North East and North Cumbria staff wellbeing hub update

North East and North Cumbria Staff Wellbeing Hub is open to anyone who works in health or social care in our area. They are an easy to access and highly confidential source of support in these challenging times, and you can find out more about the Hub and all they offer on their website. Many of their free wellbeing offers and home working offers can be booked directly through the website without the need to contact them.

You can find the latest update from the Hub team below:

• Alcohol Support Service

We are pleased to let you know there is a new alcohol support offer made available to health and social care staff working in our area to access. The DrinkCoach service will be made available from the week of Monday 22 August 2022.

The introduction of DrinkCoach will provide colleagues with access to a confidential online portal where they can undertake the DrinkCoach Alcohol Test, which creates a better understanding of current alcohol intake and the associated risks. In addition, staff who are identified as drinking at hazardous and harmful levels will be able to access up to six free 1:1 coaching sessions under the scheme.

We know that the pandemic demands and high pace of work within our sector have impacted the health and wellbeing of our staff. We hope that this new service will help people who drink to do so within low risk guidelines, whilst also providing you with a practical service for you to promote amongst staff.

Further details about the service will follow in the next NENC staff wellbeing hub newsletter.

• Homeworking Wellbeing Offers

Did you know through our Homeworking Project we have been able to expand upon our wellbeing offers, with a special focus on supporting the needs of people working from home.

We are delighted to offer these offers in this brochure free to anyone within health and social care across our region. To access the brochure please click here.

• Yoga with Chloe

We are very happy to be able to carry on offering further Yoga sessions with Chloe funded by the Hub into the Autumn as the sessions have proven so popular with attendees and feedback has been fantastic about the positive impact it has had on their health and wellbeing. Yoga sessions available are as follows.

Rest and Restore Yoga
Commencing: Tuesday 20th September 2022 for 6 weeks
Time: 8.30pm until 9.30pm
Venue: Zoom (Chloe will send the link to access the sessions directly to you)

Beginners Yoga Sessions
Commencing: Wednesday 21 September 2022
Time: 7.30pm-8.30pm
Venue: Zoom (Chloe will send the link to access the sessions directly to you)

Improvers Yoga Sessions
Commencing: Wednesday 21 September 2022
Time: 7.40pm – 8.40pm
Venue: Zoom (Chloe will send the link to access the sessions directly to you)

Yoga Morning Flow Sessions
Commencing: Thursday 22 September
Time: 7.30am-8.30am
Venue: Zoom (Chloe will send the link to access the sessions directly to you)

If you are interested in signing up for any of the above Yoga 6 week sessions then please click here, and use password WBH22.

• Staff Mindfulness Upcoming Summer Sessions

These sessions are open to all health and social care staff to support their wellbeing. 

2 hour taster sessions

For staff who are interested in finding out about mindfulness in preparation for the next 8 week courses starting in October 2022. The dates are as follows:

On-line via MS Teams:

Monday, 15th August 2022, 10am – 12pm
Monday, 22nd August 2022, 6pm – 8pm
Monday, 5th September 2022, 11am – 1pm
Wednesday, 7th September 2022, 2pm – 4pm
Monday, 12th September 2022, 6pm – 8pm
Monday, 12th September 2022, 11am – 1pm
Monday, 12th September 2022, 6pm – 8pm
Wednesday, 14th September 2022, 10am – 12pm

In person:

Wednesday 17 August, 10am – 12noon at Elm Ridge Methodist Hall, 16 Woodburn Drive, Darlington, DL3 8AB

Tuesday 6 September, 9.30am – 11.30am at the Live Well Centre, Dundas Shopping Centre, Dundas St, Middlesbrough, TS1 1HR

For full details about our taster sessions, courses and drop-in sessions please click here.