Britain’s workplace wellbeing champions crowned at national awards

The organisations and businesses leading the way in promoting their employees’ wellbeing have been honoured in a brand new awards series. The Great British Workplace Wellbeing Awards were founded last year by the Great British Entrepreneur Awards team and industry specialists Wellity Global to recognise the inspiring response of employers across the UK to the ongoing wellbeing and mental health crisis amongst the working population.

Work-life balance, stress management and personal struggles have increasingly impacted employees in recent years, and were particularly highlighted during the global COVID-19 outbreak when organisations were compelled to pay closer attention to their staff’s welfare.

The final was held for the first time at the Grosvenor Hotel in London and was hosted by radio presenter and opera singer Wynne Evans, who also interviewed former world champion boxer Frank Bruno MBE live on stage. Seventeen awards were given out to the applicants whose efforts to innovate their company’s wellbeing policy had the biggest impact on the judges.

The awards were judged by a panel of industry experts and campaigners for better standards of wellbeing and mental health support, including Simon Blake OBE, CEO of Mental Health First Aid England, and Amanda Webb from Gymshark.

Co-founder of the awards Francesca James is eager to see the event put on annually following its success: “We were proud to see the awards generate so much enthusiasm and participation from the opening of applications through to awards night, and found the stories of the finalists to be immensely inspiring. Recent times have been tough for everybody, but the commendable efforts of our finalists  to push for the workplace wellbeing standards we all deserve are a real glimmer of hope that things will get better with collaboration and understanding. Congratulations to the award winners.”

Full list of winners:

Best Wellbeing in the Workplace Strategy: Large Organisation

Pets at Home Group PLC

Best Wellbeing in the Workplace Strategy: SME

The British Academy

Wellbeing Team of the Year

Neucruit

Best Wellbeing Service Provider

Allen Carr’s Easyway

Best Use of Tech

DMSL

Breaking the Silence Award

Jo Newman, BOA Group

Best Covid-19 Company Response

KFC UKI

Most Inspiring HR Leader of the Year

Shaun Davis, Royal Mail Group

Most Inspiring Senior Leader of the Year

Katherine George, Oh So Social

Most Inspiring Employee of the Year

Hannah Meredith, MVF

Lifetime Commitment to Wellbeing

Nuzhad Chagan, Lyfe

Best Support for Furloughed Workers

Hawksmoor

Best Support for Remote Workers

Careers Wales

Best Financial Wellbeing Initiative

Yorkshire Building Society

Best Physical Initiative

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

Best Mental Initiative

Humberside Police

Recognition for Excellence and Outstanding Engagement (Overall)

The Beans Group