ENTRIES ARE INVITED
Entries are now invited for the Leaders in WellBeing Awards 2020 from Jersey and Guernsey organisations, entrepreneurs, government officials, charities, health and wellbeing practitioners, and community volunteers in the Channel Islands. With 12 Awards to choose from, now is your time to shine!
Our International Panel of Judges will be looking for entries which stand out from the crowd and which provide evidence of the application and success of cultural change and wellbeing programmes through case studies as evidenced by business performance, survey results, client testimonials, or employee comments.
Nomination Forms are quick and straightforward to complete – and it is entirely free of charge to enter, so please enter as many different Awards as you feel to be appropriate.
Please be sure to enter the information which is specific to the Award being entered, adapting your entry to match the information requested in the criteria below. Nominations can be submitted by clients, employees, or suppliers. Self-nominations are also invited.
Please complete one Nomination Form per entry and email this for the attention of Beverley Le Cuirot, Leaders in WellBeing Summit & Awards 2020 to: leaders@wellbeingworld.je
Deadline for entries: 26th April 2020 at midnight.
Short-listed nominations will be announced on 26th May 2020. The Judges’ decision will be final.
The Winners of each category will be announced at the Celebratory Drinks Reception following the Leaders in WellBeing Summit at the Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel on Friday, 26th June 2020.
INDEPENDENT PANEL OF INTERNATIONAL JUDGES
We are delighted to confirm that our independent panel of international Judges will comprise:
• Dr Amina Aitsi-Selmi, Founder & MD, Next Generation Coaching & Consulting
• Geoff McDonald, Global Mental Health Advocate, Campaigner & Consultant
• John Binns MBE, Vice Chair MIND UK and Board Member The City Mental Health Alliance
• Clare-Louise Knox, Business Psychologist and Founder of See Her Thrive
• Moderator: Beverley Le Cuirot, Founder & Director, WellBeing World and WellBeing At Work
The Awards are:
1. Best Workplace Culture
2. Caring Employer of the Year
3. Healthiest Workplace
4. Mental Health Award
5. Financial WellBeing Award
6. Inclusion and Belonging Award
7. Breaking the Stigma Award
8. Giving Back Good Business Award
9. WellBeing Practitioner – Customer Health & WellBeing Award
10. WellBeing Practitioner – Continuous Professional Development
11. WellBeing Practitioner – Best Overall Achievement 2019/2020
12. WellBeing Ambassador Award
THE AWARDS – The Detail – Judging Criteria
The Leaders in WellBeing Awards celebrate organisations, government departments, charities, individuals and practitioners who make health and wellbeing a core priority within their workplace and encourage a consistent, positive approach to the health and wellbeing of all employees. This may include having a named senior manager or managers who make health and wellbeing a core priority; having and actively promoting an organisational health and wellbeing strategy; integrating health and wellbeing into relevant organisational plans, policies and communications; empowering a team of workplace health and wellbeing champions with autonomy and support to design and implement health and wellbeing promoting initiatives.
• Lead from the top ‘being the change you want to see in your organisation’.
• Empower employees to work in a way that will bring out their best ‘work self’.
• Give employees a voice and encourage them to use it.
• Participate in ongoing dialogue to drive a healthy culture.
• Invite continuous improvement through new ideas, creativity and monitoring.
This award celebrates those employers who embed health and wellbeing within the organisation’s management processes and procedures in a way that contributes to long-lasting culture change, for example, including health and wellbeing in the skills and knowledge requirements of line managers, and also in their personal objectives and performance reviews. It will also recognise those organisations which specifically focus on promoting a culture of appreciation in the workplace.
This award recognises employers who enable employees at all levels to have a voice in the organisation, actively seeking their contribution in decision-making processes around practices which may have a direct impact on them, through for example, employee engagement forums, surveys, and effective communications, especially so if employees’ contributions are not able to be acted upon. It will recognise in particular employers who enable their employees to feel valued and trusted by the organisation by offering support and training to help them feel competent and promoting team working and a sense of community.
This award recognises those organisations which develop and implement workplace policies and procedures to reflect statutory requirements and existing best practice (for example, manual handling and display screen equipment), whilst also ensuring that all facilities and equipment remain safe, well maintained and of a good standard. It will particularly recognise those organisations which focus on creating a healthy environment, whilst also providing support and workplace interventions to address long-term sickness absence and incapacity to work, mental wellbeing at work, obesity prevention, smoking, and physical inactivity.
This award recognises those employers who create a supportive environment enabling employees to be proactive with regards to their mental, as well as physical, health. This will include the development of policies to support, for example, resilience and work–life balance. It will recognise in particular those employers who recognise the HSE Management standards for work related stress, including the management of demands (workload, work patterns and work environment); control (how much say the employee has in the way they do their work); support (from the organisation, line manager and colleagues); relationships (promoting positive working to avoid conflict and dealing with unacceptable behaviour); role (the understanding by employees of their own role in the organisation and that of others); and change (how this is managed and communicated in the organisation).
This award recognises employers who demonstrate support for their employees’ financial wellbeing as integral to a wider wellbeing programme. Stress caused by pay levels, lack of financial awareness or an absence or employee benefits is known to affect work performance. The award will recognise employers who focus on building rapport with employees, acknowledging their specific needs, whilst being careful not to overstep or push too fast in order to help them achieve their personal targets. Typical programmes may include schemes such as spending management tools and savings vehicles.
This award will recognise organisations of all sizes and from all sectors which demonstrate outstanding leadership in Diversity & Inclusion, enabling authentic Inclusion for all groups, and a feeling of belonging throughout the organisation, regardless of gender, age, disability, nationality or culture.
This award will recognise organisations of all sizes and from all sectors which demonstrate a willingness to create an open environment in which employees may raise and discuss personal issues, such as mental health, diversity, the menopause, and other topics which have not been previously been spoken out about in the workplace.
This award will recognise the organisation which demonstrates outstanding leadership in all areas which contribute to being a Good Business; specifically with regards to the way they treat their employees; their role within and contribution to the local community; commitment to environmental sustainability; open, honest and proactive relationships with customers; and a fair and decent relationship with suppliers and business partners. It will also recognise Employers and Practitioners who go the extra mile to encourage the ‘giving back’ of time and/or resources to the organisation, community and/or to charitable organisations.
This Award recognises those Practitioners who put the needs of their customers at the forefront of the activities and also those who have received the most impressive testimonials from their customers. Please include customer testimonials.
This award recognises a Health and Wellbeing practitioner who has demonstrated a pursuit for the continuous development of their knowledge, expertise and skills, for the continuing benefit of their customers and/or employees. Please include copies of certificates and customer testimonials as appropriate.
This award recognises a Health and Wellbeing practitioner who has been exceptionally inspirational in their contribution to the health and wellness sector, either locally and/or internationally. Please include full details and customer testimonials.
This award recognises the individual who goes the extra mile to actively promote the benefits of wellbeing within their community/sphere of influence. The WellBeing Ambassador may be a senior leader of an organisation or member of the team, an entrepreneur, member of the church or the community, a civil servant, politician, charity leader or volunteer, teacher, student, or health and wellbeing practitioner.
Nomination forms will shortly be available online.
