Our Social Passion Project is our social commitment to the mental health and general wellbeing of our community and this is our fifth annual update. This is an active project which lives and breathes the social aspect of Environmental Social Governance (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.
SOCIAL PASSION PROJECT, OUR FIFTH YEAR!
When we started this project in 2019 with a Mental Health Hackathon, our purpose was to support mental health through eliminating stigma and improving access to assistance. The original Hackathon showed that three things were 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
One the past five years we have continued to build on our impact to support the mental health and wellbeing across our community and across the globe.
THE JOURNEY SO FAR…
Two podcasts reaching over 10 countries, 5 books sharing stories from over 100 people, the creation of a support network for wellbeing champions and over 2000 people have accessed our free workshops!!
RECOGNITION FOR THE SOCIAL PASSION PROJECT
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.
Following on from this we were shortlisted for a Community Impact award at the Business Masters 2023 South West in August 2023.
OUR ACTIVITIES IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS
1. FREE WORKSHOPS FOR CHARITIES AND NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATIONS
We have been pleased to provide free wellbeing workshops for BRACE, Weston Hospice, and the Wetland and Wildfowl Trust this year.
We are looking for 5 charities or not-for-profit organisations in the Bristol area who want a free workshop in 2025.
2.WORKSHOPS FOR INDIVIDUALS
THE SOCIAL PASSION PROJECT HAS REACHED NEARLY 2000 PEOPLE !!
At the end of our previous report, 1525 people had signed up for our free monthly wellbeing events since 2020. This is now 1877!
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.
These were the free online events we ran in 2024:
January 2024: Create your vision for 2024
February 2024: Build your happiness habits
March 2024: 12 ways to get better sleep
April 2024: 5 Ways to mindfulness
May 2024: Improve your mental health: Building healthy habits
June 2024: Ikigai & finding your life’s purpose
July 2024: Do You Love Your Life?
September 2024: No one is coming to save you! and why that is a good thing.
October 2024: 3 Ways to reset and recharge
Take a look at our free workshops here
3. WELLBEING CHAMPION’S NETWORK
In November 2022 we launched our first event to support people involved in workplace wellbeing, the Wellbeing Champions Network. This is a bi-monthly opportunity for people in the wellbeing, mental health and people management space to come together to share knowledge and listen to our panel of experts on topics ranging from Diversity & Inclusion to Menopause.
We have run 6 free workshops for employers, HR, and people managers during the last year across the following topics:
November 2023: Modern Masculinity
January 2024: Diversity & Inclusion, current trends
March 2024: How to avoid stress and burnout
June 2024: Embracing neurodiversity in the workplace
September 2024: How to Improve Your Wellbeing Strategy
October 2024: Gen Z: Leadership and wellbeing debate
We have engaged with 188 HR and wellbeing professionals across these events in 2024.
You can access our free events here.
Want to be involved in future debates, and to join this community supporting those who support others? Email sharon@discoveryourbounce.com
4. 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.
We have launched a further four books with 2022 seeing The Bounce Back Journey of Parenting added to the series. The profits from the sale of these books support the Social Passion Project.
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 (February 2020)
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 the work of the Social Passion Project and other mental health projects in Bristol.
Take a look at these amazing books here
5. PODCAST
In January 2022 we launched The My Wellbeing Show which is a podcast series of 12 interviews from sleep to menopause. 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.
You can listen to this podcast here!
New for 2024! 6 new episodes!
…and a new look
We were so privileged to be able to interview Maggie Rae, Director of Public Health on blood pressure and to be part of their campaign to highlight blood pressure issues and impacts.
These are the topics we have covered in the Season Two of the My Wellbeing Show
Episode 1: Goal Setting. We interviewed Doug Bennett, The Goals Guy
Episode 2: Blood Pressure. We interviewed Maggie Rae, NHS England, South West Deputy Director.
Episode 3: Journalling. We explored how to use journalling for wellbeing
Episode 4: Learning to live with a different body. Sharon shares her story of learning to live with a body which changed due to long term illness and explores how we see ourselves.
Episode 5: Belief and self sabotage: We interviewed Cally Stewart about what happens when we get in our own way
Episode 6: Men’s Health and Stressful times: We interviewed Mark Brooks OBE, Chairman of The Mankind Project about the changing landscape for men in 2024 and their mental health.
Bounce Back Journey Podcast
In January 2023 we launched The Bounce Back Journey podcast which is a podcast series of 8 interviews with people who took part in the Bounce Back Journey series of books. These have been download over 150 times across the UK and USA.
You can listen to this podcast here
The topics and guests
Episode 1. Nicky & Sharon share the story of how The Bounce Back Journey movement started.
Episode 2. Adrian Chase shares his story – What would you do if your life was under threat?
Episode 3. Bea Martin shares her experience of reclaiming her health.
Episode 4. David Johnson talks about his extraordinary life and the impact of synchronicity.
Episode 5. Amy Blythe talks about overcoming crippling anxiety.
Episode 6. Maria Newman talks about the “mummy juggle” and how we can create balance in our lives.
Episode 7. Andy Boorman shares his struggles with mental health and suicidal thoughts, and how he reaches out to people as the “Anxious Accountant”.
Episode 8. Parenting expert Jane Evans talks about how to improve the quality of your relationship with your children.
OUR PLANS FOR 2025
We will continue to create more podcast episodes and reach out across the Wellbeing Champions Network. If you have any ideas for debates or webinar, drop us a line.
We have 5 free workshops to give away to charities and not for profit organisations in 2025. Apply by email to Nicky@discoveryourbounce.com
HOW CAN WE HELP YOU MORE?
We have a Facebook group which continues to give support and we now have 765 members. It has had a new look in 2024!
Take a look at our previous updates
Social Passion Project Update 2023
Social Passion Project Update 2022
Social Passion Project Update 2021
Social Passion Project Update 2020
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