As a business, our culture is what sets us apart. We champion a positive working culture with a focus on ensuring everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging. As part of the fifth World Wellbeing Week, our wellbeing committee, Enrich, hosted a tailored programme with the aim of enhancing our people’s wellbeing through various events and activities throughout the week.
Enrich, was launched to support, adapt and enhance our people's wellbeing, not only at work, but in their wider lives. We wanted to use this dedicated week to raise awareness and celebrate such an important topic, so, what has been happening in LGT Wealth Management’s office?
To commence Wellbeing Week, Enrich hosted a Chiropractor lunch event whereby Dr Edward Wilkinson, from The Chiro Collective, delivered a seminar focusing on stress and the nervous system, spine, posture and some general education around Chiropractic services. This was followed by individual spinal analysis assessments in our London office, which used a spinal alignment machine to give an in-depth analysis of posture, spine alignment and back health – an essential matter for those working in an office.
With the aim of breaking down barriers around men’s mental health, we were delighted to be joined by a true football legend of the nineties, Neil ‘Razor’ Ruddock, for a fireside chat in our London office. The interactive interview hosted by Head of International Business Development and ex rugby professional, Andy Newman, explored Razor’s time on the pitch and successes as well as his approach to the challenges he has faced since retiring from the game. We hope that the talk will raise awareness in our workplace about healthy eating and positive mental wellbeing.
In the evening, Hayley Wright, a leading Personal Trainer, hosted a Boxercise class in the office to focus on physical health.
On Wednesday morning, we held a bake sale for our charity partner Demelza Children’s Hospice. The bake sale raised £450 for Demelza, which will be doubled to £900 by the Firm’s matching policy.
In the afternoon, we were joined by Stressbusters for a Mindfulness meditation session. Used for centuries in the East and now not unusual to be found and practiced in school classrooms and corporate boardrooms throughout the world, the session explored two key elements taught in Mindfulness which are a ‘breathing meditation’ followed by a ‘body scan’.
Enrich provided an office brunch for our people before the quarterly office update from our CEO Ben Snee. As well as a company roundup of the first two quarters of the year and the opportunity for staff to participate in a live Q&A, Ben shared the bi-annual ‘Above and Beyond’ award voted in by colleagues for going above and beyond to improve the service we offer our clients.
To wrap up a great week, Enrich hosted a pizza lunch in the office to bring colleagues together.
Throughout the week we encouraged colleagues to go for a walk together and provided coffee vouchers, all with the intention of fostering a sense of belonging amongst our people and improving physical health.
All in all, our Wellbeing Week was a great success, and we look forward to continuing our programme of support throughout the year.
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