It’s widely acknowledged that workplace wellbeing is an essential aspect of any organisation. As such, a culture that centres around health can be a major draw for employees as well as helping you retain your top talent. An accreditation from the Workplace Wellbeing Charter demonstrates your organisation’s commitment to improving the lives of those who work there.
The Workplace Wellbeing Charter provides a national accreditation for organisations who are committed to improving the health and wellbeing of their workforce. The Charter is built on a solid framework which ensures you have every angle of workplace wellbeing covered.
We know every organisation is different, so we have designed the process to allow flexibility to suit any workplace and make each accreditation bespoke. We have accredited over 1,000 workplaces from micro businesses to organisations with thousands of employees.
Your consultant and account manager will provide assistance by offering information, support and guidance that is tailored to your organisation. Upon completion of the accreditation you will receive a full post-assessment report. This will include all findings and recommendations from the accreditation to facilitate your organisation's wellbeing programme.
In addition, there is the option for all employees to complete an organisation's wellbeing assessment. This will generate quantitative wellbeing data that goes far beyond basic health and safety legislative requirements. It’s a simple way to gather information about the health of your workforce enabling you to track progress against your wellbeing objectives
By achieving the Workplace Wellbeing Charter, you will be demonstrating to your employees that you are making a commitment to their health and wellbeing. You will be helping them make positive lifestyle changes that will boost morale, improve teamwork and increase wellbeing awareness. Further health, safety and wellbeing training is available on request.
Your accreditation will be recognised across the United Kingdom and will clearly illustrate your organisation's commitment to championing a positive health and wellbeing culture. Listed on our website you will be able to use the Workplace Wellbeing Charter logo on all of your marketing materials. You will also receive a desktop award and certificate to display.
The Charter is segmented into eight topic areas which have been developed in line with best practice and the latest research. These topic areas range from leadership and absence management to physical activity and healthy eating.
This section reviews how health and wellbeing are embedded into policies and procedures, communication methods, the role of line managers, training and organisational development.
Supporting employees who are unwell is fundamental to the success of any organisation. These standards provide a guide to ensure workplaces move towards a preventative approach with a range of support in place.
Benchmarking against the standards here is useful for workplaces to ensure compliance with legislation and that appropriate policies, risk assessments, training, reporting and governance structures are in place.
Stress and mental health conditions are among the leading causes of absence and reduced productivity across the country and can affect any staff member. Our standards help workplaces address these issues by reducing stigma, offering support, providing information and training, assessing risk and developing strategies.
The standards help workplaces to consider awareness of workplace regulations, support to quit, company stance on e-cigarettes and smoking in outdoor areas.
Physically active workers have lower absence rates than those who do not exercise and have been shown to be more productive at work. We encourage workplaces to share information with staff to provide support and encourage exercise.
Food choices can have a profound effect on health and work performance and while an organisation cannot tell staff what to eat, the Charter provides a framework to raise awareness of healthy habits.
The Charter standards are designed to help workplaces ensure a clear policy is in place, support is available, managers feel confident to deal with issues and information and regulations are communicated effectively.
Help and support doesn’t end once you have achieved the Workplace Wellbeing Charter. At the end of your accreditation process your account manager and consultant will discuss with you a number of initiatives that will prove beneficial to you and your employees. This includes free online access to Health@Work webinars, a half-yearly catch up and the mProve YOURSELF app.
With a decrease in sickness and general health, there is a general improvement across the board.
Mando
Introducing health and wellbeing across the organisation make sure the staff are engaged as part of our wellbeing initiative.
United Utilities
As leaders it helped us set the direction with our staff encouraging them to take more of themselves and there has been a massive improvement with morale in comparison to a year ago.
Office of the Public Guardian
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