By Ellie Pipe, Tuesday May 11, 2021
Bristol24/7 is marking Mental Health Awareness week with a special event focusing on burnout and wellbeing in the workplace.
The free, virtual event will feature a panel discussion covering topics from best practice and challenges faced to supporting mums back into the workplace and the importance of an office as a safe space.
The first in the Bristol24/7 Presents 2021 series takes place on Thursday, May 17 from 2pm. It will be hosted by Bristol24/7’s Safiya Bashir and there will also be video contributions from Better Business members and others across the city.
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Exploring burnout and wellbeing in the workplace
By Lowie Trevena, Wednesday May 5, 2021
In a free event taking place on May 13, Bristol24/7 and expert panellists will discuss how the city’s response to burnout could make Bristol a leader in workplace wellbeing.
With workers having to juggle their jobs and childcare, many facing furlough, Zoom fatigue, isolation and job losses, the last year has taken its toll.
Many employers are still catching up with what these shifts in working mean for staff wellbeing. Bristol24/7 will explore how the city can become a world leader in workplace wellness.
Independent journalism is needed now more than ever.
At Changes Bristol, we have a strong ethos on eliminating hierarchy. Across the services we are all peers and therefore everyone – member, volunteer, staff, trustee – has something to offer and bring to the table.
At the peer support groups, members share for about ten minutes – depending on the group size – and can speak about whatever they want. It is then opened up for feedback from the group.
Changes Bristol works using a peer support model. Photo: Changes Bristol
Everything is welcome, even silence if someone wants to hold the space without speaking. We ask for the feedback to be supportive, directly related to the person’s share, keeping a focus on each person’s unique situation.
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“Positive interaction and laughter is incredibly important for mental wellbeing,” says Jason Washbourne, Changes Bristol project manager.
“We’re hoping that this event will give people an opportunity to have some light relief and offer a fun uplift to people’s moods.”
The power of laughter has short-term effects, increasing the endorphins released in the brain and stimulating the respiratory system, but also has long-term effects, releasing neuropeptides which help to fight stress and other potentially serious illnesses.
The comedians taking part in the virtual stand-up event: Toussaint Douglass, Kate Lucas, Ola Labib, and Russell Hicks. Photo: Changes Bristol
The back-to-back shows will be ten minutes each and public tickets and are £7 each, but free for Changes Bristol members. The donations will be going towards the charity’s work, which currently includes ten online support groups, five in-person groups and a new telephone befriending service.