Axiom Housing Association

‘making a positive difference to people’s lives’

Sharon ClaphamHR Manager

About Axiom?

Established in 1967 Based in Peterborough and work across

Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire Not-for-profit organisation Provide services to over 5,000 people Includes general needs housing, sheltered

housing, extra care schemes, supported housing projects and domicillary care

Employs 220 staff and over 40 relief workers

Why health and well-being?

Cultural shift and change Increase in sickness absence

- 12.90 days per employee Commitment to being a great place to work

Implementation of project

Applied for funding: Health, Work & Well-being Challenge Fund Funding matched by Axiom

Health and well-being group formed Responsible for ensuring project milestones are

being met Co-ordination of all health and

well-being activities Branded the project……..

Events to date

• Well-being leaflets to all staff

• Pedometer challenge• Absence training for Managers• Staff Survey on well-being topics• Fruit for all staff and board members • Competition to win sports equipment• Well-being online forums on intranet• Quarterly reward and recognition scheme• Monthly health based quiz and prize

• Annual sports day• Well-being checks for all staff• Stress management training

– All staff– Management training– Accredited qualifications

• Well-being aspect to staff conferences – Healthy lunch, GoMAD session

well-being stands, music video and guest speaker Simon Weston

Events to date

Other initiatives

• Train the Trainer – Self Care • Walk to work week• Health Awareness Training – RSPH Level 1 & 2• Funded private medical consultations to speed

up diagnosis• Refer all long term sick absences to

Occupational Health• Adaptations to work

place i.e. padding around workstation, dictaphone, alarm bracelet

Challenges

• Buy in from some staff• Time to implement projects• Measuring impact of health and

well-being programme• Organisational changes

– absence procedures• Funding to continue programme

What’s gone well

Opportunities – Working with other organisations– Networking– Professional advice and support– Free stuff – training/health checks

Buzz from staff – Pedometer challenge– Focus on well-being at

staff conference– Staff and family sports days– Team Building events– Top 100 Challenge

Outcomes…

Staff empowerment:Monthly well-being activity Badminton and walking clubs

Board Commitment:Funding commitment to well-being

Partnerships: DWP, BiTC, Peterborough Live Healthy Team,MIND, Active Workplaces, DIAL, Sense

Outcomes…

IiP Gold Accreditation

Sunday Times Top 100 Company!

50% Reduction in sickness absence since commencement

of project in 2010

31 March 2014

31 March 2013

31 March 2012

31 March 2011

Days Days Days Days Total days lost 1,102 1,896 2,104 2120 Actual days lost per employee

6.48 10.65 11.82 12.90

What’s happening now?

Signed up to the Government’s Responsibility Deal

Broadening health and well-being initiatives to our residents Healthy Conversations Outside Gym

T & C’s committing well-being into Axiom’s employee terms

What’s happening now?

Delivering Chair Based exercise sessions

Weekly Xbox Challenge Mental health awareness training

And to create a bit of fun we are due to launch ……….

our Smoothie Bike!