With 15.4 million working days lost due to work related stress, depression or anxiety in 2017/18 and 0.6 million workers suffering from work related stress, depression or anxiety in 2017/18, (HSE HelpGBworkwell), what actions are you taking as a business to support your employees wellbeing?
The leading mental health charity ‘Mind’ has partnered up with charity ‘RED Together’ to create RED January which is a community initiative that encourages you to support your mental health by doing something active every single day. Many taking part in RED January choose to fundraise for Mind, supporting the vital work that they do but it’s not compulsory. RED January can provide employees with a goal and focus to help them through a characteristically tough month.
It is not unusual to be cash poor in January; RED January is free and all-inclusive. RED January can empower, educate and support everyone to start the year as they mean to go on, forming healthy habits to continue throughout January and beyond. Registration is free and anyone can register until Midnight 3rd January 2019. There are free posters available to download that as employers you can use to encourage your employees to get active.
Need help or ideas on what else can you do to support your employees?
Find out top tips on how to promote health and wellbeing in the workplace while reducing absence and improving business performance by attending out next business breakfast club on Tuesday 22nd January 2019 at 7.30am at the Holiday Inn central, Ashford. Tickets are £15 including breakfast, where we shall be discussing the topic of Improving business performance and profitability by ensuring employee health and wellbeing are at the heart of business culture.
Our October interactive business breakfast club was was a great success with a full house of over 20 HR professionals and Business Leaders attending. The mix of the group led to great discussions and debates about how to attract and retain the best talent.
If you can't attend the breakfast club and would still like more information on what you can do to support your employees, give us a call today for a free consultation.