Wellness Works Programme
Wellness Works Team at Programme Launch!
The Nash- Host of the Wellness Works Launch
What is the Wellness Works project?
Community First, in partnership with Relate Worcestershire, has successfully secured resources from the Big Lottery Health and Well-being Programme Fund. This will enable a 3 year initiative –Wellness Works – to deliver education, training and awareness raising programmes across Worcestershire for employers, to support emotional health and well-being in the workplace. We will work with a range of employers including, VCS, private and public. Wellness Works is part of a regional programme of work to improve health and well-being in the West Midlands called Living Well in the West Midlands.
What is well-being?
Well-being concerns our whole life: our physical and emotional health, the food we eat, our relationships, our working lives, our leisure activities, the communities we live in, the environment we share, as well as our own happiness and sense of fulfilment. Improving your well-being is not a question of turning your life upside down. In fact it’s all about making small steps to make a big difference. This project will specifically work to improve and promote well-being in the work place.
What will Wellness Works do?
Community First will employ a business advisor to work with a range of employers to:
• Enable employers to recognise emotional health and well-being issues in the workplace
• Enable the development of sustainable structures for supporting well-being in the workplace such as policies, protocols and peer support systems.
Relate Worcestershire will deliver a programme of accredited and non- accredited training and learning opportunities to staff and managers including workshops on:
• Understanding and dealing with bullying and harassment
• Skills for Health –listening and basic counselling skills
• Developing Peer Support programs at work
We also have funds to sub-contract with a range of specialist VCS providers as and when required.
For more information on Wellness Works contact;
Info: wellnessworks@comfirst.org.uk
Or
Jane Taylor Wellness Works Partnership Co-ordinator
janet@comfirst.org.uk
01684 312755
Wellness Works is fully funded by the Big Lottery
www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/y.co.uk
Wellness Works is working in partnership with the MINDFUL EMPLOYER initiative.
Led and supported by employers, the MINDFUL EMPLOYER® initiative is aimed at increasing awareness of mental health at work and providing support for businesses in recruiting and retaining staff. Click this link for more info
For more Mindful Employer info go to MINDFUL EMPLOYER
For more info on Wellness Works click this link
For Wellness Works resources click this link
For more info on Well-being at work click this link
For more info on Wellness Works Training and Workshops click this link