Activate your Office

During our lifetime, on average, we spend 35% of our waking hours at work. So it’s no surprise that many of us feel there isn’t enough time to look after ourselves.

But what if we could use that time at work more wisely. To consider our wellbeing and get active, while still performing our responsibilities? And what if, by looking after your wellbeing at work, you could make exercise and healthy living more fun and engaging? Sound too good to be true?

Try our Top Tips

Lunchtime walking challenge

Add a bit of ‘friendly’ competition to a lunch-time walk. Organise into groups or even challenge a different department. Clock up the miles and create a league table.

Sign up sheets

Ask your colleagues for their favourite activities. Organise and advertise around the office. Include all the workplace benefits of taking part.

A healthy cookbook

Ask your colleagues for their favourite activities. Organise and advertise around the office. Include all the workplace benefits of taking part.

Shared knowledge

Ask your colleagues if they know an expert who would like to visit and present. Nutritionists, physios, chefs, trainers. Organise a room and set up a lunch & learn.

Set up a wellness board

Designate an area for colleagues to post their wellbeing ideas. Recipes, exercises, finance tips, dog walking volunteers. Keep it fresh and email a monthly list.

Look for an office based stretch/exercise regime

Consider your audience and time commitment. Perhaps arrange different times and days to include as many colleagues as possible.

Quiz and scavenger hunt

Create a quiz and com-bine with active elements to get people moving. Start nice and simply and make as inclusive as possible. Consider a prize for added incentive.

Volunteering

Does your company pro-mote volunteering? If not, reach out to local good causes. Consider all the benefits to team morale to help get your senior team engaged.

Walking /standing meetings

Introduce mobile meetings for informal catch ups. It shortens meetings, focuses the mind and if you’re lucky enough to go outside can free up a meeting room.