1. Workplace Challenge Champion Training
PART 3
Workplace Challenge Champion Training

2. Aims of the Workplace Challenge Champion Training
To provide information and support to those with a remit for workplace health to create a sustainable increase in participation in sport and physical activity at their workplace.

3. Why physical activity and workplace health?

4. Health benefits Reduces risk of chronic conditions:
Coronary heart disease
Stroke
Type 2 diabetes
Cancer
Obesity
Mental health problems
Musculoskeletal problems
Improves people’s quality of life:
More energy
Less stressed
More relaxed
Healthier body shape
Sleep more easily
Social aspect
More self-confidence

5. US PA guidelines advisory committee report 2008
Health risks – physical inactivity
Reduces the risk of all-cause mortality
Approximately 30% risk reduction across all studies
Dose-response relationship
US PA guidelines advisory committee report 2008

6. Risk factors for CHD Which circle is physical inactivity? Smoking
Obesity
High cholesterol
High BP
Physical inactivity
Which circle is physical inactivity?

7. Risk factors for CHD

8. Costs of physical inactivity
4th leading risk factor for global mortality WHO 2010
Accounts for 6% of deaths globally WHO 2010
Direct cost to NHS £0.9 billion Scarborough et al, 2011
Cost of lost productivity £5.5billion Ossa and Hutton, 2002
Costs of premature death of people of working age
£1 billion Ossa and Hutton, 2002

9. Scale of the problem
Over 60% men and 70% women don’t do the recommended amount of exercise to benefit their health
BUT 80% of people think they are active enough

10. Adult guidelines Headline message: Be active every day
Every ten minutes counts
Top line messages
Something is better than nothing.
Build up to a total of 150 active minutes a week.
Be sure to add in activities that will help strengthen your muscles.
Limit and break up the amount of time you spend sitting still.

11. Physical activity
HaW pocket challenge booklet - think of ways you can build activity into your week – fill in the weekly planner on page 5

12. Why promote health and wellbeing at work?

13. Workplace setting Over 30 million people in employment
Average person spends over a third of their
waking hours, for up to 40 years of their life, at
work.
Workplace has big effect on the health of everyone who works there
A fantastic place for promoting health to employees
Established channels of communication - publicise programmes, encourage participation and
provide feedback

14. Ill-health
Many of the health problems of the UK workforce can be attributed to worsening public health with poor diets, growing obesity, smoking and more sedentary lifestyles all playing their part.
Situation likely to get worse - UK workforce of the future being older and sicker, with more people living and working with ill-health.
It is likely by % of adults will be obese, and the number of people living and working with chronic conditions will rise steadily.

15. Costs of Ill-health Ill health costs business through:
Cost of sickness absence
160 million working days are lost every year due to absence
Costs UK businesses 17 billion a year
An average 5.3 days absence and cost to employers of £975 per employee
Average London firm of 250 employees loses around £250,000 a year
Staff turnover
Accidents and injury
Productivity
Presenteeism

16. Return on investment
Employers who invest in health initiatives = potential to see significant return on investment (ROI)
ROI can range from £2 for every £1 spent (1:2) to £34 for every £1 spent (1:34)
Reduced sickness absence evident in 82% of programmes
Holistic wellness programmes can be expected to show a positive financial return over a period of 2-3 years
More targeted interventions are more likely to show a pay-back period earlier.
BHF Building the Business case report 2014

17. Group activity
What are the benefits of promoting physical activity and health in the workplace for employees?
What are the benefits of promoting physical activity and health in the workplace for employers?

18. Benefits to employees
Improved health and wellbeing – more active, fitter, less stressed
Reduced risk of illness and diseases
Increased understanding of health
Enhanced self-esteem
Increased job satisfaction and morale
Increased communication and social support
Opportunities to network across the business

19. Benefits to employers
Healthy staff - more satisfied, productive and resilient
Reduced absenteeism
Physical activity initiatives can reduce absenteeism by up to 20% and physically active workers take 27% fewer sick days
Reduced costs related to injuries and accidents
Reduced recruitment costs
Reduced staff turnover
Increased productivity
Team building
Positive company image and profile
Mitigate some of the problems of an ageing workforce.

20. HaW video

21. What is the Workplace Challenge and BHF Health at Work programme?

22. What is the Workplace Challenge?
Aim: To engage workplaces in sport and physical activity
Funded by: Sport England
National Partners:

23. Win prizes and compete against other businesses
What’s involved?
Activity Log:
-National Challenge - Jan to Mar
-local mini challenges – Walking, Summer, Cycling, Running
2) Competition Programme
3) Business Games
Win prizes and compete against other businesses
Sign up for FREE today!

24. Evaluation
Workplace Challenge is being evaluated by BHF National Centre for physical activity and health.
Aims of the evaluation;
Learn how workplaces can engage inactive people.
Assess effectiveness of the Workplace Challenge.

25. Sustainability
Workplaces and Workplace Challenge Champions ongoing participation in the programme. Capability to develop sport and PA in the workplace.
Opportunities to sustain the Workplace Challenge beyond Enhanced offer.

26. What’s in it for us?
Champion; to gain further knowledge and experience in promoting physical activity, whilst providing a key role to colleagues and the project through the liaison of sport and physical activity coordination in your workplace.
Workplace; get support to improve health and wellbeing at your workplace, get recognition for your employees achievements.
Participants; the chance to try different sports, compete against friends, raise money for charity, live a healthier lifestyle

27. British Heart Foundation Health at Work Programme

28. Working in partnership
BHF are delighted to be a partner in the Workplace challenge.
We are supporting the project by:
providing project support through involvement in the steering group
delivering champions training across England – creating sustainable development of workplace health through our Health at Work programme

29. 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

30. Our fight for every heartbeat
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a huge burden on people in the UK
Each year around:
1 in 4 of us die from CVD
175,000 are admitted to hospital with a heart attack
235,000 suffer a stroke
We’ll beat CVD by funding ground-breaking research and we’ll continue to support and empower those living with it across the UK.
We’ll drive programmes of work to keep the nation’s hearts healthy, prevent tragic loss of life, and give cardiovascular patients the best care they can receive.

31. Health at Work Programme

32. Health at Work programme
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.

33. Key to success Workplace coordinator/champion/leader
HR, Occ. health, Health and wellbeing manager, Healthy lifestyle officer, H&S
Overall responsibility rests with them – contact point
Drive the programme forward – with support
Internal - engage with management, champions and employees
External - look for partnerships e.g. NHS. charities
Motivate

34. Barriers to success

35. Health at Work programme
The Health at Work programme includes:
Free membership
Resources
Website
Delivery
coordinator seminars/ training days
Health and wellbeing days
Heart health workshops

36. Member feedback
79% of HaW members have taken positive action since joining the programme
Positive outcomes:
Reduced absenteeism
Better morale
Team building
Improved positive corporate image
Increased communication
Individual success stories - weight loss
Enhanced employee self-esteem