British Heart Foundations Health at Work Programme British

British Heart Foundation’s Health at Work Programme

British Heart Foundation Our mission is to win the fight against cardiovascular disease Our vision is of a world in which people do not die prematurely or suffer from cardiovascular disease

BHF’s Strategy to 2020

TODAY 440 people will lose their lives to CVD …more than 100 younger than people will be 75 12 babies will be born with a heart defect 480 640 7 people will go to hospital because of a heart attack people will go to hospital due to a stroke MILLION people fight their daily battles with CVD

BHF in the UK One organisation Four nations 32 Professors 730+ Shops 1, 000+ research projects 2, 000+ healthcare practitioners 3, 000+ staff 25, 000+ volunteers £ 275 m total income

Prevention Aims • We want to empower people to make healthy choices around physical inactivity, smoking, high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol and obesity to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease. • We want to reduce the number of people who smoke, are physically inactive, make unhealthy diet choices or live with undiagnosed high blood pressure or elevated cholesterol. • We will focus work on people and communities at highest risk of cardiovascular disease. • We will support those tackling the wider environmental factors that affect cardiovascular health. ’

Live Well. Work Well.

The Journey NOVEMBER 2014 Idea for internal programme APRIL 2015 Project Team formed MAY 2015 Project setup JUNE 2015 WWC Self. Assessment AUGUST 2015 Name the programme competition SEPT 2015 Wellbeing Leaders Group formed

Purpose We will: • support our people to live the ‘workplace health’ values we promote externally • encourage our people to take personal responsibility for their own health and wellbeing whilst at work and in their life outside work • encourage staff to spread the health lifestyle messages to friends and family

Why is a healthier workforce important?

Lifestyle Choices Healthy Eating Physical Activity + Mental Wellbeing Changing Habits Leadership

The Present Wellbeing Policy Wellbeing Leader training Develop ‘Mindful’ Leadership LW. WW. Survey

The Future Annual calendar of Wellbeing Activities

The workplace - a powerful vehicle for improving the nation's health • Over 30 million people in employment • Average person in full time work spends over a third of their waking hours, for up to 40 years of their life, at work • Workplace has a significant influence on health and wellbeing • Growing evidence base: Dame Carol Black review 2008, NICE guidelines, NHS Five Year Forward View, PHE Everybody Active Every Day

Benefits for employees

Benefits for employers

Health at Work programme - aims The Health at Work programme aims to improve the health and wellbeing of the working-age population by: • Working in partnership with employers, public health and other stakeholders to create healthier workplaces • Providing employers with practical and effective support to establish and sustain a health at work programme • Helping people make healthy choices related to their health and wellbeing with a focus on diet, physical activity levels and tobacco use that reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease.

Key ingredients for success • Senior management buy in and support • Staff engagement • A clear lead and a team of champions across the business • A holistic programme • Measurement of impact • Accreditation • Communication communication!

Health at Work programme 12, 000 members across the UK The Health at Work programme includes: • Membership package (free) • Resources • Website • Onsite and regional training and awareness raising sessions – Champions training – Health and wellbeing days – Heart health workshops

Membership – join today! Includes: • Welcome pack • E-newsletter • Quarterly member pack • Resources • Website • Linked. In • Helpline Free to join!

Health at Work resources Available at bhf. org. uk/health-at-work/resources • • Business case toolkit Ha. W toolkit Posters Pocket mission booklet – employee Pedometer challenge pack Workplace event guide Ha. W calendar “Everything is useful. Excellent way of providing up to date information from a strong evidence base for employees. ”

Business case tools • • business case template to structure your document business case guide to explain the process and priorities infographics to present the statistics in a striking way cost savings calculator to estimate the return on investment for your workplace • economic evidence report to back up the statistics.

Cost savings calculator

Health at Work Toolkit Coordinator resource includes: • • Creating a sustainable programme Physical activity Healthy eating Mental wellbeing Quit smoking Alcohol Posters Pocket mission booklet

BHF resources • • Healthy lifestyle booklets Ten minutes to change your life series Videos Online tools • BHF activity calories calculator • Healthy recipe finder • Heart age tool • Heart matters – magazine, tools, recipes, motivational emails

Health at Work Website • The Business case • Healthy ideas - Challenges • Events • Case studies – videos • Resources • Blog and Latest news

Events at your workplace – for employees • Health and wellbeing days • Heart health workshops

Health at work supporting you to achieve the Charter topics: • Corporate support for wellbeing • Mental health and wellbeing • Tobacco • Physical activity • Healthy eating • Problematic use of alcohol and substances

Member feedback “The regular updates – success stories, new initiatives & ideas - show that even the smallest things can have a positive impact on employee wellbeing” “Accessible information from a reputable brand” “I find the contents very professional and great for generating ideas. . The website is excellent, it's easy to use and it links into our programme well”

Thank you! • Health at Work website: bhf. org. uk/healthatwork • E-mail: healthatwork@bhf. org. uk • Order resources: orderline@bhf. org. uk or 0870 600 6566