Industry urged to share their voice in mental health survey: MIMHC

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has announced a seven-day extension to its 2026 500 Voices Survey, following a record response from professionals across the mortgage industry.

The 500 Voices initiative is designed to provide a broad snapshot of wellbeing across the mortgage sector, exploring the realities of working life and the factors affecting the health and wellbeing of its people.

The annual survey, which is in its fifth year, will now remain open until Friday 21st August, giving more people across the sector the opportunity to contribute.

The findings will form the basis of the 2026 MIMHC White Paper and will also help inform the Charter's priorities and practical actions as it looks towards 2027.

This year's survey is also being supported by Pepper Money, which has pledged to contribute £2 to MIMHC for every completed response, meaning participation will both strengthen the industry's collective voice and directly support the Charter's ongoing work.

The survey can be completed at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MIMHC-Survey-2026.

Jason Berry, co-founder of the Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter, said: “The response to 500 Voices has been incredibly encouraging and to deliver a record number of responses in our 5th year is exactly what our team wanted. Rather than close the door when there is clearly still momentum, the decision was made earlier this week to give the industry one final week to have its say.

“This isn't about chasing a number for the sake of it. The more people we hear from, the more representative and powerful the evidence becomes. We want to understand where things are improving, where pressures remain and, crucially, what our industry can collectively do about them.

“Behind every response is a person and a real experience of working within our industry. Our responsibility is to listen to those experiences and then turn the insight into meaningful action.

“I'd therefore encourage every mortgage professional who hasn't yet participated to give us a few minutes of their time before Friday 21st. I'd also ask our MIMHC Signatories and supporters to give the survey one final push across their organisations and networks.

“We have always believed that better evidence should lead to better conversations, and better conversations must ultimately lead to better action.

“500 Voices gives us an opportunity to listen at scale. We now have seven more days to make that collective voice as strong as possible.”