DWP St Austell BC
Employment and Support Allowance Benefit Service Centre
What we do:
Process claims for Employment and Support Allowance for claimants in the Southern Region.
Why we became a healthy workplace:
We wanted to improve the Health and Wellbeing of staff within St Austell BSC. We are keen to increase People Engagement levels, teamwork, morale, and general wellbeing of staff to work towards a healthier workforce.
Recent health and well being activities:
Autism Awareness session
Healthy Eating presentation and weigh in
Get Active challenge
NHS healthchecks
Macmillan cancer
Lower backpain workshop
Dementia friends awareness session
Civil Service Walking Challenge
Community 10,000 charity volunteer events
British Heart Foundation CPR awareness session [Staying Alive course]
Segway
Eden project zip wire challenge
Macmillan coffee morning
Success Story:
After attending a NHS Health check Colin changed his diet and lifestyle as a direct result of the findings. Colin has now replaced snacks with fruit and exercise and is feeling more healthy and full of energy!!! :-)
I fully support St Austell BSC with their Health & Wellbeing initiatives. The People Engagement Group have worked tirelessly to organise a variety of activities throughout 2015 including Lower back pain workshops, Macmillan awareness sessions, Dementia Friends, Autism awareness and NHS health checks, to name just a few!The PE group have worked in conjunction with the HASSRA [Sports and Social Club] to support nominated charities which include a diverse range of organisations such as Mount Edgcumbe Hospice, Tanya’s Courage Trust, Motor Neurone Disease, Cornwall Air Ambulance. Their innovative events have included dress down days, raffles, bingo, fancy dress down days as well as organised local events, this has had a tremendously positive effect on the morale and well-being within the whole site, keeping spirits up and generating a great team ethos during a challenging year. Their outstanding commitment is definitely worthy of recognition.
- Director
60% of people improve performance at work on days when they exercise (International Journal of Workplace Health Management)
Annually the average sickness absence is 3.5% (8 days per employee) and the average cost of absence per employee is estimated at £666. If you employ 100 people sickness absence is costing your business £66,000 each year. (CIPD Employee Absence, July 2008).
