Example Health Promotion Planner
THE DIARY
January
01/01/2015-31/01/2015 –
Love Your Liver month
26/01/2015 – Blue
Monday
February
01/02/2015 – 28/02/2015
– National Heart Month –
Red for Heart
04/02/2015 – World
Cancer Day
March
01/03/2015 – 31/03/2015
– Ovarian and Prostate
Cancer Awareness Month
12/03/2015 – No Smoking
IDEAS
‘Love your liver’ campaign focus on:
Nutrition – speak to your canteen about various healthy
options, update vending machine contents, give
employees a free piece of fruit each, hold healthy
lunchbox demonstrations and nutritional talks.
Alcohol – put up posters raising awareness of alcohol and
its effects. Run interactive in-house awareness sessions
using visual aids such as drinking goggles and unit
measures.
‘Blue Monday’ focus on:
Beat the blues with some exercise related activities. Start
awalking/running club, hold in house activity such as Tai
Chi, Yoga, or an exercise class.
‘National heart month’ focus on:
Healthy heart promotion – raise awareness with British
Heart Foundation leaflets on cholesterol, blood pressure
etc …. For a small donation you can order hard copies of
leaflets delivered to your organisation.
Offer employees in-house health checks for blood
pressure, hegith, weight, BMI, glucose, cholesterol and fat
composition.
‘World cancer day’ focus on:
Cancer awareness promotion – raise awareness with
Cancer Research leaflets covering all cancer topics. You
can order hard copies for free and have them delivered to
your organisation.
Offer employees in-house wellman and wellwoman
awareness sessions focusing on gender specific issues
such as top cancers and the menopause.
“Cancer awareness days” focus on:
As above for World Cancer Day
“No smoking day” focus on:
Set up a stop smoking club with the help of your local
PCT. Download smoking cessation information from the
NHS smokefree website.
“National Salt Awareness Week’ focus on:
Salt awareness promotion – raise awareness with Action
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on Salt UK leaflets and encourage staff to cut down on
their salt intake.
Day
16/03/2015 -02/04/2015 –
National Salt Awareness
Week
April
‘World health day’ focus on:
06/04/2015 World Health
Day
This year the World Health Organisation, world
health day is focused on food safety. Raise
awareness of the importance of good food
preparation to avoid unwanted illness.
22/03/2015 World Water
Day
‘World water day’ focus on:
Raising awareness of the charity Water Aid.
Every year the UN designates the 22nd March as
World Water Day. It's a chance for us to think
about what safe water means to us and what it
could mean to the millions of people around the
world living without it. Get involved by running a
fundraising activity based around water.
May
01/05/2015 – 31/05/2015
–National Walking Month
05/05/2015-11/05/2015 Sun Awareness Week
11/05/2015 – 15/05/2015
– Walk to Work Week
18/05/2015-25/05/2015 –
Learning at Work Week
National walking month and walk to work week’ – focus
on:
Set a pedometer challenge and encourage teams to
compete against each other. Walking is free and great for
teambuilding whilst getting the workforce fit and healthy.
Branded pedometers are available from £5 per employee.
‘Sun awareness week’ – focus on:
Raise awareness of safe sun by distributing leaflets from
Cancer Research – sunsmart campaign or download our
free factsheet
‘Learning at work week’ – focus on:
Training employees on topics that matter. MWW offer a
range of topics that help employees live healthier lives:
 Stress management training for managers
 Stress management training for staff
 Mental health training for managers
 Personal resilience training
 Wellbeing training
 Health champion training
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June
01/06/2015 – 30/06/2015
Everyman Male Cancer
Awareness Month
21/06/2015 -Wrong
Trousers Day
July and August
September
28/09/2015 – 28/09/2015
World Heart Day
‘Everyman Male Cancer Awareness Month/Wrong
Trousers Day’ – focus on:
Promote the Importance of men’s health and how to spot
the signs and symptoms of the main male cancers,
testicular and prostrate. Hold interactive ‘Wellman’ clinics
that use visual aids to spot the difference between what
is normal and what isn’t. These sessions also include mini
health checks with blood pressure, height, weight, BMI,
cholesterol and glucose.
Nothing in the diary due to Summer leave.
‘World heart day’ – focus on:
Health checks including height, weight, BMI, blood
pressure, glucose and cholesterol.
Also, now is a good time to book dates in the diary for
winter flu jabs
October
10/10/2015 – World
Mental Health Day
‘World mental health day’ focus on:
Encourage employees to think about mental wellbeing
and give them the tools to help build their resilience to
life’s challenges. An interactive course based on the 4
factors of resilience: Confidence, adaptability, social
support and purposefulness
Give mangers the knowledge and confidence to support
and manage stress and mental health in the workplace. A
half day course covering the key aspects of managing
mental health in the workplace resulting in a positive
outcome for employee and employer
‘National stress awareness day’ focus on:
November
November is a perfect time to take a positive approach to
01/11/2015 – 30/11/2015 stress both in and out of the workplace. Stress
Movember – Men’s Health awareness sessions give employees the
knowledge and confidence to spot the signs of stress,
Awareness Month
identify what causes the stress and understand how
04/11/2015 – 04/11/2015 to manage it more effectively.
National Stress Awareness Stress training for managers empowers them to
tackle work related stress in a positive
Day
and enlightened manner. The interactive course
addresses the legal obligations, the HSE management
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December
standards, how to perform a stress risk assessment and
how this guidance links to your own in house policy.
‘Men’s health awareness month’ – focus on:
‘Movember’ is all about raising awareness of men’s health
issues and encourages men to grow a mustache in order
to raise vital funds through fundraising activities. Many
workplaces take part in this activity while raising
awareness of key topics such as prostrate and testicular
cancers. Wellman clinics use visual aids to spot the
difference between what is normal and what isn’t. These
sessions also include mini health checks with blood
pressure, height, weight, BMI, cholesterol and glucose.
Nothing in the diary but now is a good time to promote
healthy eating and drinking over the Christmas period.
Employee engagement is key to any successful workplace health and wellbeing
initiative. R
unning a robust, interactive and ongoing programme that engages and supports
employees in making the right health choices is a must. Keep events current and plan
for the full year with either stand-alone activities or full health and wellbeing days.
Organisations who invest in the health and wellbeing of their employees report at
least a 3% return on their investment. The key benefits of investing in health and
wellbeing include:
• Reduced absenteeism caused by stress and muscular aches and pains
• Increased morale and motivation
• Lower staff turnover
• Noticeable improvement in productivity and less presenteeism
For more information on any of the services provided by Midlands Workplace
Wellbeing or to discuss putting a health and wellbeing plan together please call us
on 01562 634926 or email Renee@mwwellbeing.co.uk
Midlands Workplace Wellbeing Ltd
T: 01562 634926 M: 07954 414222 W: www.mwwellbeing.co.uk E: Renee@mwwellbeing.co.uk
Company Registered in England and Wales No. 7150975 VAT registration number: 993 6907 58