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Health and Wellbeing Days

Bring a team of British Heart Foundation experts into your workplace to help inspire a healthier workforce.

So you want to get your organisation thinking about their health? That's a mission very possible! Our Health and Wellbeing Day is an innovative way to help you getting colleagues interested in health and wellbeing at work.

The day is a highly interactive and sociable experience. We deal with all the lifestyle issues associated with positive health. We've had fantastic feedback from organisations who have hosted a day and we can't wait for you to get involved!

What is a Health and Wellbeing Day?

Whether its to launch a new health initiative or to refresh your health offer, a BHF health and wellbeing day is a great way to engage colleagues. We send in a team of our finest BHF experts to deliver fun interactive sessions with staff, raising awareness of various health issues and promoting a healthier lifestyle.

Our team will be on hand to deliver sessions for groups of staff in four zones:

  • Be active zone

How much physical activity does it take to make a difference? Take our interactive Wii fit and step challenges and find out with our BHF physical activity expert.HWday, active

  • Eat well zone

Make sense of food labels, get a BMI check and look at food groups in this hands-on session with a BHF dietician.

  • Think well zone

Are you coping with stress in a healthy way? A look at techniques for better wellbeing with our Stress Thermometer and active distraction exercises.

  • Changing habits zone

Are you drinking more units than you realise? Play the famous Beer Goggles game and try the Smokerlyser test. Find out how you can change your health habits.

Visiting all four zones won't take more than an hour of your staff's time. We recommend an appointment system but can tailor the day to the needs of your workplace, accommodating larger numbers and multiple sites.

Want more?

Each participant takes away a Heart Health Pack containing:Health and Wellbeing Day

  • booklets on healthy eating, physical activity and wellbeing
  • The latest edition of our magazine
  • Our fabulous recipe book filled with great ideas and dishes!

Plus, we offer all staff a chance to join Heart Matters, a free service to help them live with a healthy heart. Benefits include a magazine, online lifestyle check and a helpline staffed by cardiac nurses.

Interested? What to do next...

If you are interested in hosting a Health and Wellbeing day please complete the enquiry form below and one of our advisors will contact you to discuss your individual requirements. We provide the BHF health and wellbeing day at cost, generally £2,900 to cover staffing, props, employee packs and administrative costs.

Please note that we ask for a minimum of 70 employees. If you're a small organisation, why not organising the day together with another small local organisation and share the costs?