My health is suffering because of my work
Pension Protection Fund have completed a series of health
and wellbeing workshops for the last year to positively engage with employees
and help enhance their health and wellbeing. The topics have been varied to
encourage employees to attend. The company have run workshops of mindfulness,
sleep deprivation, nutrition, fitness, impact on the immune system, dealing
with difficult people, resilience, work/life balance, people skills, how to
deal with lack of energy, how to take control and sharpen your focus. The
sessions are normally led by external provider: ‘Feelgood’. The company have
had nutritionists, clinical psychologists, mindfulness practitioners and sports
consultants in to lead and engage with their employees. The sessions tend to be
held in a boardroom with the speakers guiding the attendees through slides,
enabling discussion and on occasion group work. Sometimes the session can be
interactive such as the fitness session. The slides and handouts are then
posted to the intranet for download. The handouts that accompany the slides
have soundbites and top tips around health and wellbeing, and all have been
positively welcomed. Pension Protection Fund also run monthly free fruit drops
for employees, they provide enough fruit for an am and pm drop in both market
squares and signpost reminders each month that the fruit drop is available.