Welcome to the Evolve Workplace Wellbeing Newsletter – March 2024
| Working on better understanding Financial Wellbeing
Our colleague, Dr Bryony Davies, is working on a Knowledge Exchange Partnership project between RBC Brewin Dolphin and the University of East Anglia. Co-funded by Innovate UK, Knowledge Transfer Partnerships allow in-depth projects which draw on the best of industry expertise and academic research to take forward innovation in areas of societal need. Bryony is looking for research participants. Please consider taking part: “We all have experience with money – we might pay the bills, contribute to a pension, or save for the future. However, our experiences of learning how to do this effectively differ greatly. We are running interviews to explore the range of views and experiences held by working adults in the UK and would love to hear from you. Click here for more information and click here to register your interest or email me at bryony.r.davies@uea.ac.uk.”
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| Meet our colleagues at the Health and Wellbeing @ Work Conference
On 12th and 13th March, many will gather at the NEC in Birmingham for the annual Health and Wellbeing @ Work Conference 2024. If you are going, look out for our Evolve colleagues: Kevin Daniels (UEA) – Recognising and understanding that Workplace Wellbeing Programmes need to evolve: Michael Whitmore (RAND Europe) – My experience of Long Covid and Return to Work (Fireside Chat) https://healthwellbeingwork.co.uk/health-wellbeing/sickness-absence-time-high Christian van Stolk (RAND Europe) is co-chairing the Future of Work session: https://healthwellbeingwork.co.uk/future-work
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| Watch this space – ‘return to work’ podcast due to launch 13th March
In the next Evolve Workplace Wellbeing podcast, Professor Kevin Daniels speaks with Dr Sema Etuknwa of Swiss Re about an evidence-based approach to improving return to work practices. Watch out for the podcast on all your usual podcast platforms (Apple, Spotify, Google etc.) or access directly from our podcast host here: Podcast: https://evolveworkplacewellbeing.buzzsprout.com
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| OTHER INTERESTING LINKS
In this section we compile other evidence-informed links to pieces on workplace wellbeing that we have found interesting. The following are not produced by the Evolve Workplace Wellbeing team. · Supporting employees with terminal illness – What Works Wellbeing A PDF guide developed in collaboration with Marie Curie · If you currently work, or have previously worked, in UK academia and have an Energy Limiting Condition/ Chronic Illness / Energy Impairment, please consider completing this survey: https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/liverpool/pilot-experiences-of-academics-with-energy-limiting-conditions- · CIPD Evidence Review on psychological safety https://www.cipd.org/en/knowledge/evidence-reviews/trust-psychological-safety · Update on the UK 4 day week project 1 year on https://autonomy.work/portfolio/making-it-stick/ · Interesting HSE app https://workingminds.focusgames.com/
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