DEPT OF CULTURE, MEDIA & SPORT WELL-BEING DAY
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Organisations that provide workplace well-being programmes have employees who are......
- Healthier
- Less stressed
- Happier at work
- More productive
- Less likely to be absent
- Less likely to seek alternative employment
BlueSkies offer excellent value Workplace Well-Being interventions, all of which include follow-up support for your employees through the member's area of this website. We do not offer generic services as we know that every company has unique requirements and BlueSkies tailors it's services to meet these.
Fitness
Even though most people could do with more, there are still only 24 hours in a day. This very often means that we don't get to do all of the things which we would like to do every day and we have to prioritise.
Unfortunately, it's often exercise that loses out and gets dropped to the bottom of the priority list. No matter how much we would 'like' to be more active, our increasingly busy lifestyles and commitments make it harder than ever to achieve the recommended 30 minutes of activity per day.
BlueSkies recognise that people's time is precious and that, for some of us, its a great challenge to devote time to exercising. We also know from first hand experience how valuable exercise is - especially for those people who struggle to find time for it!
For these reasons that BlueSkies offer health & fitness solutions which build exercise into daily life. We've plenty of tried & tested ideas to get your workforce more active including home & hotel room workouts that won't take more than 30 minutes for the energetic and time poor amongst you.
This could include specific workout sessions from organising an instructor to lead a circuit class in the conference room at 7am, arranging lunchtime walking club or coordinating a professional after-work aerobics class!
For more information on BlueSkies Workplace health & fitness services, click here.
Health MOT
Everybody knows the importance of their car's annual 'health check' but how many of us take the time to check our own health? With increasingly hectic and stressful lifestyles becoming commonplace, it is getting harder to take time-out to think about our health but it's even more important that we do so especially as many of the contributing factors to heart disease, diabetes and cancers have no symptoms.
BlueSkies Health MOTs screen for key risk factors and indicators of serious illnesses and can be carried out in the convenience of your workplace. With the introduction of our new Home Health MOT service, screening can also be carried out in the comfort of your own home!
Each workplace consultation is followed up with a full verbal and written explanation of results and all Health MOT clients receive complementary access to BlueSkies online resources to aid them in improving their results.
Assessments that can be carried out include:
Blood pressure - Total & HDL (good) cholesterol
- Blood sugar and diabetes risk
- Body composition
- Visceral (internal) fat level
- Hydration status
- Body Mass Index (BMI)
- Waist circumference
- Waist to Hip Ratio (WHR)
For more information on BlueSkies range of Health MOTs, click here.
Here's what Somerset County Council said about BlueSkies Health MOT service:
"The service offered to Somerset County Council by BlueSkies Fitness Ltd is excellent..........I have no hesitation at all in recommending BlueSkies to other companies and organisations." For the full testimonial, click here.
Education
BlueSkies offer a range of workplace education services that address the needs of organisations of all sizes. Whether you're looking for a healthy lifestyle workshop for a small group of employees or a motivational presentation with a differnce at your annual conference - we have the skills, knowledge and experience to provide a first-class service.
With the launch of our new Learn@Lunch service, we offer cost-effective education and health promotion delivered direct to the workplace, wherever that may be. For more information on this service, please click here.
Popular topics for sessions include:
- Eating Well at Work - how to boost health AND productivity
- Posture in the Workplace - how good posture improves well-being
- The Benefits of Physical Activity to the Workplace
- Physical Activity & Work - you do have time for both!
- Life on the Road - a salesperson's guide to a healthy lifestyle
- Tick, Tick, Boom - dealing with stress before it deals with you!
BlueSkies provided a Posture Workshop at the 2008 Lloyds TSB Commercial Conference. Over the 4 day conference, we conducted 40 interactive workshops allowing many of the 4,000 delegates to benefit from the sessions.
Conference organisers Logistik, said this of BlueSkies:
'[BlueSkies] were very easy to work with, friendly and amenable to the myriad of changes we had to make in order to deliver the event successfully. Thanks once again, and [Logistik] look forward to hopefully working with you again in the future.' January, 2008
For more information on BlueSkies Educational services, please click here.
Massage
The power of touch is unique - it can soothe, relax, re-energise and de-stress! Massage has been used for centuries to harness the power of touch in a formal way and BlueSkies Workplace Massage packages can bring this wonderful therapy to your office.
We provide a variety of massage therapies including Indian head massage and our popular desk-based massage. Designed specifically for the workplace, this brief massage conducted through clothes, targets areas of tension in the back, neck and arms often experienced by office workers and display screen users.
For more information on BlueSkies Workplace Massages, click here.
Stress Management
The Institute of Personnel and Development estimates that sick leave costs British industry approximately £500 per employee which equates to £13 billion per year! Of the sick days taken, ~6.5 million per year are as a result of stress. Add to this the fact that research from Harvard University shows that work-related stress is as harmful to health as smoking or taking no exercise and it becomes apparent that business needs to take steps to prevent stress from debilitating it's workforce.
BlueSkies is realistic - we know that its not possible, or even healthy, to avoid stress. We believe that people can deal with stress in productive ways and can teach your employees the steps needed to minimise the destructive stress they experience.
Through coaching workshops on topics such as relaxation strategies, fitness & nutrition strategies, behaviour change, effective goal setting and time management, BlueSkies change the way that stress is perceived and dealt with.
For more information on BlueSkies Stress Management services, click here.
BetterShape Weight Management
Being overweight can affect people physically, socially & psychologically, but losing weight doesn't always come top of the priority list. This is especially true for those with a busy family, work and social life.
BlueSkies know that time is precious and we also know that fad-diets don't work! This led us to create BetterShape, our weight management programme, which is simple, safe and effective and can be run at a time that is convenient to you.
BetterShape is a comprehensive 12 week programme backed up by on-going support to help you maintain your new better shape and healthier weight. Our programme is flexible meaning that it can be run on-site or remotely via phone, e-mail and Internet communication.
To find out more about the BetterShape plan, click here.