Be Well: the wellbeing hub for employers
Wellbeing support
Mental wellbeing underpins all aspects of physical, social and financial health. With that in mind, our wellbeing support tools and interventions are designed to help employees through what life brings, to keep them well, help them get better, and be supported.
Introducing our Be Well Helpline
Our Be Well Helpline has been created for HR and Line Managers to provide early intervention advice and support in the moments that matter.
Be Well: the wellbeing hub for your clients
Available to all employers, our Be well hub provides access to a range wellbeing resources designed to help them actively manage their employees’ wellbeing.
Under each of the physical, financial, social and mental health tabs below, you’ll find:
- Tools to help create or update wellbeing policies
- Free wellbeing resources to signpost employees to
- Practical ideas for quick wins and implementation
- A reminder of the wellbeing services available within our Group Protection products
Make sure you share this useful information with your clients, so they can keep their employees healthy. Happy and in work.
Be well, Get better, Be supported
Through our group protection products, we offer a wider range of wellbeing services. Designed to help employees thrive, help them through illness and injury and support them financially and in other ways when they need it most. Access to our services is included in the costs of the products.
Additional resources
- Mental health activities from Time to Change. If employers are looking for practical and fun group activities for employees, Time to Change has several resources that include mental health myth buster quizzes and ideas for running one or more 'lunch and learn' sessions about mental health.
- A guide to managing menopause at work. With menopausal women now the fastest-growing demographic in the workplace, this report aimed at line managers looks at how managers can best support employees with this still often ignored subject.
- BITC’s musculoskeletal (MSK) health toolkit (6.5mb pdf). This 74-page toolkit looks at everything from the impact of MSK health at work, to knowledge and training. It can help employers understand the specific challenges to their workplace and help reduce the risk of problems.
- CIPD financial wellbeing webpage. This provides a number of tools and resources including creating a financial wellbeing policy and how behavioural science can help employers uncover and challenge biases that impede financial capability and wellbeing.
- Legal & General’s Deadline to breadline report (8.7mb pdf). Although aimed at financial advisers, this report provides information about the financial stability of people across the UK – On average, families in the UK could be on the breadline in just 19 days without the main breadwinner’s regular employed income – that’s down from 24 days in 2020. The report could provide some useful figures for building a case for financial wellbeing initiatives.
- CIPD Podcast: Hiding in plain sight: carers in the workplace. 5 million people in the UK currently juggle work and caring responsibilities – that's about one in seven of the workforce. And it’s thought that will increase to 9 million people within 30 years. With fewer young people starting work, it’s a no-brainer to have more care for the carers to enable them to stay on board in the workplace.
- Podcast: Leading from the heart: making an impact through soft skills. There has been growing debate and conversation around the benefits of soft skills in the workplace and the essential or core skills we will increasingly need. The events of 2020 have prompted greater shows of empathy, teamwork and problem solving. But can getting these ‘softer’ skills pay dividends in the long-term and do we need to value these skills more within our organisations? This CIPD podcasts finds out.
- Report: What really works? Ensuring inclusive working cultures. This report from Business in the Community (BITC) reviews the findings of over 60 pieces of academic literature. The report translates these findings into a summary of actions that businesses can take to create a fair and inclusive workplace. The research is combined with the knowledge gained through many years of work in this area. Race and gender are a particular focus.
- Report: Deloitte Insights – The Wrong Numbers: why a focus on age can mislead workforce development (1.4mb pdf). As workforce composition becomes more complex, the question arises of whether traditional segmentation, anchored in a generational approach, should remain the focus of future human resources strategies. This report demonstrates that a key element in the ability of employees to adapt is not age, but rather trust and support.
- CIPD Podcast – Neurodiversity: a vital aspect of workplace inclusion. This podcast explores what neurodiversity is, the benefit for an organisation and how to create a neurodiverse-friendly workplace where people can thrive.