Self-care for overworked charity professionals

Lucinda Rouse and Emily Harle are joined by Claire Goodwin-Fee, chief executive of the psychological support organisation Frontline19, to consider the mental health challenges facing charity leaders.

They discuss recent research by Fair Collective, in which 85 per cent of participating small charity leaders said their mental health had been negatively affected by their work.

Claire describes her own experiences of burnout in Frontline19’s early days and shares some of the approaches she took to recover. 

She suggests ways of separating professional and personal life in order to manage the stresses of a demanding charity role, and calls for the sector to come together to help solve some of the systemic problems.

Find details of accredited counsellors and therapists at the Counselling Directory.

For immediate mental health support, call Samaritans on 116 123 or visit the Samaritans website.

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