wHat is WORKPLACE wellness ?
Workplace Wellness is about the proactive and responsible approach that organisations can take to support and look after the health of their workforce. By cultivating a working environment that promotes mental, physical and environmental health, employers can positively impact on stress, reduce absenteeism and improve the workforce energy and performance and engender a culture of people engagement.
WHAT EVERY BUSINESS NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT WORKPLACE WELLNESS
- The estimated cost to employers, communities and the taxpayer of working-age ill health is around £100 billion a year- this is the equivalent to the annual running cost of the NHS.
- The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) estimated that 172 million working days were lost in 2008 due to absence costing employers alone £13 billion.
- Dame Carol Black’s March 2008 review of the health and well-being of the working age population highlighted the fact that a healthy workforce is a happier, more productive workforce.
- In the UK, over 13 million working days are lost every year because of stress.
- Stress is believed to trigger 70% of visits to doctors and 85% of serious illnesses.
- According to MIND (The leading mental health charity in England and Wales) one in four people will be affected by mental illness during their life time
- According to The World Health Organisation, depression is one of the leading causes of disability and by 2020 will the second biggest global concern
- Our increasingly sedentary lifestyle and poor eating habits has led to 66% of men and over 50% of women in the UK being overweight or obese.
- According to Dame Carol Black’s report, by 2050, if trends continue, 90% of men and 80% of women will be overweight or obese.
- The Government has now introduced The Challenge Fund which supports small organizations with staff from 1 – 249 employees with free funding
- Many organizations are investing in wellbeing programmes for their staff and the government has provided a free down-loadable tool to help track investment
Our Workplace Wellness
programmes can be tailored to suit the specific needs of your business.
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