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Lovewell Blake has been nominated for the Workplace Wellbeing Award in this year’s Thetford Business Awards.
The news comes as the firm’s wellbeing programme has been “highly recommended”, having also received Gold Accreditation from the Best Employers Easter Region programme in November 2023.
Lovewell Blake, which has a team of ‘wellbeing champions’ across all of its offices, maintains that its teams help shape and implement wellbeing initiatives, as well as provide support to employees.
In addition, the firm boasts mental health first-aiders, and both mental health and menopause champions in place across its offices.
The firm also offer staff bereavement and pregnancy loss support, as well as access to a confidential employee assistance programme which can include up to six free face-to-face counselling sessions if needed.
Staff have access to an employee Wellbeing portal, which is organised into four areas: money, offering advice and support on budgeting and financial issues; move, which has a range of exercise and physical health advice, as well as access to discounted gym memberships; mind, which offers advice and support on mental health issues; and munch, aimed at helping staff improve their diets.
Lovewell Blake has worked with mental health charity Mind to provide comprehensive mental health training for managers, as they are best placed to spot the early signs of stress and mental health issues, and offer early intervention to reduce the risk of a problem becoming more serious.
According to the firm’s most recent staff survey, 93% of Lovewell Blake staff said they have supportive relationships with their line manager and 83% said they would feel confident in sharing a mental health concern with their manager.
The winners of the Thetford Business Awards will be announced at a ceremony at Hockwold Hall in May.
