Put simply, wellbeing is about how we’re doing – as individuals, communities and as a nation.
Personal wellbeing is how satisfied we are with our lives – our sense that what we do in life is worthwhile, our day-to-day emotional experiences (like happiness or anxiety), and our wider mental wellbeing.
Personal wellbeing is how satisfied we are with our lives – our sense that what we do in life is worthwhile, our day-to-day emotional experiences (like happiness or anxiety), and our wider mental wellbeing.
Health
We all have a part to play in promoting our own health and wellbeing –
both physically and mentally.
As an employer, it’s our role to create a culture, climate and working conditions that enable our people to make healthy choices and to flourish.
As an employer, it’s our role to create a culture, climate and working conditions that enable our people to make healthy choices and to flourish.
Security
How secure we feel at work has a significant impact on wellbeing. Security
encompasses our physical safety at work; our working conditions; our employment status and assurance; and
our perceived financial stability.
Environment
Our environment is the space that we inhabit, physically and mentally.
This can be physical (surroundings, facilities, your commute to work) or cultural (the way we work and the
systems we follow).
Relationships
As an employer, we have a key role in supporting and building strong,
trusted, positive relationships in the workplace, dealing with situations fairly and decisively, as well as
helping our employees find support in dealing with personal relationship issues.
We can also help our people develop healthy relationships in the community through initiatives like volunteering programmes and charity partnerships.
We can also help our people develop healthy relationships in the community through initiatives like volunteering programmes and charity partnerships.
Purpose
People with purpose like what they’re doing and are motivated to achieve
their goals.
At work, a sense of purpose could stem from the quality of your day-to-day job or how engaged you feel with broader team and organisational goals. We want our people to believe in the business and to know that they can make a positive difference to customers, colleagues and communities.
At work, a sense of purpose could stem from the quality of your day-to-day job or how engaged you feel with broader team and organisational goals. We want our people to believe in the business and to know that they can make a positive difference to customers, colleagues and communities.
Inform and Educate
Informing and educating managers and colleagues to promote the importance of Wellbeing. That includes things like post-covid recovery programmes and mental health awareness training on issues such as anxiety or burnout.
Support Services, Resources and Tools
Putting in place wellbeing support services, resources and tools, easily accessible by all colleagues. This includes targeted support plans, where managers have identified a possible wellbeing issue and running Peer 2 Peer support networks.
Promoting wellbeing strategy
Promoting a wellbeing strategy by working with stakeholders across the business, we can make sure that wellbeing is at the core of our culture. This includes setting standards for Wellbeing governance at the top of the organisation and running campaigns to encourage people to take ownership of wellbeing.
BT Group has supported my wellbeing through its caring and supportive culture. I’ve found my managers and colleagues
to be big advocates of people doing what’s best for them…which of course means different things for everyone.
For some, this means leaving work early or not working during certain times of the day so they can take care of their kids. For others, like myself, this means going for a walk or being able to attend a medical appointment during the day, as well as shifting my working hours depending on who I’m working with and where in the world they are based.
For some, this means leaving work early or not working during certain times of the day so they can take care of their kids. For others, like myself, this means going for a walk or being able to attend a medical appointment during the day, as well as shifting my working hours depending on who I’m working with and where in the world they are based.
Better Workplace programme
Our Better Workplace Programme brings our people together in brilliant spaces, designed by us
to inspire and motivate. We’re investing to create vibrant workplaces made with our people in mind.
Facilities include flexible workstations, meeting rooms featuring smart technology, communal areas, improved IT systems, multifaith rooms, rooftop terraces and health and wellbeing facilities.
Facilities include flexible workstations, meeting rooms featuring smart technology, communal areas, improved IT systems, multifaith rooms, rooftop terraces and health and wellbeing facilities.
Recharge Your Wellbeing Programme
More than 3,500 colleagues signed up to our Recharge Your Wellbeing Programme, a month-long initiative that aims to help individuals return to good health, both physically and mentally.
Psychosocial Risk Assessments
We carry out regular psychosocial risk assessments to ensure people’s work and roles are designed to be conducive to good wellbeing – that things like workload, deadlines and working practices don’t contribute to ill health.We carry out regular psychosocial risk assessments to ensure people’s work and roles are designed to be conducive to good wellbeing – that things like workload, deadlines and working practices don’t contribute to ill health.
BT Benevolent Fund
We support colleagues, past and present, who are facing financial hardship through the BT Benevolent Fund.
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