The Wellbeing Symposium – a pioneering event for health and wellbeing

Sept. 4, 2012 - PRLog -- The Wellbeing Symposium on Wednesday 3rd October – it’s on the national agenda and it needs to be on yours.

The Maidstone event is aimed at anybody who takes care of staff - in workplaces, schools, community organisations or the voluntary sector.

It’s been proven that work improves health and helps to maintain it and if working conditions are right, productivity will flourish.

Dame Carol Black is the keynote speaker. She is the government’s expert advisor on health and wellbeing and will be talking about the Workplace Wellbeing Charter, a scheme to help employers demonstrate their commitment to the health and wellbeing of their workforce and letting delegates know how to get involved and what it offers.

The focus of the symposium is ‘Engaged Prevention’ – being involved with staff, offering support and guidance on wellbeing in order to prevent absence arising from poor health. By having these measures in place, it is thought to be more cost-effective than dealing with problems once they have arisen in terms of sick leave, absence and reduced productivity on return to work as people recover to their previous output.

Speakers at the event will be talking about how to motivate staff, how to inspire them and how to help them to achieve personal success.

This unique and pioneering event at Detling Showground in Maidstone will provide employers with the opportunity to find out about some great health and wellbeing partnerships in Kent, giving you the chance to knit them into your business too.

The Symposium will be unlike the usual and familiar conference set-up, offering delegates the opportunity to pop into workshops, listen to speakers and visit break-out sessions, choosing those most relevant to their business.

Workshops covering nutrition - how to cook and eat well for home and work will be on offer and you can watch live demonstrations, taking away information on how to make it work for you and your workforce.

There will also be a seminar on how to recruit the right staff and retain them, along with how to employ and maintain staff with mental health issues.

The Symposium is sponsored by Kent-based Water Wellbeing. A firm which deals with all aspects of wellbeing across many business sectors. Managing director Ben McGannan said: “This event is the first of its kind in the south east and really does aim to improve the wellbeing of people at work.
“It’s important to keep staff happy, healthy and motivated and this symposium will give people the ideas and resources to start a wellbeing programme or expand what they already have.”

If you are responsible for looking after staff, sourcing benefits, rewards, taking care of their wellbeing or arranging benefit packages, the day is not to be missed.

Whatever your business, you will find this event essential as it offers networking opportunities that could otherwise take you many weeks – all under one roof. Tickets are £149, £249 for two or £299 for three. You can also buy a table of 10 for £990 to perhaps entertain clients at an unusual but beneficial event for their business and yours.


Speakers:

Dame Carol Black - Government expert and advisor on health and wellbeing

PPC Worldwide
The leading global provider of Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP). PPC is the leading global provider of Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP), work/life, wellbeing and personal development services and will be speaking about how prevention over cure can save businesses time and money lost through absence, mistakes and lack of productivity.
PPC provides services to more than 3,500 organisations covering 6 million employees in over 140 countries.

Expressions
Motivational techniques and cognitive coaching to improve employee performance by igniting the potential within.

Kent Mindful Employer
A network across Kent and Medway raising awareness around Workplace Wellbeing, specialising in mental wellbeing, providing support for businesses in recruiting, managing and retaining staff, run by Lynn Marchant.

Kent County Council (Gateways, Rewards and Benefits, Public Health)
Each speaker will give details of their field and explain how wellbeing plays its part. Kent County Council will explain how wellbeing plays its part in their field. They will be speaking about the increasing responsibility for employers around public health and improving healthy lifestyle choices.

Head Works
The company runs workshops for senior school staff, covering wellbeing, recruiting the right staff and practical strategies for reducing stress levels, along with packing the right lunchbox to stay healthy.

Golding Homes
Maidstone’s largest landlord will talk about the benefits of working more effectively, partnership working, sharing knowledge and maximising resources collaboratively. The head of Community Development at Maidstone’s largest landlord Golding Homes will talk about the benefits of working more effectively, partnership working, sharing knowledge and maximising resources collaboratively.

Life Partnership
Understanding personal success and achieving it

NHS Community Trust
Their head of health and Wellbeing, Abi Mogridge will talk about the role it plays in this sector and the role it plays, whilst providing wide-ranging care for people in the community.

Workshops:
Little Stirrers – They will show you how to eat well for work and tell you about their cookery-based team-building workshops

KB Nutrition - Katie Bennett from KB Nutrition will be delivering a seminar on marrying food into a healthy lifestyle for work, telling you how to make the most of a meal at work.

Smoothie bikes – pedal away to make your own smoothie at the end!
Health check kiosk - Delegates will have the chance to assess their own wellbeing by measuring the most important vital signs of health. Find out your weight, body mass index (BMI), body fat content, heart rate, blood pressure and hydration quota.

Relaxation zone - During the day, delegates can visit the relaxation zone to take advantage of various therapies and activities.