Workplace Health Bulletin August 2011

   Brought to you by Public Health Wales, this bulletin contains important information for bsuisnesses.  Please click on the links for more information.

Healthy Working Wales Employer Engagement Event and Award Ceremony: Date for your Diaries  

This event will take place on Friday 16 September in Cardiff City Hall. Guest speakers include Dame Carol Black and Tony Jewell, Chief Medical Officer. There will be presentation of Small Workplace Health Awards and the Corporate Health Standards to employers. There will also be opportunities for networking. Click on the link above for more information. Places are limited so email healthyworkingwales@wales.gsi.gov.uk to reserve a place. 

British Dietetic Association – Food Fact Sheets

The British Dietetic Association has produced a number of food fact sheets. These fact sheets are free of charge and can be downloaded from their website and used by organisations/individuals to support a range of campaigns. Please follow the link below: – http://www.bda.uk.com/foodfacts/index.html

Change for Life – Cut Back Fat guide

We all know too much fat is bad for us! However, we don’t always know where it’s lurking. It seems to be in so many of the things we like, and it’s sometimes difficult to know how to cut down.  Fortunately, there are plenty of simple ways to go easy on the fat; simple things like comparing food labels, swapping foods and making changes to the way we prepare and cook food.  The Welsh Government have produced a simple guide to help.  It is free of charge – Click on the link above for a copy of Cut Back Fat – your guide to a healthy and active family.

Fancy £1500 towards your organisations sports project?

Sports Wales offers a Community Chest grant of up to £1500 in any 12 month period for activities that:

• Encourage more people to become more active, more often
• Raises the standards of existing activities 

Mind – Taking care of business 

One in six workers is currently experiencing depression, anxiety or stress.  Poor mental health at work costs British businesses £26 billion every year (Mind UK, 2011).  Mind’s ‘Taking care of business’ campaign addresses the issue of mental health and well-being in the workplace and provides advice and guidance for employers and employees. To find out more or to sign up to support the campaign, visit: http://www.mind.org.uk/employment

  

Campaigns September 2011

• Blue September (Men’s Health Week) – 1^st – 28^th September
• Know your numbers week – 12^th -18^th September
• Sexual Health Week – 12^th – 18^th September
• World Heart Day – 29^th September
• World Alzheimer’s Day – 21^st September

Related Links

Links to the Welsh Government Standard Newsletter: Issue 22

• http://wales.gov.uk/docs/phhs/publications/110511newsletteren.pdf
• http://wales.gov.uk/docs/phhs/publications/110511newslettercy.pdf

Links to Mental Health Promotion Wales Newsletter

• http://www.publicmentalhealth.org/page.cfm?orgid=749&pid=30421

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Work Related Stress E-bulletin – Keep up to date with the latest news and updates from the HSE stress team

Visit the new Healthy Working Wales employer support website: http://employers.healthyworkingwales.com/

If you would like to receive this e-bulletin directly then please contact: Nicola Jones, Public Health Wales.