The bipolar-friendly workplace scheme supports employers to make the most of the talents people affected by bipolar can bring to your workplace. The scheme is open to businesses which have one or more paid employees.
Bipolar-friendly employers commit to:
- increasing understanding of bipolar
- removing barriers to people affected by bipolar
- challenging behaviour and changing cultures to ensure that people affected by bipolar can fulfil their potential in the workplace
Sign up to the Bipolar-Friendly scheme
There are three bipolar-friendly scheme options. To sign up you will need to give details about:
- the name of your business
- the size of your business
- the industry sector you’re in
- a point of contact in your business
- which of the three bipolar-friendly options you’re committing to
The workplace team will be in touch with more details once you've signed up...
Bipolar Friendly
- Staff take Bipolar UK’s free 20-minute eLearning course
- Circulate Bipolar UK’s Workplace Report to HR/EDI Leads
- Display Bipolar UK leaflets in your workplace
- Sign up to Bipolar UK’s quarterly ‘workplace’ email bulletin
- Organise a workplace awareness/fundraising event for World Bipolar Day – 30 March
Bipolar Friendly +
- Staff take Bipolar UK’s free 20-minute eLearning course
- Circulate Bipolar UK’s Workplace Report to HR/EDI Leads
- Display Bipolar UK leaflets in your workplace
- Sign up to Bipolar UK’s quarterly ‘workplace’ email bulletin
- Organise a workplace awareness/fundraising event for World Bipolar Day – 30 March
- Attend a free online 1-hour ‘Understanding Bipolar’ session
- Commit to fundraising £500+ in the year
Bipolar Friendly ++
- Staff take Bipolar UK’s free 20-minute eLearning course
- Circulate Bipolar UK’s Workplace Report to HR/EDI Leads
- Display Bipolar UK leaflets in your workplace
- Sign up to Bipolar UK’s quarterly ‘workplace’ email bulletin
- Organise a workplace awareness/fundraising event for World Bipolar Day – 30 March
- Attend a free online 1-hour ‘Understanding Bipolar’ session
- Take on a team challenge for Bipolar UK (mud run, 5K, Trek)
- Commit to fundraising £1000+ in the year
Employers who sign up to the scheme will receive:
- Your organisation listed as a ‘bipolar friendly workplace’ on our website
- Leaflets to share in your workplace
- A ‘bipolar-friendly workplace’ logo to display on your website
- A ‘bipolar-friendly workplace’ email banner for your staff to use
- A quarterly email bulletin with updates, events and news to ensure you and your staff have access to the latest information and support for all things bipolar
- Support from the Bipolar UK team for all your activities
- Optional opportunities to talk about your involvement with the media/press (subject to media interest)
The scheme runs annually from April to April and we will be in touch at the end of each year to see how well you have achieved your objectives and to ask if you would like to renew your commitment for the year ahead.
Bipolar-friendly Workplace Scheme members
Thank you to the following organisations who have signed up to our Bipolar Friendly Workplace Scheme (April 2025 - 2026)
- Office of Annaliese Dodds MP
- City of London Police
- Office of Layla Moran (MP)
- RABL Roadmap
- JaksWorld Charity
- Alcohol Team
- Royal Oldham Hospital
- Dyspraxia Lambeth
- IQ-EQ
Last updated: 5 august 2025