Over 20 rail companies are signed up to the award-winning rail industry health data dashboard project. The findings are already providing a powerful tool to generate evidenced based decisions to help businesses to improve overall wellbeing and health for rail staff. This session covers how companies have overcome the challenges of collecting health data, what to do if you are unsure or don’t know where to start collecting data and how it supports the story telling; answering the “why” and “so what” when taking action to drive change.
BlendFit is Sarah’s signature class that gives you and your body a bit of everything! You will begin with some high energy cardio, boxing inspired movement; blending neatly into some barre work (we’ll use chairs) to tone and define the entire body and follow this with some core strength to work on your strength and stability. You will end with a stretch and cool down, feeling revitalised and full of energy.
In this session, you will learn how mindfulness - which is a way of focusing your attention on the present moment - can help your brain work better, manage stress, think clearer, and manage your mood. You'll find out how it can help you sleep better, feel healthier, and even deal with pain more effectively. Shamash guides you on how to start practising mindfulness - starting with just 10 seconds a day and slowly increasing over time.
Working in the rail industry can expose people to potentially traumatic events. As a manager, you want to be equipped with the tools to protect and support your team. The team and organisation around a person can play a big role in a person's recovery after an event. This session gives practical steps managers can take before, during and after an event to reduce the risk to mental health. Managers will also learn how they can protect themselves from burnout and vicarious trauma when supporting trauma-exposed colleagues.
Qigong, pronounced “chi gong,” was developed in China thousands of years ago as part of traditional Chinese medicine. It involves using exercises to optimise energy within the body, mind, and spirit, with the goal of improving and maintaining health and well-being.
Day in, day out, come rain or shine the rail industry transports passengers and goods across the UK. This is certainly no small feat and whatever part you play in this mammoth task, your contribution is vital! There are however those among us who continually go above and beyond to support others and champion health and wellbeing in the rail industry. Those we can truly call … heroes. So without further ado, it’s time for us to find out who this year’s Wellbeing Hero is.