Welcome to the
Healthy Working Lives
Conference
Improving Healthier Choices
Andrew Steenson, Belfast Strategic Partnership
Claire McLernon, Sustrans
Focusing on Life Inequalities
Active Belfast
“People in Belfast will be
more active and healthier.”
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Andrew Steenson
Belfast Strategic Partnership
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Improving healthier choices:
Keeping Active
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Overview
What is Belfast Strategic Partnership
(BSP) / Active Belfast
Why active and why workplaces
Who we have supported and how
Demonstration programme
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What is BSP / Active Belfast
•Multi-agency strategic partnership
•Focus on addressing life inequalities
•Range of priority themes
•Supported by an integrated team
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Health: the Belfast context
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What is BSP / Active Belfast
•An approach to getting more people
active
•The 3 P’s
•Barriers to being active
•Who is involved
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Who is involved
Active Belfast Partnership (strategic)
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Why active and why workplaces
•Benefits for the individual
•Benefits for the organisation
•Workplace as a setting
•Benefits to the local community
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What we have done
•Provide free physical activity sessions
•Train health champions
•Promote a walking challenge
•Establish a cycling hub
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What we have done
•Provide fitness equipment
•Train Active Travel Champions
•Deliver cycling skills sessions
•Hold lunch time walks
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What we have done
•Support occupational health services
•Provide access to leisure facilities
•Hold health assessment sessions
•Promote scheme with staff
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Contact information
Andrew Steenson
Project Development Senior Officer
Belfast Health Development Unit
028 9050 2073
andrewsteenson@bhdu.org
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Active Travel Officer: Workplaces
‘To increase awareness of using the workplace as a
setting to positively impact the health and wellbeing of
employees’
• Engagement is key to empower staff to make
lifestyle-integrated active travel choices
• Active travel significantly benefits staff health and
wellbeing
• Benefits made measurable through robust
monitoring and evaluation by Sustrans
Sustainable Transport = Active Travel
Walking
Public Transport
Cycling
Some statistics…
For every 100 employees Sustrans engage in our full
package of activities, we achieve per year:
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Reduction of 24 sick days
Improved well being in 61 employees
Increased productivity
6% reduction in commuting by car
A reduction of up to 38 tonnes of CO2
The typical benefits of our projects deliver estimated
savings to organisations of a minimum of £7,500 a
year for every 100 employees engaged
Leading the Way with Active Travel
Funded by:
Baseline survey of 1714 employees
in these organisations has identified
the barriers to active travel.
Sustrans has tailored engagement
plans for each workplace, and feeds
back to employers accordingly to
help overcome these barriers.
Participating organisations:
Leading the Way with Active Travel
• Led cycles and walks
Led cycles and walks
Leading the Way with Active Travel
• Led cycles and walks
• Bike to work days and
breakfasts
Led cycles and walks
Leading the Way with Active Travel
• Led cycles and walks
• Bike to work days and
breakfasts
• Cycle route planning
Route planning with the Sustrans
National Cycle Network
Leading the Way with Active Travel
• Led cycles and walks
• Bike to work days and
breakfasts
• Cycle route planning
• Cycle training
National Standard on-road Cycle
training
Leading the Way with Active Travel
• Led cycles and walks
• Bike to work days and
breakfasts
• Cycle route planning
• Cycle training
• Dr Bike clinics and
mechanic demos
Dr Bike clinics and mechanic
demonstrations
Leading the Way with Active Travel
• Led cycles and walks
• Bike to work days and
breakfasts
• Cycle route planning
• Cycle training
• Dr Bike clinics and
mechanic demos
• Information and
engagement stalls
Information & engagement
stalls
Leading the Way with Active Travel
• Led cycles and walks
• Bike to work days and
breakfasts
• Cycle route planning
• Cycle training
• Dr Bike clinics and
mechanic demos
• Information and
engagement stalls
• Workplace Champion
training
Information & engagement
stalls
The Active Belfast Challenge
May 2015
Your Challenge, if you choose to accept it…
• Register your workplace for free
• Encourage your employees to log sustainable journeys (walking,
running, cycling, car-sharing, public transport…) in return for
rewards
• Reap the benefits of an engaged, healthier workforce driven by
healthy competition between staff and other workplaces
• Maximum participation is the aim
Register at
www.abc.getmeactive.org.uk
The Active Belfast Challenge
May 2015
Register at
www.abc.getmeactive.org.uk
The Active Belfast Challenge
May 2015
Register at
www.abc.getmeactive.org.uk
Thank you
Improving Healthier Choices
Drink Work and Me
Lorraine Black, Addiction NI
Ruth Cunningham, Michelin Tyres
Partners
Counselling,
support and
information services
for those affected
by alcohol and drug
use.
Supporting
individuals, families,
communities and
professionals with
regards to
substance use,
suicide, self-harm
and mental health
crisis
Supporting
companies to do
business in a
responsible way.
Providing social
research services to
clients in the notfor-profit sector.
Findings
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•
•
58% view it as an important issue
57% believe alcohol has negatively impacted
business
43% don’t know how to deal with the issue
80% want to positively impact wellbeing
by focussing on the issue
Aim
To raise awareness of alcohol related harm by
offering information and support services to
employees, their families, and their
communities.
Test your knowledge
• Quiz
• What does 1 unit of alcohol look like?
Achieving our aims
Business
needs and
priorities
Education
&
Prevention
Intervention
&
Treatment
Legacy
Education and prevention
General Awareness
Training
Line Management
Training
• To provide information and to encourage
individual awareness of alcohol related
harm.
• To empower line managers to address the
negative impact of alcohol use and enable
them to support their employees, if an issue
arises.
Intervention and treatment
Self-Help Website
•
To enable individuals to be proactive in how they
manage their alcohol intake.
•
To provide tailored help and support to those living with
the negative impact of alcohol use.
•
Services will be tailored to the needs of each individual,
and will range from a single session to a twelve week
programme.
Brief Intervention
Counselling
Legacy
Learning Network
Drink, Work and Me
Champion
Workplace Alcohol
Trainers
Trusted Colleagues
Toolkit
• To support employers in developing the
resources required to ensure a sustainable
and lasting legacy.
Questions?
• If you would like further information
please contact us on 028 9066 4434
• Or email lorraine.black@addictionni.com
Partners
Counselling,
support and
information
services for
those affected
by alcohol and
drug use.
Supporting
individuals,
families,
communities
and
professionals
with regards
to substance
use, suicide,
self-harm and
mental health
crisis.
Supporting
companies to
do business in
a responsible
way.
Providing
social
research
services to
clients in the
not-for-profit
sector.
Findings
•
•
•
58% view it as an important issue
57% believe alcohol has negatively impacted
business
43% don’t know how to deal with the issue
80% want to positively impact wellbeing
by focussing on the issue
Aim
To raise awareness of alcohol related harm by
offering information and support services to
employees, their families, and their
communities.
Test your knowledge
Quiz
What does 1 unit of alcohol look like?
Achieving our aims
Business
needs and
priorities
Education
&
Prevention
Intervention
&
Treatment
Legacy
Education and prevention
General Awareness
Training
• To provide information and to encourage
individual awareness of alcohol related
harm.
Line Management
Training
• To empower line managers to address the
negative impact of alcohol use and enable
them to support their employees, if an issue
arises.
Intervention and treatment
Self-help website
•
To enable individuals to be proactive in how they
manage their alcohol intake.
•
To provide tailored help and support to those living with
the negative impact of alcohol use.
•
Services will be tailored to the needs of each individual,
and will range from a single session to a twelve week
programme.
Brief intervention
Counselling
Legacy
Learning Network
Drink, Work and Me
Champion
Workplace Alcohol
Trainers
Trusted Colleagues
Toolkit
To support employers in developing the
resources required to ensure a sustainable and
lasting legacy.
Ruth Cunningham, Michelin Tyres
Questions?