Dr Julie Denning, Managing Director, W2W We wrote an article earlier in the year asking men to talk more about their health. It has made me increasingly aware of men’s health promotion, and there have been several things I’ve recently read or seen that I wanted
Julie Denning, Managing Director, W2W I was watching Marie Kondo with my children over the summer, keen to inspire them to keep tidier rooms (am I asking the impossible?) and something struck me. In fact, while tidying said bedrooms, it hit all of us. The simple
Julie Denning, Managing Director, W2W As a line manager, you may find it very difficult to start a conversation with one of your colleagues about their health. In recent times there has been an understandable push for Line Managers to be mental ill-health aware. As we know,
There is currently lots of media attention surrounding mental health issues in our society. I have been to a number of mental health conferences and events this year to find out about current thinking and what people are doing within this area of growing concern
Nicola Hunter gives her thoughts on the challenges we are facing in the workforce. On May 2nd Julie Denning, from W2W will be presenting at the joint RCOT/ SOM / VRA symposium "Good Work for Good Health - What Role Can You Play? Health challenges In order
Employee Wellbeing initiatives are continuing to be on the rise in many large organisations. There is a general sense that they are going to provide a ‘feel good’ factor for employees and there is some evidence that providing wellbeing initiatives will boost productivity and therefore
I recently attended the IOSH National Safety and Health Conference keen to understand more about the relationship between workplace culture and wellbeing. The opening presentation was from Stephan Bevan (Head, HR Research Development at Institute of Employment Studies) He spoke of how a recent report commissioned
Consider your staff’s mental health and wellbeing. We know that being responsible for a team (small or large) can be hard at times. Regardless of your profession, there will always be a pressure to deliver against constraints like budget and time which can be stressful for
We were recently asked to contribute to an article by Colin Hawes of Generali who was writing for HR Grapevine. As Colin says, “It’s generally a given that employers should do all they can to support employees diagnosed with cancer. The reality, however, is that support
Sleep and the seeming epidemic of not enough sleep is really hitting the headlines recently. We support many of our patients who have problems with their sleep and they are not alone. In 2017, the Sleep Council's The Great British Bedtime Report discovered that 30% of
