Health and Wellbeing

3.1

Health and Wellbeing

As our workforce faced unprecedented challenges caused by the pandemic, the health and wellbeing of our colleagues became the central priority during 2020-2021. A wide range of support and wellbeing initiatives were promoted, ranging from psychological and physical to financial. Our ‘Here for You’ programme focused on psychological support and was underpinned by Provide’s employee assistance programme and occupational health services.

Additional support was introduced during September 2020 when annual wellbeing conversations and action plans to target individual needs were introduced. Schwartz Round facilitators were trained to deliver team sessions providing the opportunity for reflection and peer support.

To augment our work in this area a ‘task and finish’ group was established to respond to feedback from colleagues. A plan was developed to address concerns relating to estate facilities and improving personal contact. From this, MS Teams sessions where colleagues could have a virtual ‘catch-up over a cuppa’ were introduced.

Provide’s wellbeing strategy also focused on personal finance and promoting the support already available was key. Provide has a credit union in place and our free digital financial expert ‘My Eva’, helps colleagues achieve financial goals. Positively, of those who accessed ‘My Eva’, 57% completed a financial health check.