May – health & wellbeing May - health & wellbeing Your team name 1) The importance of taking regular breaks have been communicated and staff are encouraged to go outside during breaks to get fresh air and stretch their legs (2 points) Done Not done 2) The department has at least one natural plant pot per 10 desk based employees and 1 edible plant or herb in a common area that they have grown to share with the department (1 point) Done Not done 3) As part of National Walking Month in May, organise a departmental lunchtime walk around campus or nearby to encourage health & wellbeing within the department, help familiarise staff with the local walking routes and promote walking as a sustainable mode of transport (3 points) Done Not done Useful resources: c-change can provide maps with walking routes around Brighton. National Walking Month: https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/what-you-can-do/campaigns/national-walking-month-2017 4) Information has been shared on making the most of a ‘staycation’ l instead of flying abroad. (1 point) Done Not done Useful resource: https://www.discoveringbritain.org/ & https://www.visitengland.com 5) Run the Pedometer challenge in your working area for 2 weeks during May (3 points) Done Not done British Heart Foundation runs a ‘Health at work challenge’ - https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/publications/health-at-work/health-at-work-pedometer-challenge-individual-step-count-sheet Steps per day can be tracked through the Health App on an iPhone or Google Fit on an android. 6) Promote active travel to staff and advertise the relevant facilities around the university and staff travel discounts (1 point) Done Not done These include (bike map https://bit.ly/2LdxJHb, cyclescheme https://bit.ly/2VFldEq ) 7) Promote and encourage staff to consider practicing Mindfulness by downloading one of the suggested apps on Staff Central (1 point) Done Not done https://staff.brighton.ac.uk/hr/wellbeing/Pages/Mindfulness.aspx Please upload any pictures or documents you wish to provide as evidence for the above tasks Drop a file here or click to upload Choose File Maximum file size: 52.43MB Additional evidence Drop a file here or click to upload Choose File Maximum file size: 52.43MB This form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Submit