Our health and wellbeing initiatives are created to help nurture our peoples' mind, body and soul, so they can flourish in all areas of their life. We value every individual, so giving back is important to us.Â
Life and Soul Group
At Awen, health and wellbeing opportunities are not just an exhaustive list of what we think our people may benefit from; they are what staff tell us are meaningful to them.
Our lively Life and Soul (health and wellbeing) Group comprise staff reps from across our Group who regularly come together to forward plan our activities, keeping us active and engaged all year round.
Whether it’s organising wellbeing events, supporting charitable causes that matter to colleagues, creating opportunities to connect, or promoting health and wellbeing across the organisation, our Life & Soul Group is here to help. Passionate about creating a positive workplace experience, they are always looking for new ways to support colleagues, bring people together, and help make Awen a place where everyone can thrive.
Vicki Smith, Awen Comms Team explains how she cultivated new skills whilst getting TogetherWORKS’ garden, ‘summer ready’, during a recent volunteer day…
Our volunteering day kicked off with a bacon butty and mug of coffee to psyche us up for some hard but very enjoyable graft preparing the garden at Together Works Community Hub for their up-and-coming festival.
As an office-based team it was great to put on our scruffs, brave the weather and get down and dirty, planting bulbs and cementing in garden furniture.
We all certainly learned a different skill that day and knowing it was for the benefit of our community gave us a real buzz.
We love to give something back!
We care about our people and communities, and want to sow the seeds to happy careers.
We understand our people need the tools to flourish, that’s why we run a successful staff volunteering programme.
All Awen staff are awarded 3 paid volunteering days each year. These can be spent working in the community or outside of Awen supporting projects, other charities or worthy causes or housing sector organisations. We established the programme to help nurture growth, so staff can learn new skills, meet new people, and champion their unique skill sets as well as contributing to the Monmouthshire communities we serve.
The types of activities we typically get involved with might include…
- Decorating of areas used by our communities
- Environmental projects within Monmouthshire
- Tenant engagement events
- Mentoring in Monmouthshire Schools
- Sponsored activities for charity
- School employment fayres
Your mental and physical wellbeing is very important to us
We want our staff to blossom in their roles, but understand a work-life balance plays a key role in this success. That’s why we offer generous annual leave, the ability to buy and sell your leave, and flexible working to ensure you can easily manage all aspects of life. We also understand time to rest and unwind is important to us all, so staff can look forward to a Christmas shutdown every year.
To ensure your physical health is supported, we offer staff a Health Cash Plan which gives you money back to help cover a range of medical costs including dentists’ bills, new glasses and much more. You’ll have free access to an independent and completely confidential advice service and offer an occupational health and lifestyle screening service.
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