What are companies doing with regards to 'Wellbeing'

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Recruitment

Blue Arrow

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Employees enjoyed a gifted day off during October to mark mental health awareness month, openly sharing what they did to boost their wellbeing. This included long walks, duvet days and family time. In addition, all staff get a mindfulness app subscription and access to a full manager complement of Mental Health First Aiders.

An online social platform is the heart of company communication. As well as updates, it allows colleagues to get business-wide recognition and connect with colleagues across the UK. And an Employee Voice Champion Group feeds back to the MD and HR director about what the business is doing well and where it could improve.

New starters get a ‘riding the rollercoaster’ advice guide to help them prepare for their first three months, offering insight on common emotions – high and low – that a new job can bring. It encourages them to embrace positive thinking, be organised, set goals and invest in their own career development.

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Charity's

Keech Hospice Care

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Placing a focus on personal growth, Keech Hospice care offer a wide range of development opportunities and regular training. As well as mandatory training the organisation also runs internal and external courses, as well as providing regular opportunities for staff to discuss their personal development needs.
Staff can look forward to fresh hot meals, sandwiches and snacks, thanks to Keech Hospice Care's excellent on-site catering facilities. Employee benefits also include a competitive salary with increments based on performance and training, as well as contribution pension scheme, childcare vouchers and free parking.
The hospice understands just how important it is to look after the mental wellbeing of its staff, and therefore has a dedicated support programme and an employee assistance programme which provides practical information, resources and confidential counselling to all staff and their families.
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Construction & Engineering

Willmott Dixon

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Seventy-five per cent of employees are making lifestyle changes based on their results from a free annual workplace-based health check. Common themes that have emerged across the workforce have led to the company starting a monthly walking group and giving staff water bottles to encourage them to drink more.
As a thank you for hard work and loyalty, staff can access a £750 Personal Learning Fund after five years of service. They can spend it on learning a new skill, such as language and photography classes or other support. This could include fitness training or NCT classes to prepare them for a new baby.
The company’s Women’s Leadership programme, which includes mentoring and a course at Cambridge University, aims to create a pipeline of 150 female leaders in Willmott Dixon and its supply chain over the next 10 years. More than 30 women have benefitted so far, with more than half being promoted to senior leadership positions.
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Housing Associations

CHP

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The wellbeing group selected the menopause as an important subject to tackle last year. Menopause-awareness workshops were run. Fifty women attended across a range of ages. Men were given a separate session and 12 turned up because they wanted to learn about managing female team members going through it or how to support partners.
As part of CHP's diversity and inclusion policies, a reverse-mentoring scheme, where employees mentor a senior manager to share experiences and knowledge and remove barriers, was introduced. Employees' personal stories of their perspective on diversity and inclusion are shared on video. These include reflections on antisemitism, anxiety, autism, LGBTQ+ experiences and racial discrimination.
At Christmas, the association collected cash for the Trussell Trust, which runs food banks, and donated more than £200 to Save the Children. It has also introduced volunteering days. This year staff have made 38 bikes for three charities and they are creating a communal garden at a sheltered housing scheme.
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Business Services

Horizon Platforms

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A wellbeing activity calendar outlines the areas that will be focused on each month, including support for New Year's resolutions, lunchtime walking clubs, walking meetings, the cycle-to-work scheme, hydration awareness and flu vaccines. Managers are trained in mental health first aid and are encouraged to back home and hybrid working.
In 2021, a group of co-owners tackled the Three Peaks Challenge to raise money for the company's chosen charity, Cancer Research, and raised £6,500. This year staff will take on the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge in aid of Dementia UK. A sponsored dog walk will take place for those who fancy something less strenuous.
Each year, the leadership team commits to a set of priorities that focus on people. Leaders also act as role models for the company's values. The team meets daily and considers the values in all decision-making and activity.
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Recruitment

Macildowie

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The company uses "walking meetings" to encourage staff to remain active and spend time away from desks. Paid sick leave is available from day one and free private healthcare is available to those at certain grades and to others at a reduced price.
Team spirit is seen as one of the most important skills to develop. Team-building activities challenge employees to do something that is out of their comfort zone, including raft-building, a high-ropes assault course and a visit to The Cube in Manchester, which offers mental and physical challenges in the ITV game show's Perspex boxes.
Staff nominate two charities a year to support. This year they have been raising funds for and volunteering at Stonebridge City Farm, in Nottingham, and the Leicestershire Action for Mental Health Project. Charity runs and office competitions are among the events that bring in cash for the charities.
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Consultancy

Momentum

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Staff say one of their favourite benefits is access to the mental health support service Spill. It provides them with free, confidential access to a therapist, whenever they need it, whether it's to have sessions or ask a question about something on their mind.
Allowing colleagues to choose their own working hours, where they work, and how they work best has seen a reduction in fatigue across the business, as the team is able to focus on delivering their best work rather than working in an environment that doesn't serve them.
On Social Thursdays, the last Thursday of every month, most staff come in to the office, spend the day working together and collaborating, then everyone finishes slightly early to do something social. It may be a sushi-making class, a baby shower for a team member or a Wimbledon-themed table-tennis tournament.
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Education & Training

MPCT

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The college's approach to wellbeing starts with a monthly payment that can be put towards any wellbeing activity. The college also offers exercise classes, provides fresh fruit and encourages lunchtime walking clubs. Drop-in clinics and mental health workshops are also available.
Senior managers live and breathe MPCT's values and the Pride award is given by senior managers to staff in recognition of their commitment to the values. There is public recognition and reward weekly. Badges are also given out by senior managers to staff who demonstrate the values consistently.
MPCT's talent-management policy promotes growth and development through the Rising Star programme. An employee can apply to join and receive training and development to take them to the next level. The programme has created 22 internal promotions in the past year.
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Financial Services

Skipton Building Society

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The Menopause Network promotes normalisation of, education about and support for women experiencing the peri-menopause and menopause. The group strives to help others understand what going through these life stages means, not just to aid women’s understanding of this transition, but also to help partners, friends, colleagues and family to understand better.
Strong emphasis is placed on listening to colleagues and responding to feedback, through pulse surveys on topics such as the society's reward offering and performance framework, full engagement surveys or focus groups that delve deeper into specific topics.
Skipton enables colleagues to drive their own development and growth through "playlists" that give them access to self-directed learning when the time is right for them. During Building a Better You week, sessions to promote the learning available took place and, since then, attendance has increased.
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Charity's

St. Gemma's Hospice

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Wellbeing initiatives include sessions on resilience, looking after yourself, managing time and managing stress. Clinical supervision has been increased and there are counsellors on site to deal with immediate issues. Relaxation and mindfulness sessions, as well as recordings, are available and a wellbeing week focuses on all areas of mental and physical health.
An external provider has been used for team-development training, as well as to encourage cross-team collaboration. Monthly IT skills sessions help staff to improve their technical know-how. The hospice has a bespoke clinical leadership course. Nursing staff are supported through nationally recognised courses, including non-medical prescribing and master's and doctoral degrees.
The hospice's ambition is to develop an accessible leadership and management framework that outlines leadership expectations, behaviour, and training opportunities, as well as a managers' competency checklist setting core standards for those who have line management responsibility within the hospice.
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