Wow! What an amazing Wellbeing at Work Conference last week! Thank you to all those who attended and nominated colleagues for the Wellbeing Champion Awards. It was really hard to pick a winner this year because of all the amazing work everyone has been doing within their organisations!
 
Well done to all those who were nominated and then shortlisted, we were so impressed with the commitments and consistency you have all shown through another tough year with COVID-19.

Congratulations to the following award winners:

Wellbeing Champion of the Year 2021/22 - Katherine Hendrick, Co-op Group Plymouth LSC

Micro-business Wellbeing Champion of the Year 2021/22 - Karen Meadows, PUSHED

Wellbeing Team of the Year 2021/22 - Babcock Early Careers Health and Wellbeing Team, Babcock International Group

Wellbeing Mentor of the Year 2021/22 - Jemma Freeman, Plymouth City Council

Thrive Plymouth is led by the Office of the Director of Public Health, Plymouth City Council and is our 10-year plan working together with partners to improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities in the city.
 
Plymouth City Council & our partners invite you to join us on
Wednesday 11th May 2022 from 9.30am– 1pm
Online via MS Teams
 
The morning will include

•  A celebration of Thrive Plymouth six years on
• Reflections on the pandemic and health inequalities in Plymouth
• Plans for supporting health and wellbeing through the theme ‘Listening and Reconnecting’
• A showcase of tools & approaches used locally to ‘listen and connect’
• How to join free workshops and training following the launch

Who should come?
Thrive Network Members
Health and Social Care
Businesses
Voluntary Organisations
Community Groups
People who work with children, young people and vulnerable people or people with complex lives
Those interested in making a difference to health, wellbeing and/or health inequalities
 
Please register at
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/thrive-plymouth-launch-2022-tickets-309941231567

The Seetec Pluss, Disability Confidence Programme falls under our Continuous Excellence Award level.
"Disability Confident is a government scheme that will help you to embrace the talents that people with disabilities and health conditions can bring to your workplace."                           

How to achieve work-life balance while working from home
 

Interesting article in the resources section of our website discussing the changing attitudes and behaviours to work-life balance.
 
• 65% of people value a good work-life balance as the most important factor when looking for work.
• As of April 2021, 31% of workers still worked remotely for the majority of the time.
• The proportion of people working remotely varies hugely between sectors. In the Information and Communication industry, 81% of the workforce is remote. In contrast, just 8% of Accommodation and Food Service employees work remotely.
• As of December 2020, there were 22% more people who worked from home in rural areas than in urban areas.

As we have been emerging from the pandemic, the Wellbeing training team have been working behind the scenes to develop our training offer for the coming year 2022.
We are now pleased to introduce our new Wellbeing training programme, we are now delivering:

• Mental Health First Aid, Adult and Youth (MHFA)
• Applied Suicide intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
• safeTALK 

The link will take you straight through to our training offer on the ‘Wellbeing at Work’ webpage and from there you will be able to book on to your chosen course through Eventbrite.

We have more dates being added to our training courses. Make sure you get yourselves booked in so you don't miss the spaces. 

Understanding Grief and Bereavement:
https://wbt-ugb-virtual.eventbrite.co.uk

Connect 5:
Session 1: https://wbtconnect5s1.eventbrite.co.uk 
Session 2: https://wbtconnect5s2.eventbrite.co.uk
Session 3: https://wbtconnect5s3.eventbrite.co.uk

Wellbeing Champion Training:
If you are interested in our Wellbeing Champion Training then please email c.roberts24@nhs.net

 
If you would like to book a virtual bespoke training session for your organisation then please email livewell.training@nhs.net which will take you to the Wellbeing Training Team.

Upcoming Campaigns
Download our Wellbeing at Work Events Calendar here and use it for planning your healthy lifestyle events.

1st May - 31st May 2022 - Walking Month 2022 - May 2022 is National Walking Month. Get your steps in and enjoy the sunshine during the month of May #WalkThisMay. For more information click here

3rd - 9th May 2022 - Sun Awareness Week 2022 - "The British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) currently runs a national campaign around skin cancer called Sun Awareness, which includes National Sun Awareness Week in May. This campaign is overseen by the BAD’s Skin Cancer Prevention Committee, comprised of leading medical professionals with expertise in skin cancer, vitamin D and public health messaging." For more information click here

 4th - 9th May 2022 - Deaf Awareness Week - “In the UK alone, there are over 10 million people living with some form of hearing loss, whether it is mild or profound.” For more information, click here

9th - 15th May 2022 - Mental Health Awareness Week - This years theme is around Loneliness, “Loneliness is affecting more and more of us in the UK and has had a huge impact on our physical and mental health during the pandemic. Our connection to other people and our community is fundamental to protecting our mental health and we need to find better ways of tackling the epidemic of loneliness. We can all play a part in this.” For more information click here