BDA UPDATE
BDA WORK READY! The BDA Work Ready Programme focuses on driving demand for dietitians in workplace settings to undertake interventions which are proven to prevent ill health. The programme has a pool of Work Ready dietitians (who are all BDA member dietitians) across the country who have received specific training to equip them for all workplace settings. Work Ready dietitians have had an outstanding positive impact within many well-known brands. Hydration awareness was, and is, a topic which is raised again and again in communication with the workforce. Work Ready aims for organisations in all settings to have the tools available to emphasise and promote the importance and impact that hydration has on an individual’s health, performance and productivity.
Stay Afloat - Keep Hydrated’, brought to you by BDA Work Ready, is THE evidence-based guide to how organisations can support their workforce to drink adequate fluids and stay hydrated. The new pack, produced by our Work Ready Dietitians gives organisations the tools to enable them to become the hydration champions themselves. For a fee of £295, an employee within an organisation, in any setting, can become the organisation’s Hydration Champion and receive an evidencebased BDA Work Ready Hydration pack, containing: Hydration Manual, 30x Pee Charts and 100x Coasters.
. . . become the organisation’s Hydration Champion and receive an evidence-based BDA Work Ready Hydration pack
To request a BDA Work Ready hydration pack contact: workready@bda.uk.com. Tel: 0121 200 8080, or visit the BDA Work Ready website: www.bdaworkready.co.uk 44
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HOW DO I BECOME A BDA WORK READY DIETITIAN?
The BDA offers a CED course ‘Work Ready Programme - advancing skills for independent delivery of the BDA Work Ready Programme’ to equip dietitians with the knowledge and skill set to deliver interventions to all workplace settings. Once accredited, dietitians are invited to join our community of Work Ready dietitians by signing a license agreement. Dietitians are then provided access to the full programme
toolkit, literature review, marketing materials, a trademarked logo and the network of other dietitians; everything needed to get started. To request a BDA Work Ready hydration pack for your organisation, or for more information on how to become a Work Ready dietitian, please get in touch with the team at: workready@bda. uk.com. Tel: 0121 200 8080, or visit the BDA Work Ready website: www.bdaworkready.co.uk.
ARE YOU A BDA MEMBER? Programmes such as BDA Work Ready, help us to grow the impact and influence of our Association and the dietetic profession externally, as our key functions are to represent, promote and protect the professional, educational, public and workplace interests of our 9200+ strong membership. With approximately 80% of all HCPC registered dietitians within BDA membership, there has never been a better time to consider joining your professional body and trade union. If you are keen to share your enthusiasm, knowledge and experience and get involved in programmes such as BDA Work Ready to help advance dietetics and the dietetic profession, then joining the BDA is a great place to start. Membership is open to registered dietitians, dietetic support workers, dietetic students and those with an occupational interest in diet or food, so the BDA invites you to take a look at the benefits of becoming a BDA member at www.bda.uk.com/membership and consider joining at www.bda.uk.com/join.
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