1. Employee Engagement,
Workplace Health and Wellbeing.
November 2013
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2. Workplace health and engagement.
✗ Sickness absence (UK)
180 million days 2010
Direct Cost £16.8B2
✗ Mental Illness
13.1M days lost in 2012
✗ Engagement and Absence
Engaged employees take 2.7 days
Disengaged employees take 6.3
✗ Retention
40% lower turnover in high
engagement companies.3
•Engaging for Success 2008, D. MacLeod –Crown Copyright1
•CBI survey 2010 2
•Engage for Success 2012: The Hay Group3
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3. UKactive Summit 7th Nov 2013
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Inactivity needs to be put on a par with obesity, alcohol and tobacco.
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Two thirds of the population are failing to reach the minimum
recommended levels of physical activity - 150 minutes of moderate
intensity physical activity per week.
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Physical activity can help treat manage or prevent over 20 chronic
conditions like stroke, heart disease and type-2 diabetes.
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4. Issue: lack of physical activity and
an aging work force.
• 60% of men and 72% of women do not meet physical activity guideline
• Activity levels decrease with age – increasing health risks even more
• Older people have more health issues and we have an aging workforce.
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Source: www.heartstats.org - Department of
Health (2008) Health Survey for England 2006.

5. Technology trends
The new platform for creating compelling services.
• 30.9 million smart phone users in
the UK in 2013 (60% of mobile
phones).*
• 55% of UK residents use facebook.
• 80% of UK households with
broadband.
• >£1 billion charity revenues on
Just Giving since 2000.
• by 2017, 50% of SP users expected
to download a health App*.
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*Research2Guidance

6. An employee health challenge.
Walk, run or cycle 10,000 steps a day for six week, equivalent to 7 marathons.
• Participants in teams of five, wear
a digital activity sensor and
upload their activity data to the
website.
• Website has team and individual
leader boards.
• Compete with colleagues and
other companies.
sharing
sharing
• Fosters a team spirit and
motivates daily physical activity.
• Inclusive of all abilities.
benefits
benefits
plans for 2014
www.activity4charity.co.uk
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• Option to fundraise and support
your local community.

7. Benefits
Employee
Engagement
Physical &
Mental Health
Company
Productivity
Individual
Team
building
Work life
balance
Reduction in
absenteeism
Charity
Fund raising
Health agenda
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8. Evidence: results 2012 Summer challenge.
• 550 participants from 25 companies did over 200 million steps over 6 weeks, equivalent to
86,000 miles raising over £7000 for 15 charities.
• The average daily steps was 10,762 and increased each week of the challenge
• 87% of participants completed the challenge.
• End of challenge survey results:
• Before the challenge just 34% met the UK
government activity guideline (30 minutes/day, 5
days/week), this increased to 82% at the end of
the challenge.
• 30% lost weight.
• 63% reported it had improved team relationships
and/or the office atmosphere.
• 93% reported the challenge had benefited their
personal health and wellbeing.
• 95% intend to maintain higher levels of activity.
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9. What people say.
“…the office was aa
“…the office was
buzz with activity and
buzz with activity and
people trying to get
people trying to get
more steps up. ItItwas aa
more steps up. was
great laugh”
great laugh”
“it became aareal
“it became real
talking point as I Ivisited
talking point as visited
different client sites.”
different client sites.”
“a fantastic initiative,
“a fantastic initiative,
we had five teams the
we had five teams the
competitiveness and
competitiveness and
team spirit was
team spirit was
unbelievable.”
unbelievable.”
“I thought that the
“I thought that the
challenge engendered aa
challenge engendered
really positive team
really positive team
spirit among all the
spirit among all the
people who took part.”
people who took part.”
“a great team motivator
“a great team motivator
gets you thinking about
gets you thinking about
the level of activity
the level of activity
achieved daily especially ifif
achieved daily especially
you are at your desk all
you are at your desk all
day”
day”
“Thank you for all your
“Thank you for all your
support - -itithas been aa
support
has been
brilliant challenge. I Ihave
brilliant challenge. have
lost aafew pounds and feel
lost few pounds and feel
very fit. I Ishall keep ititup.”
very fit. shall keep up.”
“My BP was 157/105 its
“My BP was 157/105 its
now normal - -with the help
now normal with the help
of meds but the exercise
of meds but the exercise
helped significantly.”
helped significantly.”
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10. ROI – Calculating the commercial benefit
based on NICE 2008 ROI calculator
Assumptions:
• 1000 person scheme
• Average pay (estimated salary + overhead) = £15 /hour
• Average cost of staff turnover = £7750 /person 1
• 10% reduction in sickness absence level and employee turnover 1
Costs:
• Activity4Charity challenge = £39,000 (exc. VAT, exc. postage costs)
• Internal challenge coordinator (est.) = £5000
Savings:
Sickness absence: starting level = 3.7% (9.3 days/year) 2
• Saving from 10% reduction1 = £104,000
Employee turnover: starting level = 69.6% retention 2 = 30.4% turnover
• Saving from 10% reduction1 = £233,000
Return:
£337,000 saving = 7.6:1 ROI just from absence and retention savings
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2
NICE
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11. How this can benefit your CSR.
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Raise your company profile as a
supportive and pro-active employer.
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Get your teams to work together in
a fun and competitive programme.
•
Improve your employee wellness
and productivity through physical
activity at work.
•
Support company engagement and
retention targets.
•
Get your staff to support the
charities they care about and meet
your fundraising targets.
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12. Availability
• a rolling calendar of challenges is
available, companies can sign
staff up in teams of five.
• bespoke challenges for larger
projects.
• Post event analysis of data.
• For further details please contact
Seema.Bennett@mmvsense.com
or visit
www.activity4charity.co.uk.
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