Prime Highlights:
- Healthoutfit has introduced two free resources to help small and medium-sized UK businesses create effective employee wellbeing programmes.
- The tools focus on practical, real-world solutions, helping organisations move beyond basic initiatives and build meaningful workplace support.
Key Facts:
- The resources include a 15–20 minute Workplace Wellbeing Mini Audit and a detailed 10-step wellbeing planning guide.
- Both tools follow UK best practices, including HSE Management Standards, NICE guidance, and the Thriving at Work review.
Background:
Healthoutfit, a UK-based workplace health and wellbeing consultancy with 25 years of experience, has released two free resources aimed at helping small and medium-sized businesses develop effective employee wellbeing programmes.
The new resources – the Workplace Wellbeing Mini Audit and Designing Your Employee Health & Wellbeing Plan – offer practical, evidence-based frameworks that follow UK best practices, including HSE Management Standards, NICE guidance, and the Thriving at Work review. Both are immediately available for download at no cost from Healthoutfit’s website.
Steve McIntosh, Managing Director at Healthoutfit, said the resources provide businesses with “a practical roadmap to build something meaningful.” He highlighted that workplace wellbeing is often reduced to tick-box exercises, such as fruit bowls or step challenges, which fail to address the real factors affecting employee health.
The Workplace Wellbeing Mini Audit is a self-assessment tool that takes 15-20 minutes to complete. It looks at six key areas of workplace wellbeing: leadership and commitment, mental health support, physical health, the working environment, data and evaluation, and communication and culture.
Designing Your Employee Health & Wellbeing Plan is a clear step-by-step guide to help organisations create a complete wellbeing strategy. The 10-step framework covers everything from securing leadership support to evaluating and improving initiatives over time. The guide also includes a practical 90-day action plan, evidence-based interventions at primary, secondary, and tertiary levels, and advice on sector-specific challenges, common pitfalls, and legal requirements.
“An ideal wellbeing programme doesn’t exist,” McIntosh said. “But a well-implemented programme, even if not perfect, is far better than a plan that stays on the shelf. Wellbeing isn’t just an initiative; it’s an experience that allows employees to feel valued, safe, and able to thrive in their work.”
Healthoutfit also provides consultancy for organisations that need extra help in creating and running workplace wellbeing programmes.
These new resources give small and medium UK businesses practical tools to build healthier, more supportive workplaces where employees can feel valued, stay engaged, and do their best work.
