Case Study: Mars UK
After the successful involvement in the National Well@Work
project, Mars decided to continue with the momentum behind
the project and implement its own in-house workplace health
programme called Winning With Wellness.
The programme aims to provide all employees with
opportunities to be informed about their health and help
them make choices about how to lead healthier lifestyles.
Through various interventions, they now have access to more
information about their health; opportunities to try new health
activities, and support to change or maintain their lifestyle
behaviours.
The programme is managed by the Wellness Leader – a newly
created role – and supported by Wellness Champions, who are
employees involved in planning and delivering interventions, as
well as senior management.
Based on the evaluation data from the Well@Work project,
and input from employee consultation groups, the programme
covers:
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Healthy eating and weight management, such as weight
loss competitions, subsidised healthy eating offers in
cafeteria, and nutrition newsletters
- Physical activity in the newly built exercise studio with five
classes per week, step challenge, and lunchtime walks
Stress management including AXA stress awareness days,
the Galaxy 'Chill out' room with self-help leaflets, and
subsidised massage
- Smoking cessation including No Smoking Day activity and
on-site one-to-one support
- Other activities such as the Wellness Champions and the
health checks
Monitoring and evaluation are integral to this programme, and
the main methods used are employee opinions and comments,
case studies and questionnaires.
At the heart of Mars' business is a set of principles that
define the culture. Two of these principles are mutuality
and responsibility, and Mars believes that the Winning With
Wellness project is synonymous with these two principles. Mars
is committed to making its company a great place to work.
Winner of a bronze Workplace Wellbeing 2008 Community Partnership Award
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More Information
FDF has published a booklet called Workplace Wellbeing: The Food Industry in Action - pdf | 1.2Mb, which features many of the schemes found in this section.
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Last reviewed: 22 Jan 2009