Third party harrasment ⚠️

From the 30th of  October, employers will have a stronger legal duty to protect staff from harassment by customers, clients, patients and other members of the public. Changes to the Equality Act 2010 mean organisations must take reasonable steps to prevent third-party harassment at work.

The change raises an important question for all workplaces: how do we create environments where staff feel safe, respected and supported, especially when their role involves regular contact with the public?

Third party harassment – Harassment law changes – Acas

Food golorious food 🍉

– Hippocrates ( apparently).

Did an ancient greek philospher say this, who knows? Hippocrates did however draw connections between our lived environment and community health. He argued that nutrition creates good health. Good health = healthy work!

Our interest on nutrition this month stems from a new report highlighting the inadequecies in secondary school food provision, so we ask you …

What is your food culture and environment at work ?

Employees’ healthy eating and physical activity: the role of colleague encouragement and behaviour | BMC Public Health | Springer Nature Link

‘companies seeking to promote healthy life styles may supplement their corporate policies with a socially supportive infrastructure in the workplace.’

Healthy Eating During The Working Day

Back to school 🎒

September has arrived! For many parents and carers this return to the childcare routine of drop offs/pick ups, new transitions and perhaps leaving children for the first time can have a big impact on wellbeing, with potential spill over into the working day.

Here are some valuable resources to share with your employees that may ease the stresses and worries of those parenting/caring responsibilities!

Getting your child ready for school | Family hubs

Starting Childcare in 2025: How to prepare your child – BBC Tiny Happy People

The Back to School Impact on Employees: How Employers Can Support | Human Resources

Moment to pause – Free lunchtime mindfulness session

Work and life can feel so busy that you don’t have a spare moment to think, plan or just experience the moment. Join a one-hour lunchtime session to experience how mindfulness can bring space and new perspectives.

Book your evening Free Taster here on 21st September 6-7pm.

 Build better leaders: tackling the rise of the ‘accidental manager’

Do your high performers go into management without the necessary training?

Fear not. Our People Management Insight webinar, produced in partnership with Crucial Learning, teaches how to invest intentionally in developing your managers, to build stronger leaders, more engaged teams and better business outcomes.         

Join here 👉 Build better leaders: tackling the rise of the ‘accidental manager’ | People Management

Wellbeing and mental health Support for construction, transport and logistics, manufacturing, energy, farming and agriculture. 

Home – Lighthouse Charity

The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity provides free, confidential support to construction workers and their families, offering 24/7 help with mental health, financial wellbeing, debt, benefits and other challenges, and is already a valued resource for many local construction businesses.

Workplace mental health & wellbeing resources | Mates in Mind

Originally established in the construction sector, Mates in mind now offers tailored support to employers to help improve mental health and wellbeing for industries including construction, transport, manufacturing, energy and agriculture, with dedicated resources for SMEs, sole traders and apprentices.

Please find listed below links to a selection of national health promotions taking place in April 2026. If you’d like to know about other scheduled events you can try the NHS Employers Calendar of National Campaigns or Campaign Calendar | ADPH London   for inspiration. Don’t forget, if there’s a promotion or event that you’re aware of, and you think is appropriate for a workplace campaign, do let us know.

• Know Your Numbers Week
  7-13 September 2026

• UK National Inclusion Week
  14-20 September 2026

• World Suicide Prevention Day
  10 September 2026

• Occupational health week
  21-27 September 2026

• World’s Biggest Coffee Morning
  25 September 2026

The team here at Wellbeing at Work will be providing you with new monthly blogs. These will cover a range of different topics and be uploaded to our website under the heading, support. 

This month’s edition features: 

Guest writer blog – Ruth Simister

How do we know what works for workplace health and wellbeing? – East Sussex Wellbeing At Work