The launch of Make Work Healthy is a huge milestone for Healthy Place To Work® this year. We believe that the key to success is an absolute obsession with workforce health and in this book we share our views on the future of work and the workplace.We’re pleased to announce that Make Work Healthy is […]

Following the successful launch of Healthy Place To Work in Brazil this year, including a number of great organisations becoming part of our growing global community of healthy businesses, we are delighted to announce that Marina Nunes Galvão Sobral has become the new CEO of Healthy Place To Work, Brazil. Marina is a professional with […]

We are delighted to announce the next episodes in our Work Healthy Podcast Series. The global response to our series has been amazing so we are so pleased to feature another exceptional line up; Arnold Bakker from the Centre of Excellence for Positive organisational Psychology at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Debbie Bullock, Wellbeing Lead […]

Mentally Ill … Mentally Healthy One of the positives (of which there were few) from the Pandemic was a willingness of more people to talk about their mental health. Up to that point, the conversation about mental health was often reserved for those who were struggling. organisations would report about the constant challenge to get participants […]

Following the formal launch of Healthy Place To Work® in Sweden, Nordisk Valideringsforum has become the first organisation in Sweden to achieve the Healthy Place To Work certification. Eva Martin, CEO for Healthy Place To Work Sweden®, said: “I am happy that the first organisation in Sweden has gone through our process and officially become […]

Boyum IT Solutions, a global provider of supply chain management software solutions based in Aarhus, Denmark, is proud to announce its certification as a Healthy Place to Work to become a distinguished community of other certified companies worldwide. Healthy Place to Work® is the global standard for healthy workplaces, whose mission is to make work […]

  Hughes Insurance is the first company in Northern Ireland to achieve the Healthy Place to Work certification for a second consecutive year. Healthy Place to Work was launched in 2021 as the global standard for workplace health certification by John Ryan, providing a strategic approach to organisational health and well-being that is evidence-based and […]

Your investment in the health and wellbeing of your employees can be wasted if you don’t spend it wisely. By wisely we mean spending it on activities or events that don’t address the real needs of your people. That there is a symbiotic relationship between health and performance is not news to most people we […]

  One of our fundamental human needs is that of having positive and constructive connections with our fellow humans. Connection is closely linked to the sociological concept of cohesion. Social cohesion is the strength of interpersonal bonds among group members. Healthy workplaces have higher social cohesion and therefore are better connected to one another. Diversity […]

Since Covid-19 was declared a pandemic on the 11th of March 2020 the world has had to completely change. The way we shop, socialise and work has had to be reevaluated, redefined and revolutionised.

“What the new year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the new year” Vern McLellan A new year gives us an opportunity to start something new or to improve our existing habits, however, without a concrete commitment or plan, our good intentions won’t be enough. If you have […]

Statistics recently released by Towergate Health and Protection, show that women are more likely to suffer from mental health conditions, but men are half as likely to seek support in the workplace. By reviewing who was accessing Employee Assistance Programmes, they were able to see that  men are half as likely to reach out for […]