Did you know that Corporate Wellness Programmes are not a new thing?
The Johnson & Johnson’s Live for Life programme was started in 1977.
There is a recent surge in companies looking at or investing in wellbeing for their employees. It is estimated that in the UK only 45% of companies with over 50 employees offer some kind of wellness benefits to their staff.
There has been significant research undertaken that wellness programmes reduce employee absenteeism, boost productivity, reduce stress, and increase employee engagement and communication.
When a wellness programme is carried out efficiently and incorporated into the working day/week it can provide a myriad of benefits for employees and employers alike, so why are more businesses not investing in these programmes?
Wellness at work is an investment in your employees that you can not afford to miss.
Work-related stress, anxiety or depression statistics from the HSE 2019 sited 12.8 million workdays are lost annually.
In 2019 the number of mental health absences from work cost the UK economy £1.4 billion according to Breathe’s Sick Report 2019.
The most common causes of long-term absence according to a recent CIPD survey 2020 were Mental ill-health and Stress. Stating:
“ More organisations need to take a proactive approach to managing absence through focusing on promoting health and well-being.”
Your Organisations’ Bespoke Wellness Programme
Introducing a Wellness at Work programme can improve mental health, emotional health and self-resilience, reduce absenteeism and create a culture of feeling valued.
My Wellness at Work programme will give your people the skills and knowledge to practice self-care in life both at home and work. Your people run your business so they should be at the heart of everything you do, and your success.
I can help you with staff engagement and well-being developing value in your most precious resource, your people.
I create bespoke one-off sessions or multi-session programmes covering multiple areas over a longer period of time, all tailor-made for your organisations’ individual needs.
Corporate wellness programmes are becoming more important for retaining top talent and improving employee performance, now is the time to invest in your employees, a lot of people are dealing with huge external factors that will be affecting their mental and physical health, including the most recent Covid-19 pandemic.
In fact, the Local Government Association (LGA) and the Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) have produced a briefing (external link to Public mental health and wellbeing and COVID-19) stating that there is a range of harmful impacts which may result including anxiety, depression, inability to cope, grief and loss from bereavement, domestic abuse and crowd behaviour which creates social norms that can reinforce harmful behaviours.
Supporting your employees through wellbeing and wellness events can help businesses and employees to survive during these unprecedented times and long into the future.
It doesn’t matter how big or small your business is we can help you build a programme around your employees and your businesses specific needs.
Whether it is a simple weekly wellness day to support with issues like stress, anxiety or insomnia, to offering 1-2-1 sessions to help offer confidential support with PTSD, stop smoking, losing weight, and addictions.
I can deliver benefits to your business and your people through:
Happy & Healthy Employees
Helping your employees stay happy and healthy will lead to a more engaged and productive workforce, as well as reduced absenteeism and better overall performance.
It’ll help your bottom line as well.
The ROI a business can expect to reap on average is 3:1, for every £1 spent the company will recoup £3 with a reduction in absenteeism and staff stress, and an increase in retention and productivity.