Henderson Group puts focus on worker wellbeing with week of wellness initiatives
Henderson Group, which employs almost 5,000 people across its companies and stores, recently marked World Mental Health Day with a series of initiatives which not only gave workers the tools to look after their mental wellbeing, but also raised over £5,000 – vital funds for the Group’s charity partner, Action Mental Health.
It brings the total raised for the organisation to over £27,500 since the beginning of the partnership in January.
To kick off the week, and on World Mental Health Day, the Group worked with their charity partner to provide meet and greets across its companies for co-workers to understand the resources available to them through the partnership.
Throughout the week, management worked with local wellness experts to create bespoke webinars for teams to log on and view live or in their own time, which included Wellness from Within by inspirational speaker and content creator, Annette Kelly, AKA, Little Penny Thoughts.
Other webinars included Sleep Well by corporate wellness service providers, Relaxa, alongside a Make the Most of Your Money session by Kith & Kin Financial Wellbeing.
The week was rounded off by a charity truck pull organised by the team at Henderson Foodservice, raising over £1,000 with bucket collections on the day, and further donations via their Crowdfunding page which currently sits at over £350. The funds will be shared between Action Mental Health and PIPS, the suicide prevention charity. The team set off from EUROSPAR Glenwell Road and finished at PIPS’ Antrim Road headquarters after a four-mile pull, completed in under 90 minutes.
Sam Davidson, Group HR Director at Henderson Group said: “Our Wellness Week was an opportunity for our team to get together after a long two years of remote working and further understand how our partnership with Action Mental Health can also provide useful tools and information for them to avail of. It was an important week with helping raise funds for our charity partner, as well as the truck pull from Henderson Foodservice, which collected additional funds for PIPS.”
