Promoting wellbeing at work is crucial for creating a healthy, engaged, and productive workforce. By prioritising employee health and happiness, organisations can foster a positive work environment, attract top talent, and achieve long-term success. We are delighted to offer our members the opportunity to achieve the Take 5 Steps to Wellbeing Workplace accreditation.
What are the Take 5 Steps to Wellbeing?
Most of us know when we are mentally and physically well, but sometimes we need a little extra support to keep well.
Together with the Health & Social Care Trusts, we are working with organisations to help them to help employees to build five simple steps to maintain and improve wellbeing these into daily life – think of them as your ‘five a day’ for wellbeing: Connect, Keep Learning, Be Active, Take Notice and Give.
We are currently recruiting for organisations based in the South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust. This training is valued at £3,000 but is available free-of-charge thanks to funding.
What is the Take 5 Accreditation?
The Take 5 Accreditation provides leaders within the workplace with the tools and guidance to audit their current wellbeing activities, to see what they’re doing well and to identify gaps in their approach. Through this process, we’ll help you to create a bespoke wellbeing action plan for your organisation that will inspire and support employees to improve their own wellbeing and provide opportunities at work for employees and managers to incorporate Take 5 into their daily working day.
On completion, organisations will be awarded Level 1, 2 or 3 in the Take 5 Accreditation, depending on their current actions and approach to wellbeing.
What does the Accreditation entail?
We are now accepting applications from companies in the South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust area.
The process of accreditation runs from September 2026 – June 2027. Within this time, organisations are expected to commit to the Take 5 timeline of events. This includes, attending Take 5 ambassador training, submitting their Take 5 action plan, a site visit, completing the evaluation tools, networking with other organisations, providing evidence of their Take 5 activities and attending a Take 5 celebration event.
Please note: As spaces are limited and the programme will be in demand, an application process will be implemented.
Timeframe
| Month 1 | Take 5 accreditation training day for 1–2 individuals from each organisation/business. Following the training day you will submit a Take 5 Action Plan.
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| Month 2–5 | To promote and deliver the Take 5 objectives outlined in the agreed action plan with the aim of raising awareness of the Take 5 message throughout the workplaces and involving employees in Take 5 initiatives. Ongoing support will be provided throughout.
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| Month 5 | To arrange a suitable date for a site visit. The site visit will be required for the level of accreditation to be provided at the Take 5 awards ceremony. Further information will be provided on this closer to the time.
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| Month 6 | Time to celebrate your organisation’s success with a day of receiving the level of accreditation along with opportunities to network with like‑minded organisations that place wellbeing at the heart of their business.
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| Celebration Event | There will be an opportunity to join our Take 5 network and continue sharing your wellbeing successes. |
Benefits of undertaking Take 5 Accreditation:
- Access funded training worth £3,000 for your organisation
- One-day Take 5 training for two individuals in your organisation (this is compulsory training)
- Access a Take 5 Toolkit, to audit current activities and plan future Take 5 wellbeing activities
- Make new connections with peers via associated networking opportunities
- Review and feedback on Take 5 action plan
- Receive a Take 5 Accreditation certificate and attend a celebration event on completion
How to apply
To register your interest, please complete the form below.