Good Health at Work
Suffolk Libraries are inviting Suffolk’s small and medium sized businesses to take part in a consultation to help to identify how to better support employees with their wellbeing.
Supporting wellbeing and promoting good mental health is a huge part of Suffolk Libraries’ work in the community and they are the only library service in the country with a dedicated wellbeing team.
They have already been working closely with several local businesses on the Department for Health and Social Care funded Menopause & Me project.
Consultation
This consultation aims to understand how Suffolk’s SMEs currently support their staff wellbeing, what’s working well, what more can be done and what might be stopping businesses and their staff accessing wellbeing support.
The plan is to also identify existing workplace wellbeing support, including the training and resources available in Suffolk, and any gaps which might exist. Ultimately, they want to look at how it can help SME’s to provide wellbeing support to their staff and signpost them to resources which can help. Suffolk Libraries can also share learning from their own approach to supporting staff wellbeing and their other wellbeing programmes.
Your input will help
To inform the consultation, they will be holding an online focus group on Thursday 16th November between 10.30am and 12pm. For those who cannot make it, they will also be accepting interviews with businesses to discuss their views and practices in this area. These interviews will be no longer than 30 minutes each.
If you can take part in this focus group, or the interviews, your input would be greatly valued, and your business and staff could ultimately benefit too. If you would like to book a place or would like more information please contact Suffolk Libraries, Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Manager, Jane Cox at Jane.cox@suffolklibraries.co.uk. To arrange an interview, please contact Amy Mallet at amy@coherearts.org.
There is also a survey which local employers are being encouraged to fill in. This only take a few minutes and can be completed via https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/VS7R3NQ.