Our Founder
PTSD At Work was founded by travel industry professional, Nathan Bowen. Following his own experience of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which began in 2017 following an assault, Nathan’s life was affected in many ways by the disorder, but felt his work life suffered considerably.
Once he began his road to recovery in early 2019, Nathan realised just how limited help had been, especially in the area where he had struggled the most; at work.
“Although there was information available online about PTSD affecting work, it was not all in one place. PTSD causes your concentration to be very limited, so the last thing you want is to be searching through the internet for the relevant information. I wanted to change this and create a way for everything to be in one place and easy to find”. Nathan Bowen, Founder.
Nathan decided that employers needed more support when working with someone who is suffering with PTSD. There is still such a gap in knowledge of the condition and he felt that there needed to be more training available to UK businesses about PTSD and related mental health conditions.
These training opportunities do exist, but with some courses costing companies as much as £200 – £400 per person to attend, small to medium sized businesses were not always able to take advantage. Nathan wanted to enable more businesses to access these valuable training courses by providing grants to pay for members of management or HR Departments to attend and then continue to work with them to help implement key practices in their business.
Click here to read more about our founder’s experience with PTSD.