What are companies doing with regards to 'Wellbeing'

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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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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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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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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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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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Recruitment

Leap29

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Every employee is offered a formal training plan upon joining the company, tailored specifically to their career aspirations. This plan, along with a dedicated 1-2-1 mentor, provides them with the right tools and opportunities to progress. Every staff member can attend ‘Wednesday Workshops’, covering everything from new skills to looking after their mental health.
A culture where a healthy work/life balance is strongly promoted is in place at Leap29, and employees are encouraged to take advantage of flexitime, early finishes on Fridays, additional holidays, and regular breaks. Routine check-in calls with managers and the HR team take place to ensure no-one is feeling overloaded.
All managers are given an experienced mentor within the business to help and offer guidance. Along with this internal support network, managers and future managers are given access to a Leadership training program. This includes personality-based training where their natural skills are utilised to improve their leadership.
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Business Services

Blackhawk Network

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Blackhawk offers an onsite gym and free fitness classes. Financial wellbeing talks are also available. The company's 'Green Hero' programme encourages staff to keep active, as well as help to save the planet, by rewarding those who travel to work via a green method, including walking, cycling and public transport.
Staff voted for the charities the company should support and Rape Crisis UK and Cancer Research UK won out. Blackhawk also offers customers the chance to help the Teenage Cancer Trust and Alzheimer's Society through making donations.
A "time for me" initiative allows people to take two hours a week to do whatever they want. The company has introduced an etiquette that governs meetings so that the number of non-effective ones has been cut. No Zoom Fridays have also reduced the amount of video calls, which were causing fatigue among staff.
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Technology

MyBuilder.com

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MyBuilder's cycle-to-work scheme includes showers, a bike maintenance station and ample space for cycles. Subsidised lunch is provided for those in the office. The kitchen features a well-stocked drinks fridge and a barista-grade coffee machine. The London office has a gym and there are ping-pong tables, plus foosball and dartboards for moments of downtime.
Through the company's training and development programme, staff benefit from a yearly allowance of up to £1,000 to boost their professional development. They are also given up to five days off to attend training, conferences and online courses.
MyBuilder became a hybrid workplace last year. Most staff chose to work remotely or spend two days in the office, with a smaller number working full time on site. One of the things that makes MyBuilder a great place to work is the relationships people have formed. To maintain that, monthly team gatherings are encouraged.
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Technology

FX Digital

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An employee-run mental health and physical wellbeing group meets fortnightly to discuss and implement changes across the business, such as its 'Wellbeing Week' initiative held in January. It also provides Vitality Health Insurance for employees to encourage better physical and mental health, as well as providing mental health coaching once a month.
Each week employees are given half a day to focus on their personal growth, whether it be participating in training to further skills for a work-related project, or for their own interests outside of the business. Some of the team used this time to work on an AI recycling app, unrelated to their usual projects.
As well as sponsoring a local children's football club and providing teams with kits, employees also planned a workshop for a local primary school during their STEM week, aiming to inspire more women into the tech sector. In 2021 staff chose to support MIND Mental Healthy Charity by donating money to the cause.
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Technology

Moonpig

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Staff have free access to 12 video therapy sessions per year, along with other mental health tools. Initiatives to support the health of employees include a £100 wellbeing allowance to spend on a subscription, such as gym membership — or even Netflix — along with virtual social events, financial wellbeing workshops and resilience training.
Various channels — digital as well as in-person — are used to ensure staff understand Moonpig's vision and strategy, and feel an integral part of what the company is trying to achieve. The annual Strategy Day brings the company's strategic vision to life with activities and keynote speakers from across the business.
Employee-led groups include the LGBTQ+ committee, gender balance committee and the 'Moonpig Against Racism' committee. Staff have also volunteered their skills to help the diversity-in-tech social enterprises, Stemettes and Cajigo, which support young women and non-binary people in tech careers.
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