The Kent Healthy Business Award is a fully funded program that helps businesses improve employee health, wellbeing, and performance. It provides tools and support to assess existing wellness programs, create new initiatives, and work towards one of three levels of accreditation. Signing up gives businesses expertise in wellbeing, opportunities to boost productivity and engagement, and a chance at national recognition by completing the program. Employees benefit from initiatives focused on physical and mental health, a better work environment, and advice on healthy behaviors.

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HOW
HEALTHY
IS YOUR
BUSINESS?
Improving economic performance through people and environment
Kent Healthy Business Award
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People are the source of your business success. When your people are not performing
at their highest level, your business is not performing at its highest level. Improve the
health and wellbeing of your most important assets and you can improve the health
and sustainability of your business.
A company’s
employees
are its greatest
assetRichard Branson
Make sure you look after yours.
We can help! Sign up to the Kent Healthy Business Awards, a fully funded
assessment framework, to improve health and wellbeing at work. You will
gain Kent’s prestigious award and the chance of national accreditation.
For more information, to arrange a meeting or to sign up, please email Paul.Kirrage@Midkent.gov.uk,
call 01622 602032 or visit www.kent.gov.uk and search for ‘Kent Healthy Business Award’.
Further details can be found on the factsheet overleaf.
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Kent Healthy
Business Awards

2. Take Part,
Take Action,
GET ACCREDITED
with wellbeing
programmes
tailor-made for your
business
We’ll provide your company with
fully-funded assistance:
• Assessment of existing
provision
• A self assessment framework
for the future
• Resources, toolkits and
wellbeing guides
• Support from a local ‘health at
work’ advisor
• Expertise in health and
wellbeing programmes
• Accreditation to the National
Wellbeing Charter (on
successful completion of the
programme)
By signing up to the scheme, your
company can:
• Increase productivity,
efficiency and performance
• Promote wellbeing
• Increase staff engagement
• Manage attendance and
reduce absence, therefore
saving you money
• Enhance the working
environment
• Showcase your people,
services and skills
• Improve health and safety
• Demonstrate compliance with
laws and regulations
Your staff will receive the
following benefits:
• Improved physical health
• Improved mental health
• Better wellbeing at work
• Support and guidance
• A better working environment
• Advice on healthy eating and
exercise
• Advice on giving up smoking
• Information on alcohol and
substance misuse
• Training for managers
There are three levels of award (Commitment, Achievement and Excellence), each containing 9 sections to
work towards so your programme will be tailor made to suit your company’s needs. Simply decide the level of
engagement you can effectively manage, then choose the sorts of activities that your business can achieve.
Kent Healthy Business Award
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Fully Funded Receive National AccreditationImprove Staff Wellbeing
Why
Sign
Up?
How to sign up
The Kent Healthy Business Award is a fully funded self assessment
framework for health and wellbeing at work. Linked to the National
Wellbeing charter, the scheme offers companies and staff a whole
host of tools and benefits to improve economic performance, through
nurturing its people and environment. There’s no obligation to complete
the project within a certain time, meaning it can fit around your day to
day business. On successful completion of the scheme, your company
will receive accreditation to the National Wellbeing Charter.
To help you get there, your company will receive
support and guidance every step of the way.
What’s it all about?
For more information, to arrange a meeting or to sign up, please email Paul.Kirrage@Midkent.gov.uk,
call 01622 602032 or visit www.kent.gov.uk and search for ‘Kent Healthy Business Award’.
Improving economic performance through people and environment
Funded by
Kent Healthy
Business Awards