In today's world mindfulness is everywhere and nowhere. We increasingly see workplace wellbeing programmes and workshops which introduce mindfulness to their employees, but it often doesn't go beyond a well intentioned introductory session and taster breath practice. While these can be beneficial, there's much more employers can do without spending an enormous budget to provide access to evidence-based mindfulness progammes for interested colleagues.
Ireland’s National Workplace Wellbeing Day is fast approaching on Friday April 30th 2025. Now in its eleventh year, the day itself has served to raise the importance of employee wellbeing across a wide variety of industries since its inception. As always, I encourage organisations to recognise and celebrate the day in a way that best supports their colleagues while at the same time ensuring they do not fall into the trap of celebrating wellbeing on only one day of the year and merely using the day as a PR exercise!
Our most recent Work Well Live gathering took place at Explorium, Ireland’s National Sport and Science Centre. What an evening it was! If you were there, you know. If you didn’t make it… oh dear! You definitely missed out on a fantastic night of learning, networking, and hands-on fun. I've got you covered though. In this article, you’ll find:
✅ A brief event summary
✅ Links to resources mentioned during our session
✅ Some great images from the night
As we enter 2025, it's imperative for HR and wellbeing leaders to craft dynamic strategies that resonate with the evolving needs of the workforce. Wellbeing remains a top priority, and aligning your initiatives with the latest trends and resources is essential. Here's how you can elevate your workplace wellbeing programmes in the coming year.
What's going on in the world of workplace wellbeing in Ireland? What does the employment landscape look like? Where are the opportunities?
On this Work Well Live webinar we were joined by leaders in the workplace wellbeing space in Ireland to hear about their own career journeys, what they look for in a candidate and where they see future opportunities.
In today’s fast-paced world, employee wellbeing isn’t just a nice-to-have—it’s a competitive advantage. Welcome to Chief Wellbeing Officer as a Service, your strategic partner in building a healthier, more engaged, and high-performing workplace. Our unique, on-demand service provides expert-led workplace wellbeing strategies tailored to your organisation’s needs, with the flexibility to adjust and evolve as your company grows.
Our most recent Work Well Live Webinar was on the theme of Mental Health Plans for Workplace Wellbeing Day & The Year Ahead. Barbara Brennan and Brian Crooke discussed Ireland's National Workplace Wellbeing Day and the mental health milestones and events taking place throughout 2024. If you're a wellbeing, HR or senior leader then you can plan your entire wellbeing calendar for the remainder of 2024 with the detail from this webinar.
Ireland’s National Workplace Wellbeing Day is fast approaching on Friday April 26th 2024. Now in its tenth year, the day itself has served to raise the importance of employee wellbeing across a wide variety of industries since its inception. As always, I encourage organisations to recognise and celebrate the day in a way that best supports their colleagues while at the same time ensuring they do not fall into the trap of celebrating wellbeing on only one day of the year and merely using the day as a PR exercise!
parkHIIT is a volunteer-led social enterprise that promotes the importance of resistance exercise. We get people outdoors and active every weekend of the year, regardless of the weather. We’re Dublin only at the moment but we’ll be nationwide soon!
For parkHIIT to grow and scale it has to be through leaders in local communities.
Have you made plans for 2024 as yet? Whether you're working from home, HQ or a hub this year, I can guarantee you that wellbeing will be high on the priority list for your people.
To help with your planning, we've documented all the resources, education and training that you can avail of from Workplace Wellbeing Ireland and our partners and friends in this article.
Our most recent Work Well Live gathering took place at Grant Thornton’s HQ in Dublin’s Docklands and our discussion focused on Domestic Abuse Policies in Irish Workplaces. Our panel highlighted the legal aspect, the practical policy perspective and a very personal story. Grant Thornton launched their Domestic Abuse Policy on the day with Aoife Hennessy sharing details of the policy with those in attendance.
Our most recent Work Well Live event took place at the National Treasury Management Agency's fantastic HQ at Treasury Dock and coincided with the annual Green Ribbon Campaign from See Change. Our theme for the session was "What Judgment Feels Like". On the day we were privileged to have a fantastic panel to discuss this in detail.
Workplace Wellbeing Ireland has returned to the rebel county! Thanks to our friends at Uisce Éireann Irish Water, we hosted a live in-person session at their Webworks office in Cork on September 7th discussing Mental Health Considerations in the Era of Remote Work.
On our most recent Work Well Live webinar, Paula Voiseux of Glenveagh Properties joined us to discuss their award winning wellbeing programme.
On our most recent Work Well Live Webinar, Sharon Daly and Anne Farrell of Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail took us through their CIPD Ireland award winning wellbeing strategy and programme.
Ireland’s National Workplace Wellbeing Day is fast approaching on Friday April 28th 2023. Now in its ninth year, the day itself has served to raise the importance of employee wellbeing across a wide variety of industries since its inception. As always, I encourage organisations to recognise and celebrate the day in a way that best supports their colleagues while at the same time ensuring they do not fall into the trap of celebrating wellbeing on only one day of the year and merely using the day as a PR exercise!
Have you made plans for 2023 as yet? Whether you're working from home, HQ or a hub this year, I can guarantee you that wellbeing will be high on the priority list for your people.
To help with your planning, I've documented all the resources, education and training that you can avail of from Workplace Wellbeing Ireland and The Work Well Community in this article.
Ireland’s National Workplace Wellbeing Day is now in it's eight year and it's been a great initiative to raise awareness of health promotion in Irish workplaces.
There's an awful lot more really good stuff happening in Ireland when it comes to workplace health promotion and chances are you are not aware of half of it.
Ireland’s National Workplace Wellbeing Day is fast approaching on Friday April 29th 2022. Now in its eight year, the day itself has served to raise the importance of employee wellbeing across a wide variety of industries since its inception. As always, I encourage organisations to recognise and celebrate the day in a way that best supports their colleagues while at the same time ensuring they do not fall into the trap of celebrating wellbeing on only one day of the year and merely using the day as a PR exercise!
Ireland's National Workplace Wellbeing Day takes place on April 29th 2022. Are your plans for this year already in place? Fear not as we were joined by Noelle Mulcahy on this Work Well Live Webinar to give an overview of what Teamwork is doing from a wellbeing perspective and share some key ideas for organisations to try on National Workplace Wellbeing Day no matter what your budget.
In this Work Well Live Webinar, we highlighted the Financial Wellbeing resources and tools available to benefit you and your colleagues.
You can watch the full recording of our webinar right here. We also mentioned some supporting resources during the session which we’ve documented. You are welcome to share this link with your colleagues and contacts as this is something that can benefit everyone.
In this Work Well Live Webinar, we were joined by clinical psychologist Dr. Eddie Murphy. On this session Dr Eddie discussed the return to the workplace and tackled concerns for both employees and employers as we navigate a return to workplaces around the country.
The theme for the most recent Work Well Live Webinar of our 2022 series was ‘Using the Breath to Activate Your Brain for Success‘ with our special guest Patrick McKeown.
Patrick is an international breathing expert and author based in Galway, Ireland. Since 2002, he has worked with thousands of clients, including elite military special forces (SWAT), Olympic coaches and athletes.
The theme for the most recent Work Well Live Webinar of our 2022 series was ‘Compassionate Self-Care for Working Parents - Why it's Vital and How to Do It‘ with our special guest was Dr. Malie Coyne.
Malie is a Clinical Psychologist, Bestselling Author, Adjunct Psychology Lecturer at NUIG and also sits on the Mental Health Advisory Panelist for the A Lust for Life charity.
2021 was another challenging year but there’s a lot to be positive about from a workplace wellbeing perspective. Many organisations are placing an increased focus on the wellbeing and mental health of their people. If you don’t have healthy people, you won’t have a healthy business.
I still see many “random acts of wellness” masquerading as wellness programmes in Irish workplaces but progress is being made. At Workplace Wellbeing Ireland, we continue to empower organisations to develop, manage and measure long term meaningful wellbeing programmes and the numbers of students graduating from our programmes at The Work Well Institute in 2021 gives us confidence that our future is in safe hands.
The theme for our latest Work Well Live Webinar of our 2022 series was ‘Wellbeing Champions - How to Create a Shared Ownership for Wellbeing‘.
‘Peers can have a powerful influence on health behaviors and outcomes. The social support provided by individuals has the potential to improve the health and wellness of peers within their social networks.’
The theme for our first Work Well Live Webinar of the year was ‘‘New Year New Opportunities’ and it was an ideal way to kick-start 2022 for The Work Well Community.
Our guest was Donal O’Donoghue, President of Employment & Recruitment Federation and Managing Director at Sanderson.
We hosted an excellent session with Chris Flack of UnPlug who took us through the Right to Disconnect, cognitive task switching, winding down for Christmas and much much more.
If you weren't able to join live then you're in luck. The session was recorded so you can watch it back right here.
A big thank you to Chris for sharing such an excellent presentation and answering our questions.
Hard to believe another year is almost at an end.
Have you started making plans for 2022 as yet? Whether you're working from home, HQ or a hub next year, I can guarantee you that wellbeing will be high on the priority list for your people.
To help with your planning, I've documented all the resources, education and training that you can avail of from The Work Well Community in this article.
I have a very exciting update on my parkHIIT social enterprise and this is your opportunity to get involved.
parkHIIT is a free community workout promoting the importance of resistance exercise. Some people think that ‘resistance is futile’ but that’s not the case. parkHIIT proves that ‘resistance is worthwhile’!