SOCIAL PASSION PROJECT Update October 2022.
Our Social Passion Project is our social commitment to the mental health and general wellbeing in our community and this is our third annual update.This is an active project which lives and breathes the Social aspect of ESG and serves to demonstrate that businesses can serve their community in line with their values, no matter their size. We receive no financial support for the services we provide.
The background
We started this project in 2019 with a Mental Health Hackathon and our purpose is to support mental health through eliminating stigma and improving access to assistance. The original Hackathon showed that there are three things needed to improve the mental health and general wellbeing in our community:
- Wider education around mental health and wellbeing
- To have an opportunity to share lessons learned across businesses
- To educate employers so that they implement effective wellbeing strategies
We have continued to build on our impact to support the mental health and wellbeing across our community and across the globe.
Recognition for our contribution in 2022
In October 2022 we were awarded ‘Supplier of the Year 2022’ by Eventwell, the wellbeing support organisation for event planners. It has been our privilege to provided their members with free support by way of talks and workshops for several years.
This is what they said about us:
“In celebration of Event Wellbeing Week 2022, I am delighted to advise you that the EventWell Awards 2022 judges have selected Discover Your Bounce for an award. In light of the contribution you are making not only to the world of mental health and wellbeing, but also your outstanding contribution to the event industry, we are delighted to present you with an EventWell Awards 2022 recognition award, for Supplier of the Year. The current climate has meant that we are not in the position to be able to run the awards in the original format that we would have liked, however, we did not want this week to pass by without shining a light on the amazing work you are doing”
Helen Moon, CEO Eventwell.
OUR ACTIVITIES IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS.
- WORKSHOPS FOR INDIVIDUALS
WE HAVE REACHED OVER 1000 PEOPLE !!
Our free monthly wellbeing events continue to be popular with 1059 people signing up for these workshops since the start of the first UK lockdown in 2020. We continue to attract attendees from outside of the UK. It is wonderful to think of our small business in South Gloucestershire supporting wellbeing wherever it is needed around the world.
We have also formed a support partnership with Moracle Foundation. Moracle Foundation helps trainees, undergraduates, graduates and postgraduates access and launch their careers in the accountancy and audit professions and helps employers tap into this fresh talent pool. It has been our pleasure to give two wellbeing talks to Moracle staff and foundation students across Africa this year.
In addition to our events, 127 people have accessed our stress busting talk.
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WORKSHOPS FOR EMPLOYERS
We have run 5 free workshops for employers, HR, and people managers during the last year across the following topics
November 2021 – Building resilient teams
January 2022 – Wellness in the workplace, organisational culture and values
May 2022 – Refocus your wellbeing strategy
July 2022 – Building resilient teams
October 2022 – The Future of Leadership Summit
We have engaged with 120 HR and wellbeing professionals across these events.
We will be building on this with our Wellbeing Champions Network in 2023.
You can access our free events here and the stress busting talk here.
3. WELLBEING CHAMPION NETWORK
In November 2022 we launched of our first event to support people involved in workplace wellbeing. 16th November was our first debate around men’s health and getting more men to participate in workplace wellbeing initiatives.
Want to be involved in future debates, and to join this community supporting those who support others? Email sharon@discoveryourbounce.com
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PODCAST
In January 2022 we launched The My Wellbeing Show which is a podcast series of 12 interviews across the following topics. We launched it with an interview with Kristina Rihanoff from Strictly talking about mindfulness.
These podcasts have been downloaded across 10 countries from UK and America to Africa.
The topics and guests
The one with Kristina Rihanoff – talking about mindfulness
The one with Giles Watkins, the author of Positive Sleep, talking about sleep
The one with Fanny Snaith, talking about money architypes
The one with Laura Clark talking about nutrition
The one with Paris Troy, BBC radio presenter and fitness guru talking about getting in to fitness
The one with Becky Barnes talking about confidence
The one with Nicola Green talking about menopause
The one with Nick Elston, international speaker on anxiety talking about his experience of anxiety
The one with Marianne Killick talking about hormone balancing
The one with Sharon Critchlow, Bounce Director and international speaker on the future work, talking about workplace wellbeing
The one with Nicky Marshall, Bounce Director and international speaker on ‘Sustaining Your Human’, talking about life as a stroke survivor
The one with Nicky & Sharon talking about happiness
You can listen to our podcast here!
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THE POWER OF STORY TELLING
At the start of 2020 we launched The Bounce Back Journey. 24 people shared their stories of overcoming adversity, and the Bounce Back Journey movement was born.
In the past three years we have launched a further 4 books with 2022 seeing The Bounce Back Journey of Parenting added to the series.
This year we reached our target of 100 contributors to these books!
119 stories have been shared
These stories have covered overcoming life, mental health and physical health challenges as well as changing careers, parenting and advocating for others
Our youngest contributor was aged 19
Our oldest contributor was aged 75
We now have the following titles.
The Bounce Back Journey of Women’s Health (October 2020)
The Bounce Back Journey of Men’s Health (November 2020)
The Bounce Back Journey of Careers (May 2021)
The Bounce Back Journey of Parenting (May 2022)
This makes a series of 5 titles, the profits from which support mental health projects in Bristol.
Take a look at these amazing books here
OUR PLANS FOR 2023
2023 will see a revisit of the Mental Health Hackathon with a celebration of the Bounce Back Journey books and a celebration of our community.
We will also launch a podcast of the Bounce Back Journey books so that people across the globe can hear the contributors share what they have learned. These books will soon be available on Audible to make them more accessible.
HOW CAN WE HELP YOU MORE?
We have a Facebook group which continues to give support.
To join the Discover Your Bounce Community go here.
To read all about our Social Passion Project: www.discoveryourbounce.com/social-passion-project
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