We provide any employer, any employee and anyone who wants to get back to work with free general advice and information about health and wellbeing PLUS access to services so that we can all work together to get healthy, to get our workplaces healthy and to get our communities healthy.
Sugar Smart
For the first time in human history, the world has more people that are overweight than underweight. The SUGAR SMART campaign has been launched to help local authorities, organisations, workplaces...
Dry January 2018
Drinkers are being encouraged by Somerset County Council to take a break and have a Dry January. The campaign by Alcohol Concern is aimed at social drinkers and encourages them...
Disability Services
If you are an employer or business owner who would consider the opportunity to support a young person or adult with learning disabilities into work, the agencies below offer support...
Alcohol Awareness
In the workplace, the effects of alcohol include: increased accidents and injuries increased absenteeism increased staff turnover and loss of productivity lateness tiredness poor decision-making loss of efficiency lower morale...
Back and joint care
Ten million working days are lost each year, with 20 days being taken off annually by each affected employee on average. Postal and courier workers, building and agricultural trades have...
Health Champion training and support
Health Champions are employees who care about the health of their colleagues and the wider community. They will champion health in your workplace by raising awareness of health issues and...
Health MOTs and health checks
And did you know that the top three reasons people see their GPs in Somerset are high blood pressure, depression and being overweight? It makes sense to try and stop...
Physical activity
We can: Help you do a workplace and an employee physical activity survey Provide advice and information about how to promote physical activity in your workplace Help you develop a...
Sickness absence
Our Services: Help you do an employee health survey – we can provide a paper template or an anonymous on-line questionnaire. Provide you with advice and information about how to...
Stress management
People suffering from one of these conditions will take an average of 27 days off work. This means that, as an employer, mental ill health could be costing you about £1200 for...
Smoking
Our Services: We can: Help you do an anonymous employee smoking survey Help you develop a No Smoking Policy Signpost you to the closet smoking cessation group Support you to run Health...
Weight management and healthy eating
Help your employees achieve a healthy weight. We can: Help you do an employee health survey Help you develop a healthy eating and physical activity policy Provide advice and information...
