Free Health And Wellbeing Programme Offered To Businesses

Businesses are being offering free health and wellbeing support services for a year as part of a new government-funded initiative, supported by the Public Health Agency.

The service, being delivered by Health Matters NI, aims to mentor and support businesses through a structured four-stage process with the ultimate aim of improving the health and wellbeing of the workforce.

Within the programme, the following services are being offered:

• mentoring and support from an experienced workplace health and wellbeing coordinator

• a health and wellbeing survey which identifies employee health and wellbeing needs

• an automated report detailing current workplace health and wellbeing needs for employers and personal health profiles for employees

• provision of resources such as action plan templates, guides, questionnaires and literature

• health and wellbeing talks and services delivered by specialist coordinators for all of your staff

• health champion training for an individual or multiple individuals within your business to act as health ambassadors

• award ceremony in recognition of workplace health and wellbeing success.

Health Matter NI has said that businesses completing the programme can expect various benefits, including:

• improved employee morale

• increased productivity

• reduction in staff turnover

• reduction in illness-related absence

• increased quality of products and services

• improved corporate social responsibility

• improved public image (including PR opportunities).

Businesses interested in taking advantage of the programme can find out more information here (PDF), which also includes a registration form.

(MH)