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With its world headquarters in Staffordshire, Sheila was delighted to be called on by JCB’s management to deliver not one, but two mental health talks for staff, as part of Mental Health Awareness Week.
JCB bosses shut down production completely to enable Sheila to deliver her workshops to hundreds of employees at the multinational company and even bought in an events firm to construct a purpose-build stage for her.
And, as usual, Sheila’s unique approach to mental health education, fusing education with her music and stand-up comedy, went down a storm at both sessions – one session was for JCB’s day workers and the second was for night shift employees.
JCB’s General Manager Robert Taylor, pictured in a close-up photo here with Sheila, said:
"It was a wonderful session"
He later went on to add that: “There’s been some good feedback today also, where people have taken something from what you were presenting.
“Sometimes, taking people away from the norm and doing something different is enough and really helps anyway.
“Time for reflection is so important in my view and your talk helps people to do just that… relate to what you are talking about and reflect on how that relates to their own stories. Love that and look forward to working with you going forward!”
One of the controls engineers said:
"It is one of the best talks I have ever seen at JCB.",
Another member of staff said
“Thank you. I don't understand mental health so can I honestly say it helped me so much more today to actually understand it."
Sheila went on to deliver Mental Wellbeing Workshops at JCB in 2025 with Testimonials of ……
‘Sheila absolutely helped me with inner peace. I enjoyed the structure of the workshop. I feel Sheila helped me understand how to handle anxiety and depression’
‘Simply just thank you again’
‘The workshop was very insightful and useful – definitely plenty of things which could be used in daily life’