HCM PEOPLE
The idea was to weave a wellness culture into the fabric of village life by incorporating movement, rest and relaxation, nutrition, connectedness, purpose and environment
Helena Field
Wellbeing by Rangeford Villages 22
Issue 4 2021 ©Cybertrek 2021
Tell us about your work on Wellbeing by Rangeford Villages I was asked to establish a fully integrated, holistic fitness and wellbeing concept for Rangeford Villages, the later living specialists. The idea was to weave a wellness culture into the fabric of village life by incorporating movement, rest and relaxation, nutrition, connectedness, purpose and environment. I worked with the executive team to develop four foundations of wellbeing to form the basis of the new concept. Wellbeing is defined as being happy, healthy and comfortable and we believe that every resident should have their emotional, physical and mental needs supported while living at the village. The Four Foundations have been carefully selected to provide an all-encompassing approach to living a happy, healthy and thriving life and they are: purpose – how residents choose to fill their days; health – how they stay physically and mentally well; community – how residents stay connected; environment – how they feel a sense of security. To support these foundations, we developed a wellbeing consultation for residents to participate in if they choose and incorporated the concept into every aspect of the village to holistically link all areas of the facilities, including the spa, gym, fitness classes, gardens, lawn games, hair salon, treatments, lounges, restaurant and bar, coffee shop and hobby spaces. What facilities and programmes are on offer? One example, Wadswick Green’s social hub – known as The Pavilion – is home to the residents’ spa with treatment rooms, a gym, swimming pool including sauna and steamroom and hair salon. Residents also have access to a personal trainer, with many free classes available for them to join and the team can provide access to the best local practitioners in their field, such as sleep therapists, nutritionists, chiropodists, osteopaths, and physiotherapists if required.
