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
MILLION
people will go to hospital
because of a heart attack
people will go to
hospital due to a stroke
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
£275m 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 SelfAssessment
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
Leadership
+
Mental
Wellbeing
Changing
Habits
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 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
• LinkedIn
• Helpline
Free to join!
Health at Work resources
Available at bhf.org.uk/health-at-work/resources
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Business case toolkit
HaW toolkit
Posters
Pocket mission booklet – employee
Pedometer challenge pack
Workplace event guide
HaW calendar
“Everything is useful. Excellent way of
providing up to date information from a strong
evidence base for employees.”
Business case
tools
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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:
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Creating a sustainable programme
Physical activity
Healthy eating
Mental wellbeing
Quit smoking
Alcohol
Posters
Pocket mission booklet
BHF resources
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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
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: [email protected]
• Order resources: [email protected] or 0870
600 6566