director of Projects,
Disney Corp

” Well done ISMA for trying to bring the joy back in everyone’s lives “

Senator Feargal Quinn –
Dublin, Ireland

” Stress is particularly pernicious because
people don’t take it seriously enough
and that is why I thoroughly approve
of National Stress Awareness Day
as a way of raising public
consciousness of this very important
element in all our lives “

Baroness Howells of St David’s, OBE

” Be positive, embrace the future and enjoy a
good life. My best wishes to ISMA for a
successful National Stress Awareness Day
and for their work in publicising, preventing and reducing stress “

Sharon Marshall – Journalist &
Presenter for ITV1’s This Morning

“I fully support National Stress Awareness
Day and applaud the work that is being done
to promote a healthier life/work balance”

Greg Phillips – Devon County Council

“I wish ISMA all the very best in launching this
years National Stress Awareness Day. Our
employees are the most valued and biggest
asset to our organisations, so let’s promote
a healthy stress-free workplace and
support ISMA with this years event,”

Neil Mullarkey

“If you stress you won’t get
real success”

“Watch out for stress, it
could get you in a mess”