Environment Agency

We work to create better places for people and wildlife, and support sustainable development. The Environment Agency is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. Within England, we are responsible for regulating major industries and waste, treating contaminated land, managing water quality and resources, overseeing fisheries, navigating inland rivers, estuaries, and harbors, and promoting conservation and ecology

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Our work in suicide prevention

The wellbeing of our staff is of paramount importance and at the Environment Agency, we believe that all our staff need to work together to keep each other safe and well. Our revised cultural statement focuses on the importance of creating a working environment that supports the wellbeing of our people, ensuring we keep safe and well at work to ensure we become a better organisation that is fit for the future.

We have an Employee Assistance Programme, a Mental Health Network, Mental Health First Aiders and share and encourage our staff to enroll on Suicide Prevention Training. Our Team Leaders are trained to work with staff to develop crisis plans with team members. We also provide suicide and crisis support to our staff.

But we can do more and by joining the NSPA, we will encourage our staff to feel even more comfortable to reach out for support, talk about their mental health and look out for each other.

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Our current priorities

Ensuring our environment is left in a better state for the next generation, than it was when the current generation inherited it.

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Our current challenges

The impact of COVID19 on our staff mental health. The impact of COVID19 on the public’s perception on the Environment (fly tipping for example has shot up since March 2020)

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