Creative Wellbeing in the Workplace

Creative Wellbeing in the Workplace
What can businesses learn from the arts and cultural sector in designing innovative and engaging wellbeing strategies?

An online event exploring how workplaces can adopt a creative approach to wellbeing to drive business success, amplify employee productivity, and create happier and healthier staff communities.

Over the past year, individuals have turned to arts and culture in ever greater numbers in recognition of the impact that creativity can have on improving mental and emotional health. This event asks what can be learnt from this, discussing ways businesses can incorporate creative wellbeing into their strategy.

Experts in business, health and creativity will discuss strategies and opportunities. The panel discussion will be followed by case studies, breakout and practical sessions and end with a Q&A. The event is open to all businesses and may be most helpful for workplace leaders, decision makers and HR teams.

Speakers:
 

George Bell

Co-founder of ON:SONG

George has over 15 years industry experience across a broad range of musical, cultural and ethnomusicological projects, and is passionate about how music can be used to improve wellbeing. ON:SONG provides musical experiences for businesses, communities and individuals to tune-in, connect and take care of their wellbeing. Committed to having a real impact, ON:SONG work with clients to measure and review wellbeing and its benefits.

Dr Simon Opher MBE

Gloucestershire GP and founder of Artlift

Dr Simon Opher is Chair of Stroud Integrated Locality Board with responsibility for the healthcare of 120,000 people. He was also the lead clinician for the national Cultural Commission Pilot and leads on Social Prescribing in Gloucestershire. He founded Artlift in 2007, providing arts on prescription to patients in Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. Latest projects include arts and ballet to help survivors of cancer, the use of comedy to engage hard to reach communities, and Allotments on prescription sited on unused NHS land.

Catherine de la Poer

Leadership coach, expert on emotional intelligence

Catherine de la Poer is on a mission to change the conversation about organisational value. She is founder at halcyon coaching ltd, where the focus is to create more resilient and agile individuals, teams and organisations with Emotional Intelligence forming the centre-piece of her coaching approach. #humansustainability puts talent investment and employee wellbeing front and centre. Talent-first CEO's see TALENT as a value creator, as such talent is tied to every item of the strategic agenda.

Hayley Farrell

Wellbeing Business Partner, EMCOR Group (UK) plc

As an experienced Wellbeing Practitioner, Hayley Farell has responsibility of developing and delivering EMCOR UK’s wellbeing strategy in accordance with ISO 45003 standardisation. Hayley is passionate about unlocking the commercial advantage of a healthy workforce and an inclusive culture through an integrated process within business, and externally through social value delivery - to support a positive impact on society, the environment and the economy. Hayley is a CIPD 7 PgD Personnel and Development qualified, a Bachelor of Commerce specialising in Human Resources (Hons), a qualified L3 Personal Trainer and currently completing a CPD diploma in Life Coaching and Mindfulness.

Pete Allison

Director of festivals of business and innovation

Pete Allison runs County Business Shows Ltd which produces The Gloucestershire Business Show and The South Gloucestershire Business Show. The events bring leaders in business together to discuss, consult, celebrate, promote and grow great businesses and good business practice across the county.