The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has announced that three more companies have signed up to its Charter.

In recent weeks mainstream lender Virgin Money, Directly Authorised firm Clayhall Financial and JLM mortgage network have all joined MIMHC which now has 77 companies from within the mortgage sector as signatories to the Charter.

The signatories and seven co-founder companies now represent over 15,000 individuals working within the mortgage industry.

MIMHC is a not-for-profit organisation, created to raise awareness of employees’ mental health and support the industry in taking positive action to improve it.

Scott Howitt, sales director at Chartwell Mortgage Services and founding member of MIMHC, said: “It’s fantastic to see new companies sign up to the Charter as this will undoubtedly increase the provision of mental wellbeing support available to individuals working in the mortgage sector.

“The recent additions continue to demonstrate the diversity of our signatories which now include small and medium sized broker firms, mainstream mortgage lenders, challenger banks, insurers, mortgage clubs, mortgage networks, trade publishers and conveyancers. Despite our activity and the growing profile of MIMHC, we still have work to do.

“Our 2023 survey recently confirmed that 42% of respondents are offered zero Health and Wellbeing support from their employer or simply do not know one is in place. We will not be satisfied until all companies operating in our sector deliver even the most basic of mental health support which might just be encouraging conversation no matter the topic.”