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Co-op launches manifesto to put health and wellbeing of UK’s 7m night shift workers in the spotlight

Stuart Mitchell

Convenience retailer, Co-op, has launched a new manifesto in Parliament which calls upon retailers and policy makers to address the deteriorating physical and mental health of the nation’s growing army of night shift workers. As figures reveal that there are now seven million people working at night – 54% of whom were identified as key workers at the start of the Coronavirus pandemic – the retailer wants organisations to demonstrate a duty of care for its night shift workers who are known to be at greater risk of developing heart…

Global Alliance launches first ever truly global Mental Health & Wellbeing Month this September 2020

Stuart Mitchell

The Global Alliance will launch the first ever Mental Health & Wellbeing Month this September 2020. The Global Alliance state that after the impacts of the pandemic that changed the social interaction between people all over the world it is important to maintain a mindset and behavioral balance on the Physical, Emotional or Psychological, Social, Spiritual, Intellectual and Economic dimensions. The Global Alliance encourage their community of members to create and share content on the multidimensions of Mental Health & Wellbeing through videos, texts, podcasts, apps, websites, meetings that show…

Half of marketers have suffered 100 days without wellbeing support from their employers

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and Hays issued a warning to its members and the wider marketing community to consider the wellbeing of employees working from home. The call comes in response to research from recruiting experts Hays that shows half (47%) of employers had failed to provide any form of wellbeing support to marketing teams since lockdown began 100 days ago.  The consequences of social isolation and enforced absence from the office have had a severe impact on the mental well-being of marketers. A quarter (25%) of those…

Waitrose, John Lewis and Vitality team up with Olympic heroes to help improve customers’ health and wellbeing as lockdown eases

Stuart Mitchell

Waitrose, John Lewis and health and life insurer Vitality has launched a series of free virtual workshops focused on health and wellbeing, exclusively for myWaitrose and myJohn Lewis members. The programme has been created to help address some of the undesirable “side effects” of lockdown including poor posture from lengthy spells of home working, disturbed sleep or unhealthy eating habits. From this week, the retailers’ members are being invited to book onto a range of free live classes, including: Talks from in-house Waitrose nutritionists on making healthier food choices and…

PRCA, ICCO, and Opinium launch Mental Wellbeing Audit

Stuart Mitchell

The PRCA, ICCO, and Opinium are partnering again to conduct a mental wellbeing audit of the PR and communications industry. This year’s audit will seek to understand how COVID-19 is impacting the mental wellbeing of practitioners and how individuals are coping with remote working. The results of the survey will enable the industry to explore how the current pandemic is affecting employees and their wellbeing. It will also provide insight on how to best support staff who are struggling with their mental health. This follows last year’s research which revealed…