健康星期三
沟通, 文化, 教育, 就业, 外部活动, 招聘, 健康, 工作生活
Age, 类, 性别、 神经的多样性, Race & 种族, 宗教, 性, 社会经济地位
快速 & easy, 中期, 长期
概述
This February we’re celebrating 5 years of our health and wellbeing initiative ‘健康 Wednesday’. Initially introduced by our 文化 Lead Sam Sharwin to create a midweek pick me up where we could all get away from our desks for a rest, reset and interact with members of our team who we wouldn’t normally work with on a daily basis.
5年过去了，“健康星期三”不断发展壮大, with many activities included under the 健康 Wednesday umbrella, 比如“读书俱乐部”, 的学校旅行, “咖啡与谈话”, “考虑到陶瓷”, ‘Desert Island Favourites’ not to mention various quizzes and games. 我们知道，一种方式不可能适合所有人, we’ve made it so there is something for everyone and it’s always optional to join in.
At Skyrise we view health as whole with mental and physical as equal parts. The initiative has really encouraged us to start those sometimes difficult conversations around mental health in the workplace and help us open up about our own mental health. It's amazing to think how it all started with a weekly email containing interesting health tips and some fruit infused water for the office.
我们的目标是什么
我们想每周创造一个时刻，激发一种联系. Where people who don’t normally work together on day to day come together to chat, 讨论, engage and think about different things that aren't necessarily work related. We’ve always been a fun and friendly place to work with a good culture so we wanted to build upon that with an initiative that could get our team thinking about their health and wellbeing. 如果诚实, “健康星期三”一开始并不是一个有计划的活动, 这只是一个可行的想法. 在过去的5年里，这种基调一直保持不变, 这是有机, 诚实的, 本土的，有趣的.
我们采取的实际步骤
The initiative started on no budget and has now evolved to a very small budget. 提供的活动并不需要花费很多钱. A few coffees and healthy snacks are provided for activities like ‘Book Clubbers’ and ‘Coffee and Conversations’, 粘土等材料为“用心陶艺”提供. We try to gauge numbers for activities to ensure there is also no waste or over purchasing. 所有的活动都由我们领导.
的学校旅行 and ‘Coffee and Conversations’ are our two firm favourite activities. 跟学校旅行的伪装很像, a Skyrise ‘School Trip’ is a planned outing where we visit places of interest a short walk away from our Manchester city centre based office, 比如美术馆和博物馆. 这对我们来说是一个很好的机会来增加我们的步数, 伸展我们的腿, 也许学到一些新的东西，也有一些乐趣.
“咖啡 & Conversations' is an informal open and 诚实的 chat around a featured topic. They usually take place in a local indie coffee shop and the subject may be around an awareness day / month or a topic we haven't spoken about before.
You do not have to speak or contribute to the conversation if you don't want to, 你可以通过倾听来参与.
这是否产生了积极的影响?
“健康星期三”对我们的业务起到了积极的推动作用. 它有助于促进团队之间的协作, brought us together and created a safe space where our team feels a sense of belonging. We’ve also thrown a spotlight on health where our team knows they can expect a weekly email (on a Wednesday) with practical tips on mental and physical health. We have held awareness sessions around health issues such as perimenopause and menopause, 血压, 压力和焦虑, 男性心理健康与自杀预防. 健康 Wednesday has inspired and encouraged our team to 讨论 subjects at work and beyond more confidently. 没有什么话题是可以讨论的，也没有什么禁忌. We have pledged to support various charities such as Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust #timetotest champaign which encourages our team to go for smear tests within work time as we all know it can be hard to find appointments.
你学到了什么可以帮助别人的东西?
我们学会了积极主动, 你不需要很大的预算, 一定要诚实，发自内心. 健康星期三是团队合作和放松的星期三, 这就是为什么我们的人民对它感到很舒服, 感觉很真诚, 没有隐藏的目的. Pre covid times our 健康 Wednesday activities were very much in person. Navigating working from home and hybrid working has really helped shape how we interact together online. We always want all team members to feel as involved as they want to be, there’s no pressure. 包容和沟通是关键. 幻灯片总是共享的，可以在任何时候访问. We also encourage our team to share health and wellness information to friends, 家庭和其他企业.
How will you make the benefit of this initiative or campaign endure?
我们为“健康星期三”感到骄傲. 我们可以全心全意地说，Skyrise的所有团队都喜欢它. It has helped retain our people and attract new talent to the business. We’ve also won two UK Company 文化 Awards for (in-house) best health and wellbeing initiative. 去年我们完成了两家公司的合并, it’s not an exaggeration to say 健康 Wednesday helped us weave our values into the new business as Skyrise. 在一天结束的时候, everything we do is with the aim of having a motivated team who enjoy coming to work and feel a real sense of belonging.
“健康星期三”本身就是一个晴雨表, if people stop attending activities or aren’t engaged anymore we change it up and keep evolving it to fit the needs of our team. We also regularly send out anonymous surveys to get the team's thoughts and input on the activities. 健康 Wednesday is now synonymous with our culture and encompasses all our core values to be ‘Real’, “互联”与“创造者”. 我们期待着未来5年的发展.
