Throughout the autumn months we are running a series of employee wellbeing workshops which are open to anyone. Topics include mental health, parenting, loneliness, and burnout. Take a look at the list below to find out what's being covered and when: October10th...

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Announcing our first sponsorship deal!
We have made our first foray into sponsorship and it is a deal that's a great fit for us and is close to our hearts. For the 2022 cricket season, Shine Workplace Wellbeing is proud to be a player sponsor of Andrew Lord, who plays for Cheadle Hulme Ladybridge CC First...
Stress month and Mental Health Awareness Week coming soon
Stress Awareness Month runs throughout April and Mental Health Awareness Week is being held on May 9th - 15th.To mark these occasions, we are offering reduced rates on related presentations: Stress Awareness - the Good and the Bad is available for £149 throughout...
Host your own virtual employee wellbeing week
With many of us working from home for the foreseeable future, we're helping businesses to develop their own internal employee wellbeing week or festival.We'll adjust content to ensure it's relevant to your workforce and sessions can be scheduled at times to suit your...
Physical health webinar – helping staff stay active while WFH
Lockdown restrictions, the cold weather, work to do, Netflix to watch... there are plenty of reasons why it's tricky right now to get out and exercise. However our latest webinar - Stay Active While WFH - is designed to subtly inspire and motivate attendees to give...
Staff wellbeing survey – our approach
At Shine, we love a good staff wellbeing survey - and not just because it is one of our core services. When done well, they can provide a wealth of insightful information which can be used to start a workplace wellbeing programme, or to improve an existing one. By...
Mental health consultant sought for the SWW team
Shine Workplace Wellbeing is looking to work with a specialist in the mental health field, to help deliver elements of our services to our growing client base.The role will include the following:● Delivering our highly commended Mental Health in the Workplace...
Managing with empathy – join our upcoming workshops
Perhaps more so than ever, it is vital that managers are managing with empathy when dealing with staff. The ability to appreciate the emotions of team members allows managers to become more effective communicators and problem solvers. It allows them to build rapport,...
Mental Health in the Workplace – our workshops for managers
We are now running regular three-hour ‘Mental Health in the Workplace’ workshops for managers and those responsible for the welfare of others in any place of work. They have been carefully designed to help attendees feel equipped to deal with mental health issues that...
Our Employee Wellbeing Virtual Festival – April 20-24, 2020
Over four days in April, we’re staging an Employee Wellbeing Virtual Festival, offering taster sessions of some of our popular workshops and presentations. This will allow attendees to: learn more about the benefits of wellbeing schemes and see which firms are leading...
Sleep survey – looking for UK adults to help
Sleep expert and friend of Shine, Dr Lindsay Browning, is looking for UK adults to help with a sleep survey she is currently working on. The survey, in collaboration with the University of Leicester, looks at sleep, social distancing and anxiety during the Covid-19...
Bringing employee wellbeing to Bristol
* Next Bristol event at Origin Workspace on November 17th, 2021. More details here *We are delighted that Shine’s expansion outside of London begins with the vibrant city of Bristol, a hub for culture and creativity in the South West with a number of thriving...
Spreading wellbeing via our events!
In March 2019, we organised an Employee Wellbeing event with John Lewis at their Kingston store. The morning event was open to businesses of all sizes and it was well received by a healthy sized audience, if we do say so ourselves! While we delivered a talk about how...
National Fitness Day – be part of it with us!
It’s National Fitness Day on September 25 and as a company that believes passionately in the power of physical activity, we are marking the day with our own fitness focus! We are delighted to be teaming up with The Rose Theatre in Kingston-Upon-Thames to run a series...
Mental Health Awareness Workshops – feedback
Our Mental Health Awareness workshops are now underway and we’ve had some positive feedback thus far. Carefully designed by Rebecca Peters to help attendees feel equipped to deal with mental health issues that may arise in their workplace, they are aimed at managers...
Mental Health and Wellbeing at Work seminars across London
As we’ve mentioned on our social media feeds, we’ve been running some ‘Mental Health and Wellbeing at Work’ lunch and learn seminars across the Workspace chain. During April and May we gave talks at locations including China Works in Vauxhall, Centro in Camden, and...
Rebecca Peters joins the Shine team
We’re delighted that Rebecca Peters has joined Shine Workplace Wellbeing. With a background in health and wellbeing research and an MSc in Occupational and Business Psychology, she will lead our soon-to-launch Workplace Mental Health Awareness workshops, as well as...
WELLNESS19 – special offer at this informative Workplace Wellness event
WELLNESS, the conference that examines the latest thinking on all aspects of Workplace Wellness and Employee Engagement, returns to London on the June 5 at the UBS building at 5 Broadgate. The one-day conference will address some of the most interesting and...
Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace – March 21 event
When your employees are in good physical and mental health, they are happier, more engaged and more productive. You may even have resolved to create a healthier workplace in 2019, but perhaps you’re finding it hard to take the first step or get to the next level, or...
UK workers reject the Christmas party in favour of wellbeing support
New research from Shine Workplace Wellbeing finds that wellbeing is a priority for three quarters of workersLast year UK employers spent an average £86.44* per head on their staff Christmas party. However, given the choice, three quarters of workers (74%) would...
Mental health for SMEs – an interview with Mad World
According to the Federation of Small Businesses, 60% of all private sector employment in the UK in 2017 was with small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). If the nation’s productivity is dependent on the wellbeing of our workforce, shouldn’t this therefore be top of...
Workplace Wellbeing event for SMEs – speaker presentations
Hi. The presentations from the recent workplace wellbeing event can be found below.Our presentation was image heavy with no text so hasn’t been included here, but if you would like a copy please contact us via the details at the foot of the page. You can however...
A Healthy Workplace Award for one of our clients!
Our congratulations go to Retail IT – one of our first clients – after they were recognised as a Healthy Workplace at the Merton Best Business Awards last week.The Wimbledon-based retail tech firm came runner-up in the category, narrowly missing out to neighbouring...
Workplace Wellbeing for SMEs – Our Kingston event on October 16
Employee wellbeing policies are not just for multinational blue chip organisations. And our Workplace Wellbeing for SMEs event is designed to help decision makers at companies of those sizes find suitable ways to boost the health and happiness of their workforce.The...
What Michael Carrick’s ‘depression’ can teach us about managing with empathy
In a recent interview with the BBC, Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick revealed that he felt depressed while on international duty for England.“I’d been in the squad a long time and I’ll be honest, I was finding it hard going away with England….it was almost...