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Poor wellbeing impacts performance and how valued employees feel. Supporting balance and reducing stress keeps employees engaged and productive.
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MWH Treatment

MWH Treatment supports employee development through regular 'Let's Talk' conversations, a structured Graduate and Apprenticeship scheme, and a comprehensive catalogue of courses. The company's job family structure and competency development initiative provide clear career progression paths.
The organisations prioritises employee wellbeing through various innovative initiatives, including the HSE Stress Indicator Tool, "Rate my Wellbeing" app, and ActivSHEQ assessments. The company's EAP provides 24/7 online counselling and resources for self-managed wellbeing, ensuring comprehensive support.
MWH Treatment actively contributes to society through various community and charity initiatives. From building a sensory garden for a local primary school to supporting local charities and animal sanctuaries, the company's commitment to giving back is evident.
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Opus Technology

Opus Technology does a family Christmas event each year where it purchases gifts for all the employees’ children, arranges a Santa and decorates the offices with Christmas decorations and games. Employees bring their families together for an afternoon of family fun with some added treats along the way, creating a sense of community amongst them.
Fully funded companywide social events take place three times per year, including interactive team building activities such as The Cube which bring employees together and help staff to get to know people outside of their immediate teams. Regular social events are also organised by departments across the organisation and encourage staff to build personal relationships.
Opus Technology continues to support Polar Bear International and the Kenya tree planting initiative. It has also recently donated £1700 to the Samson Centre, £2500 to Ukraine charities, £2000 to Turkey earthquake relief charities, and £2000 to Save the Children – raised through Christmas Jumper days.
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The Tank Museum Ltd

The Museum promotes growth through schemes like the Workshop apprenticeship, providing opportunities for hands-on experience and recognised qualifications. It also offers external management training annually for potential managers.
The Museum fosters team spirit through initiatives like mixed departmental training days and social events. Its commitment to cross-departmental communication strengthens the sense of belonging among the employees.
The Museum is committed to employee wellbeing, offering an EAP service and health cash plan scheme. It also hosts regular health and wellbeing events, recognising the importance of work-life balance.
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Harpenden Building Society

Harpenden Building Society encourages a strong team spirit. It hosts get-togethers like popular quiz nights and an end-of-year awards event, fostering a sense of belonging and camaraderie among employees.
The society provides wellbeing support via a free employee assistance programme, mental health first aiders, paid compassionate leave, and counselling support. It also offers flexible working arrangements to maintain work-life balance.
Regular business updates are shared by the Executive Committee, outlining the Society's plans, progress, and performance.
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Linnk Group

The organisation offers a free Employee Assistance Programme, which includes a confidential helpline, and up to 6 free counselling sessions. As part of the service, there is a mobile app, which includes webinars, nutritional advice, fitness advice, financial advice, and health checks. It also offers wellbeing days off in addition to annual leave.
Linnk Group runs monthly and quarterly incentives with trips for the winners. It has sent teams go-karting, to Clays, Flight Club, Fairgame, and it awarded an iPad as the prize at the end of year competition. The Group also awards an Employee of the Month in each office who is nominated by their senior colleagues.
The Group runs various donation-based events and awareness raising such as Macmillan Coffee Morning, Breast Cancer Now's Wear It Pink Day, Christmas Jumper Day, and Jeans for Genes Day. For Quarter 1 of 2024, it also supported the fundraising for a colleague's niece who has a heart condition requiring urgent surgery.
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Orega Management Ltd

Orega has a 'Wellbeing Board' located in the staff office. This board serves as a central hub for sharing information about various charities, support services, local exercise classes, and mental wellbeing courses. Furthermore, everyone at the organisation receives a ‘Wellbeing Day’ each year.
Orega Christmas parties break the mould of conventional office gatherings. Rather than a standard sit-down meal, the company organises a range of games and activities with chances to win prizes. This interactive approach caters to a variety of interests and ensures everyone can have a great time.
Orega’s 'Acting Up' scheme allows the organisation to offer temporary promotions to team members, providing them with a taste of the responsibilities and challenges of a new role before making a permanent shift. This 'try before you buy' approach allows employees to determine if the new position aligns with their career aspirations.
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Business Services
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Westminster Foundation for Democracy

At WFD, wellbeing is not extra. All staff are committed to their work because the company wants to make a positive difference. Its flexible working policies are a key initiative to support the positive wellbeing of its staff. These policies aim to improve work-life balance, reduce commuting costs, and relieve staff of some workplace pressures.

The company organises an annual “Reading Week” in which it pauses its usual work to discuss what's working well in the business and where change is needed. For 2023, the theme was ‘innovation’, gathering colleagues from across the business for over four days to hear about the application and challenges of delivering results and impact.

All of WFD’s line managers are dedicated to their managerial development through an externally sourced programme. The four-module programme covers 1 - Goal Setting and Engagement, 2 - Workload Management, Prioritisation, and Delegation, 3 - Managing for Performance, including Effective Feedback, and 4 - Coaching and Development Conversations.

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Age UK

Age UK has worked to embed a culture which values mental and physical wellbeing throughout the organisation. This includes a sign-posted Wellness Action Plan, training for managers from the mental health charity, Mind, on how to recognise and support people’s mental wellbeing, and 50 Mental Health First Aiders.
Age UK has a two-level management and leadership-development programme. Its Empowering Managers Programme focuses on empowering its managers with the right tools and knowledge to thrive in their roles, as well as ensuring its people managers understand, and are aligned with, its culture.
The organisation helps to build team relationships through a number of initiatives. Team away days develop relationships in a fun, out of office setting, whereas staff forums and briefings provide team members with the opportunity to have their voices heard.
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Evenlode Investment Management

Evenlode demonstrates its commitment to giving back through the establishment of the Evenlode Foundation. The Foundation addresses global and local issues, working with local charities and building long-term community partnerships.
Evenlode's leadership promotes transparency and open communication. This is exemplified by the availability of the company's monthly MI pack to all employees and the open discussions during the quarterly company meetings.
Evenlode prioritises employee wellbeing through flexible working hours, a two-day a week office policy, and wellbeing activities such as exercise classes and courses.
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Financial Services
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Fintel

Fintel encourages team spirit through regular team days and social events like the annual 'Easter Bonanza' and 'Summer Parties'. These initiatives foster a sense of belonging and camaraderie within teams, helping to create a fun and collaborative work environment.
Fintel prioritises employee wellbeing, launching a five-pillar wellbeing strategy and a dedicated mental wellbeing framework. The organisation also offers an Employee Assistance Program service as part of its Medical Cash Plan, encompassing one-to-one counselling, virtual GP appointments and a range of wellbeing resources.
Fintel is committed to giving back to society, evident in its charitable contributions and volunteering initiatives. The organisation provides free expert insight to MacMillan Cancer Support and offer free training to students at the University of Northampton. It has also introduced a volunteering allowance for employees to support local charities.
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