Do your team need a pick me up? Do you have staff who have been working at kitchen tables without supportive chairs and the correct office set up during lockdown? Is sickness in the workplace due to back pain an issue? Pilates could offer a solution for your business!...
Worcestershire Works Well
Worcestershire County Council key messaging for Covid-19
Worcestershire County Council have implemented a considerable programme of work to reduce the sustained high numbers of Covid-19 cases in Redditch. We continue to see spread amongst the working age population, so a considerable amount of engagement and communications...
OASIS – Older Adult Mental Health Carer Support and Information Sessions
Are you supporting an older person (over 65) with a mental health need? Would you like to talk to other people who are supporting someone too and learn more about mental health support and services? Worcestershire Association of Carers are working in partnership with...
£40,000 Boost for Worcestershire Retirement Saving Trials
The Department for Work and Pensions has today announced a £40,000 funding boost in Worcestershire for schemes that help people take stock of their wealth and health as they get closer to retirement. With the pandemic impacting people’s finances in different ways,...
Tackling Loneliness in Worcestershire
Tackling loneliness has always been a priority in Worcestershire but now more than ever. We recognise that there are people of all ages who are feeling lonely and want to encourage everyone to take simple steps to help them feel more connected, which we can all do,...
Forward thinking in challenging times: Workplace Movement
Active workplaces are healthier, happier and more productive, with less stress, lower absence and better performance. Our insight suggests, however despite knowing the importance and benefits for individual health and organisational performance achieved through...
Vaccine Update for Carers in Worcestershire
Worcestershire Association of Carers, a local charity who support carers, are working closely with Worcestershire County Council and NHS colleagues, to enable as many of Worcestershire’s adult carers as possible to be offered their first Covid-19 Vaccinations. This...
How can the Worcestershire Works Well scheme benefit your business?
Improved employee health and wellbeing has been shown repeatedly to improve profitability and productivity of businesses. Worcestershire Works Well is a free accreditation scheme designed to support businesses to improve the health and wellbeing of their employees. To...
Now We’re Talking with Art
Now We’re Talking with Art is a new campaign spreading positivity, highlighting mental health support and encouraging people to get out, exercise and support local businesses too. Organised by Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, which provides...
Businesses invited to take part in regional suicide prevention initiative
Citizens and businesses across Herefordshire and Worcestershire are invited to take part in a new Suicide Prevention Project taking place across the two counties. The project team is based at Worcestershire County Council but the project itself is part of a national programme funded by NHS England. We’re pleased to invite you to our first virtual stakeholder meeting. We’ll be running two versions – one for Worcestershire and one for Herefordshire: