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DMR TRAINING CALLS ON CONSTRUCTION LEADERS TO ACT ON MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS The Greater Manchester-based training provider is helping turn awareness of the sector’s mental health crisis into real, actionable support
Despite growing awareness, construction in the UK continues to face one of the highest suicide rates of any industry, with workers around three to four times more likely to die by suicide than the national average and an estimated two construction workers taking their own lives every working day. In the last decade, more than 7,000 construction workers have been lost to suicide, highlighting a devastating human cost to poor workplace wellbeing. Despite growing awareness, mental health support in construction often isn’t consistent across sites or teams. DMR Training is determined to change that, treating mental wellbeing as a leadership responsibility, not an afterthought. In 2026, the organisation is placing a renewed focus on embedding mental health awareness into training, assessments, and day-to-day engagement with employers. As a construction training provider working across the UK, DMR Training has built its reputation on closing the industry skills gap, creating accessible training pathways for
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people of all ages and backgrounds, and championing flexible, learnerfocused training. Increasingly, that mission also includes addressing the human cost of an industry under sustained pressure. Behind the headlines are real people. Research suggests that 73% of construction workers have been affected by mental ill health, with many struggling silently under long hours, job insecurity and a culture where opening up has not always felt possible.
From Awareness to Action DMR Training’s approach is grounded in lived experience and partnershipled change. Last year, the organisation partnered with Andy’s Man Club on a campaign focused on mental health awareness in the construction industry - a collaboration that reflected Radley’s own journey with
mental health and his background in professional rugby, where conversations around pressure, performance, and resilience are becoming increasingly open. Rather than treating mental health as a one-off campaign topic, DMR Training is embedding it into its wider leadership narrative: