What is wellbeing?
Evidence suggests that a small improvement in wellbeing can help to decrease some mental health problems and also help people to flourish.
Wellbeing is more than just good health.
The What Works Centre for Wellbeing observes that “Wellbeing, put simply, is about ‘how we are doing’”
The government have shared a document, produced by the New Economics Foundation (NEF) on behalf of Foresight, which sets out 5 actions to improve personal wellbeing
The Five Ways to Wellbeing model looks at different components of wellbeing. To achieve wellbeing an individual needs success in each of the elements, and they are all equally important.
- Connect - Making time for relationships with friends, family and colleagues and elsewhere within your community.
- Be active - Exercising, physical activity and enjoying good health.
- Take notice - Being aware of the world around you and reflecting on your experiences.
- Keep learning - Trying new things and challenging yourself.
- Give - Doing something nice for others, volunteering, making yourself and others happy.
Can you help your staff with their wellbeing? Our online training course will show you how to embed a culture of wellbeing
Staff Wellbeing in Schools online training course
This information has been taken from our new course on Staff Wellbeing in Schools which has been released to mirror Ofsted’s updated inspection framework.
The course provides some specific suggestions for keeping yourself healthy in each of the five ways described above, both in and out of school.
The course costs £18.50 to buy online or is included in our cost-effective safeguarding and duty of care training package
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