Workplace wellbeing
Halo Helps...Support health and wellbeing in the workplace
Why a healthy workplace means healthy results in all respects…
Organisations in every sector say they have learned a lot as a result of the Covid pandemic and one of the most positive things is the importance of staff taking time out to look after both their physical and mental wellbeing. Not because the work pressure is low, but because the role of workplace health (and the financial/emotional drain of workplace absence) has such an impact on the performance that employers can no longer ignore it.
Even though physical activity is shown to help staff manage stress, maintain energy levels, and retain a positive outlook: one survey from The British Heart Foundation showed that nearly one in five workers in the UK have no physical activity during working hours and barely a quarter manage 20 minutes or less over the entire working day.
Other studies have not only shown employers that supporting their workforce to be more physically active can reduce short term absenteeism (as a result of coughs, colds and flu), and long term sickness absence (due to problems like stress, back pain, heart disease) but are seeing the benefits in the recruitment and retention of staff when the health and happiness of employees is made a priority.
Halo has seen their own evidence of this since launching workplace wellbeing programmes with the Wye Valley NHS Trust in Herefordshire and Sony Tech in Pencoed South Wales.
This is what the staff have had to say about the support offered by Halo in partnership with their employer…
“Having regular check-ins is keeping me on track to ensure I am going in the right direction”.
“It’s focusing on one result (from the body composition machine) instead of everything together. LIttle changes over time give bigger results”.
“It’s given me that feeling of wanting to get back to feeling good about myself”.
“Lots of people are interested in advice on being healthy, especially when you work shifts”.
How employers can really put workplace wellbeing on the agenda
With the Active Together (sometimes called corporate) membership you can offer every member of your team, and their partners living at the same address (even if they don’t work for the company) discounted access to Halo Leisure.
12 good reasons to take up a no-cost-to-company corporate membership…
With a discounted rate, no contract, no joining fee and the FIRST 6 WEEKS FREE, your team can enjoy:
- Access to all local Halo Centres*
- Group exercise classes (and Halo has over 100 to choose from).
- Gym workouts.
- Swimming and aqua fitness classes.
- Relaxation in our saunas and steam rooms.
- Power assisted exercise in our Toning Suite .
- Outdoor activities – golf, cycle track, athletics track
- Indoor Climbing.
- Free use of Boditrax (body composition scanner).
- Personal support from qualified health and fitness professionals.
- A fitness activity plan to meet your goals.
- Free use of Halo@home where you can access hundreds of online workouts.
There is absolutely no cost to your company to sign up, all we ask is that your company promotes the scheme to your staff that results in at least 5 individuals to sign up, and soon you’ll be feeling the benefits to your bottom line!
If you want to make a change to your workplace, email info@haloleisure.org.uk
*activities vary between sites, visit https://haloleisure.org.uk/ for what’s available, when and where.
All the companies we work with feel the benefit via their staff’s loyalty, health, retention, team spirit…
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If you are really serious about putting workplace wellbeing on the agenda, Halo can devise a bespoke package to help you get your workforce to be more active more often. Select from the following menu of activities…
| PROPOSED ACTIVITY | BENEFITS |
| Health and Wellbeing Survey | Let us evaluate the health and wellbeing of your staff and identify a range of initiatives to suit their needs. |
| Health and Fitness Testing | What everyone should know – the starting point that moves and motivates and so helps drive change. We’ll measure blood pressure, lung capacity, flexibility, fitness, BPI, and hip to waist ratio etc |
| Group Exercise | Let us transform a small space in your building into a group exercise studio, offering classes to suit your staff from yoga, to aerobics, to bootcamp. |
| Blood Pressure Testing Event | One of the essential regular health tests, brought into the office to benefit everyone. Our team can advise on follow up to results. |
| Halo centre based activities | Perfect for building and bonding teams. Team challenges in our gyms, pools, studios, courts, tracks, sports halls. |
| Team events including training for national initiatives like Race for Life. | Everyone feels the benefit when employees come together and train as a team for these special days. |
| Stop Smoking Support Workshops | For every member of your team who wants to quit and improve their health. |
| Specialist advice | From healthy eating and nutrition, to maintaining good mental health. |
| Staff Health Events | We’ll develop events and/or competitions around a national health theme, from National Fitness Day, Wear it Pink (for Breast Health Awareness) to Movember in November to promote men’s health issues. This is a brilliant way to bring resources to your team that will empower them to take better care of their own, and each others’ health, and to help them celebrate the new focus on wellbeing at work.
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All the companies we work with feel the benefit via their staff’s loyalty, health, retention, team spirit…
Want a piece of the action?