The London Healthy Workplace Award scheme guides you in creating a work environment in which employees can flourish. At the heart of its ethos are some key principles:

• Commitment from the top
• Employee involvement
• Workplace health is prioritised in everything you do - are you making the healthy choice the easy choice?   
• You don't have to have a huge budget - national/global health awareness initiatives often have free resources associated with them, and your own employees may have lots of free / low-cost ideas to improve the workplace
• Effective communication - how do employees know about support/policies/initiatives?

Please use the menu below to find resources to support your work on different aspects of employee health and wellbeing, and your journey towards London Healthy Workplace Award accreditation.

• Building your business case for prioritising employee wellbeing
  

  Business case templates

  • British Heart Foundation Business case document template
  • Making the business case for mental health, Mental Health First Aid England (MHFA-E) - a short adaptable slide deck for engaging senior leaders

   

  Useful background information / reports

  • Thriving at work, an independent review of mental health and employers - Lord Dennis Stevenson and Paul Farmer (Oct 2017)
  • Mental health and employers: The case for investment - Monitor Deloitte (Oct 2017) (pdf)
  • Engage for Success - a movement promoting employee engagement as a better way to work that benefits individual employees, teams, and whole organisations
  • Health and work infographics - Public Health England and The Work Foundation (pdf)

   

  Return on investment / cost savings tools

  • Economic analysis model - NICE - a model which considers the costs and economic benefits for employers implementing the recommendations made in NICE guideline NG13: Workplace policy and management practices to improve the health and wellbeing of employees. Enter your organisation's information to obtain costs/savings estimates.
  • Mental health promotion return on investment tool - Public Health England - a tool which includes a ROI model for workplace wellbeing programmes and stress prevention (select these in the 'Intervention Choice' tab to be taken to the relevant section of the tool)
  • Financial calculator - Tailored Fit Corporate Wellness - find out how much absenteeism, presenteeism and staff turnover are costing your company
• Needs assessments, employee surveys and developing plans
  

  Guidance and suggestions for indicators

  • Workplace Health Needs Assessment - Public Health England (2017)
  • What is good mental health in the city workplace and how do we measure it? - Frontier Economics and Public Health England for City Mental Health Alliance (2015)
  • How to take stock of mental health in your workplace - Mind (pdf) 
  • Management standards' approach, including work-related stress survey - Health and Safety Executive (HSE) 

   

  Survey tools 

  • Work-related stress survey (Health and Safety Executive)
  • Free organisational health report - Britain's Healthiest Workplace, Vitality - available to all employers with 20 or more employees

   

  Support for developing plans

  • Calendar of health and wellbeing campaigns - NHS employers
  • Health at work policy template - British Heart Foundation
• Corporate support for wellbeing
  

  General

  • National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) - guidance on how to improve the health and wellbeing of employees, with a focus on organisational culture and the role of line managers:
  • UK Government workplace health collection

   

  Attendance / absence management

  • Health and Safety Executive (HSE) - sickness absence
  • HSE - managing sickness absence and return to work in small businesses
  • ACAS - absence
  • UK Government - time off
  • Macmillan - Guidance on managing cancer in the workplace
  • Learnzone - free online e-learning for line managers - helping line managers support people affected by cancer in the workplace

   

  Bereavement

  • Cruse bereavement care
  • ACAS - bereavement

   

  Breastfeeding-friendly workplaces

  • ‘ACAS - accommodating Breastfeeding Employees in the Workplace’ guide (pdf)
  • Information leaflet for employees and employers on breastfeeding at work - Start4Life (pdf)
  • HSE - frequently asked questions about new and expectant mothers - including risks to consider if a mother is still breastfeeding on return to work
  • Maternity Action - information on breastfeeding when returning to work

   

  Bullying and harassment

  • ACAS - bullying

   

  Equality and discrimination

  • UK Government - equality act 2010 guidance
  • ACAS - equality
  • Age UK - free age awareness training

   

  Flexible working and family-friendly policies

  • UK Government - flexible working
  • Working Families - guides, toolkits and policies
  • Maternity Action
  • ACAS - flexible working

   

  HIV

  • London HIV Prevention Programme

   

  Living wage

  • Living Wage Foundation

   

  Menopause

  • Faculty of Occupational Medicine - advice on the menopause

   

  Shift workers / sleep

  • Business in the Community (BITC) - sleep and recovery toolkit

   

  Volunteering

  • Team London
  • Works4u

   

  Whistleblowing

  • Protect (previously known as Public Concern at Work)
• Health & safety
  

  General guidance

  • Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
  • NAPO films - cartoon films to provoke questions and stimulate debate on specific aspects of health and safety at work

   

  Terrorism / major incidents

  • Metropolitan Police: protecting your business from terrorism
  • UK Government: crowded places guidance
  • citizenAID: free app to guide users on immediate actions and first aid for a stabbing, bomb incident or mass shooting
  • NHS: Coping with stress following a major incident (pdf)

   

  Safety of lone workers

  • NHS Employers - improving safety for lone workers
• Mental health
  

  Discounted and free training

  • Back on Track - mental wellbeing workshops for workplaces in Hammersmith & Fulham - first workshop always FREE (pdf)

   

  General guidance

  • Thriving at Work, an independent review of mental health and employers - Lord Dennis Stevenson and Paul Farmer (Oct 2017)
  • Business in the Community (BITC) toolkits:
    Mental health toolkit 
    Suicide prevention toolkit 
    Crisis management in the event of a suicide toolkit
  • Mind - mental health at work, taking care of your staff
  • Rethink mental health in the workplace toolkit
  • Wellness Action Plans
  • Mental Health First Aid England (MHFA): Workplace wellbeing toolkit and Line Managers' Resource

   

  Tackling stigma and raising awareness

  • Time to Change employer pledge
  • Time to Talk
  • Mental Health Awareness Week (May)
  • World Mental Health Day (October)
  • 5 ways to wellbeing
  • Mind - mental health charity website with wide range of information
  • Mental Health Foundation
  • Mates in Mind - raising awareness and improving mental health in the construction industry
  • Thrive LDN - a citywide movement for mental health supported by the Mayor of London and the London Health Board
  • ONE YOU information on stress
  • I had a black dog, his name was depression - video clip from the World Health Organisation on the experience of depression

   

  Work-related stress

  • Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Management Standards for Work-related Stress
  • ACAS - Dealing with stress in the workplace
  • Mental Health Foundation - How to manage and reduce stress

   

  Support

  • Mental health helplines
  • Education Support Partnership - free helpline for people working in education
  • Find your local IAPT / talking therapies service
  • Back on Track - Hammersmith & Fulham's service for people needing support with mental health
• Tobacco and smoking
  

  Legal duties and your smoking policy 

  • Smoking at work: the law
  • E-cigarettes in public places and workplaces: a 5-point guide to policy making

   

  Support to quit smoking

  • NHS smokefree - a website providing information on national support to quit smoking
  • London Stop Smoking Portal - a website to make it as easy as possible for Londoners to find the best way of stopping for them
  • Kick It Stop Smoking Service - the local service to support people to quit smoking
  • Stoptober - an national, annual campaign to encourage smokers access support and give up smoking for October. Stop smoking for 28 days and you're 5 times more likely to quit for good! Download/order free Stoptober resources
• Keeping active
  

  Sources of information

  • Infographics - the physical activity required to achieve health benefits for different age ranges
  • ONE YOU - a Public Health England initiative to help people get healthier and feel better with free tips, tools and support. Start off with a free health quiz to see how you score. Order / download free ONE YOU promotional resources (you'll need to create a free account).
  • ONE YOU heart age test

   

  Free and low-cost opportunities to keep active

  • Active 10 - free walking tracker app to help you build 10 minutes brisk walking into your day
  • ONE YOU couch to 5k - free app to help people get running in 9 weeks
  • Our Parks - free exercise classes, led by experienced, fully qualified and insured instructors in local parks
  • Parkrun - free, weekly, 5km timed runs
  • GoodGym - a community of runners that combines getting fit with doing good
  • Walkit - urban walking route planner
  • Sports activities in Hammersmith & Fulham
  • Local leisure centres

   

  Active travel

  • Urban cycle skills training - free for anyone who works in Hammersmith & Fulham
  • National Walking Month (May)
  • Bike Week (June) - an opportunity to advertise Kensington and Chelsea's free cycle training and perhaps your cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme if you have one
  • Car-free Day (September)
  • Workplace Travel Plan guidance - Sustrans
• Healthy eating
  

  Healthy eating information

  • UK Government / Public Health England healthy eating recommendations
  • The Eatwell Guide - poster showing the UK Government's healthy eating recommendations
  • Public Health England leaflet on healthy eating (pdf)
  • ONE YOU - eating - a Public Health England initiative to help people get healthier and feel better with free tips, tools and support. Start off with a free health quiz to see how you score. Order or download free ONE YOU promotional resources (you'll need to create a free account)
  • Foodswitch - free app to help shoppers make healthier choices
  • Free factsheets from the British Dietetic Association
  • World Cancer Research Fund 5-A-DAY fruit and vegetables poster
  • World Cancer Research Fund factsheet on salt and health

   

  Healthy eating campaign weeks

  • Salt Awareness Week (March)
  • Healthy Eating Week (June)
  • Diabetes Week (June)

   

  Making eating well easier at work

  • Using behaviour change strategies in catering outlets - Public Health England
  • Healthier and more sustainable catering guidance and tools - Public Health England
  • Government Buying Standards for Food and Catering (GBSF) (pdf) (see particularly the Nutrition standards on p4-5 and p7)
  • Ideas for healthier options for vending machines - British Heart Foundation (see p6-7)
  • Healthier Catering Commitment - award scheme
  • Sugar Smart actions for workplaces - Sustain
  • Workplace cake culture - C3

   

  Weight management support

  • Enter postcode to find local weight loss support groups
  • NHS online weight loss plan

   

  Policy templates

  • Sustain’s sustainable food policy template
  • British Heart Foundation's health at work policy - template includes a section of healthy eating which could be adapted to cover the areas required by the London Healthy Workplace Award standards
• Alcohol
  

  Sources of guidance on policy development and creating a healthier culture

  • Health and Safety Executive (HSE) - alcohol and drugs
  • ACAS
  • Club Soda - hosting a diverse drinks event guidance

   

  Sources of alcohol awareness information

  • UK Chief Medical Officers’ Low Risk Drinking Guidelines
  • ONE YOU - Drink less - a Public Health England initiative to help people get healthier and feel better with free tips, tools and support. Start off with a free health quiz to see how you score. Order / download free ONE YOU promotional resources (you'll need to create a free account)
  • Drinkaware Track and Calculate Units app
  • Free Drinkaware posters and leaflets
  • Club Soda - a mindful drinking movement

   

  Relevant campaigns

  • Dry January
  • Go Sober for October
  • Alcohol Awareness Week (November)

   

  Support

  • List of organisations providing support around alcohol issues - NHS Choices
  • List of organisations providing treatment for substance misuse issues - NHS Choices
  • Club Soda - a free online supportive community for people wanting to cut down on alcohol
  • The Alcohol Service - a local treatment service Contact: thealcoholservice.info@cgl.org.uk / andrulla.garcia@cgl.cjsm.net / 08000 147 440 / 07557 205 711
  • The Drug and Alcohol Wellbeing Service - a local service offering advice and support for substance misuse issues. Contact: recoveryandwellbeing@turning-point.co.uk / 0330 303 8080 

Can't find what you are looking for? Register your interest in the London Healthy Workplace Award today to be connected with a wellbeing consultant for free support.