Events

Since 2016, the Workplace Wellbeing group has held an annual conference for the Island’s organisations to attend. The group also supports regular networking sessions hosted by Island organisations on a topic of their choice.

These events promote a key objective of the Programme for Government’s ‘Healthy and Safe Island’ theme – focusing on the prevention of issues by encouraging people to take greater responsibility for their own health and make good lifestyle choices.   

Past Events

Workplace Wellbeing Conference 2022 ‘Workforce Wellbeing: Connecting Home and Work’
23 November 2022 - COMIS Hotel

The event featured topics including building confidence, sustainability, financial wellbeing, cybersecurity, nutrition, sound bathing, emotional intelligence and mental resilience.

Workplace Wellbeing Networking Session – Measuring Wellbeing: The Return on Investment of Wellbeing at Work
13 October 2022 – Barclays Eagle Lab

Jenny Winspear, Chief Operating Officer of Anova, discussed the why, what, and how to measure wellbeing at work.

Workplace Wellbeing Networking Session – The Art and Science of Engaging ANYONE
15 February 2022 – Laxey Pavillion

Guest speaker Scott Gould (right), the King of Engagement, discussed getting critical engagement from people in these critical times.

Workplace Wellbeing Conference 2021 ‘Fit For Work – Present and Productive’
24 November 2021 - COMIS Hotel (Mount Murray) 

The event featured topics including mental health, trauma informed workplaces, nutrition, financial wellbeing and more.

Networking session: Exploring Inclusion and Diversity in the Workplace
2 June 2021 - Manx Telecom Headquarters

An open panel discussion centering around the the pillars of inclusion and diversity: 

•  Ability
•  Gender
•  Sexuality
•  Political
•  Multicultural
•  Socioeconomic
•  Faith/Religion

Workplace Wellbeing Conference – 2020
26 November 2020 – Comis Hotel (Mount Murray)

Topics for 2020 included:

• Introduction to Change Curve
• Avoiding burnout in healthcare professionals
• Reducing the risk of musculoskeletal complaints in the workplace
• Suicide prevention in the Isle of Man
• Embedding a wellbeing culture in the workplace
• Dynamic Management through COVID-19
• Substance Abuse in the workplace

Workplace Wellbeing Workshop – 2019
21 November 2019 – Comis Hotel (Mount Murray)

Topics for 2019 included:

• Understanding and Adapting to a Modern Workforce
• Developing a Mentally Healthy Workplace
• How the Equality Act Supports Wellbeing
• Equality Act 2017: Friend or Foe to Employers?
• Domestic Abuse in the Workplace
• The Five Side Effects of Kindness

Workplace Wellbeing Workshop – 2018
15 November 2018 – Mount Murray Golf Club

Work & Life: the whole you

Topics for 2018 included:

• The Sleep Geek: How to Sleep Better
• Sustrans: Active Travel to Work
• Lisa Lowe Centre: Active Listening
• Talking Menopause
• Panel debate: Challenges, leadership and work-life balance

Workplace Wellbeing Workshop – 2017
22 November 2017 – The Sefton Hotel

Working your way to better health: A further insight into improving Workplace Wellbeing

Topics from 2017 included:

• The current health profile of the working-age population in the Isle of Man
• Personal resilience and stress management
• Health, age and the workforce
• An update on the Equality Act
• Wellbeing and the manual worker
• Winners of the Awards for Excellence 'Workplace Wellbeing' category

Workplace Wellbeing Workshop – 2016
1 December 2016 - Keyll Darree, Noble’s Hospital

2016 was the first year of the Workplace Wellbeing Workshop.

Topics included:

• The healthy worker – setting a wellbeing strategy
• An introduction to resilience
• An introduction to mindfulness
• In conversation: making wellbeing work
• Launch of the workplace wellbeing toolkit

Page reviewed: November 2022