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Axiom Housing Association
‘making a positive difference to people’s lives’
Sharon ClaphamHR Manager
About Axiom?
Established in 1967 Based in Peterborough and work across
Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire Not-for-profit organisation Provide services to over 5,000 people Includes general needs housing, sheltered
housing, extra care schemes, supported housing projects and domicillary care
Employs 220 staff and over 40 relief workers
Why health and well-being?
Cultural shift and change Increase in sickness absence
- 12.90 days per employee Commitment to being a great place to work
Implementation of project
Applied for funding: Health, Work & Well-being Challenge Fund Funding matched by Axiom
Health and well-being group formed Responsible for ensuring project milestones are
being met Co-ordination of all health and
well-being activities Branded the project……..
Events to date
• Well-being leaflets to all staff
• Pedometer challenge• Absence training for Managers• Staff Survey on well-being topics• Fruit for all staff and board members • Competition to win sports equipment• Well-being online forums on intranet• Quarterly reward and recognition scheme• Monthly health based quiz and prize
• Annual sports day• Well-being checks for all staff• Stress management training
– All staff– Management training– Accredited qualifications
• Well-being aspect to staff conferences – Healthy lunch, GoMAD session
well-being stands, music video and guest speaker Simon Weston
Events to date
Other initiatives
• Train the Trainer – Self Care • Walk to work week• Health Awareness Training – RSPH Level 1 & 2• Funded private medical consultations to speed
up diagnosis• Refer all long term sick absences to
Occupational Health• Adaptations to work
place i.e. padding around workstation, dictaphone, alarm bracelet
Challenges
• Buy in from some staff• Time to implement projects• Measuring impact of health and
well-being programme• Organisational changes
– absence procedures• Funding to continue programme
What’s gone well
Opportunities – Working with other organisations– Networking– Professional advice and support– Free stuff – training/health checks
Buzz from staff – Pedometer challenge– Focus on well-being at
staff conference– Staff and family sports days– Team Building events– Top 100 Challenge
Outcomes…
Staff empowerment:Monthly well-being activity Badminton and walking clubs
Board Commitment:Funding commitment to well-being
Partnerships: DWP, BiTC, Peterborough Live Healthy Team,MIND, Active Workplaces, DIAL, Sense
Outcomes…
IiP Gold Accreditation
Sunday Times Top 100 Company!
50% Reduction in sickness absence since commencement
of project in 2010
31 March 2014
31 March 2013
31 March 2012
31 March 2011
Days Days Days Days Total days lost 1,102 1,896 2,104 2120 Actual days lost per employee
6.48 10.65 11.82 12.90
What’s happening now?
Signed up to the Government’s Responsibility Deal
Broadening health and well-being initiatives to our residents Healthy Conversations Outside Gym
T & C’s committing well-being into Axiom’s employee terms
What’s happening now?
Delivering Chair Based exercise sessions
Weekly Xbox Challenge Mental health awareness training
And to create a bit of fun we are due to launch ……….
our Smoothie Bike!