FREO HOSPITALITY’S MENTAL HEALTH FOCUS

Fremantle is home to a thriving hospitality industry that not only offers world class food and drink options to our visitors, but also employs many of our city’s residents. Antisocial working hours, high-stress customer conflicts and long, physically taxing days in fast-paced work environments are synonymous with the hospitality industry. This has led to 80 per cent of hospitality workers reporting symptoms like anxiety, depression, stress and addiction.

Iconic Fremantle hospitality venue Little Creatures belongs to the Lion Group who believe that supporting the mental health and wellbeing of their staff plays a huge role in their venue’s success. FRE-OH! Magazine sat down with two of the all-female management team at Little Creatures to discuss how they support their staff to combat the major challenges of mental health and burnout in hospitality.

Read the article and find out more about the collaboration between the City of Fremantle, Fremantle Chamber of Commerce and Healthy Minds and the workshops focused on Mental Health in the Hospitality Sector.