Acclaimed singer Brian Kennedy with Kerry Anthony, Chief Executive of Inspire and John Conaghan, Group Director of Professional Services.
Leading mental health charity Inspire have opened the nominations for the Workplace Wellbeing Awards 2020.
The awards recognise the efforts made by many organisations that go the extra mile to safeguard and nurture the mental health and wellbeing of employees.
Nominations open today, Monday 9 March, and close on Thursday 23 April, with the Inspire Workplace Wellbeing Awards Gala to follow on 18 June at Titanic Belfast.
The gala will include a guest appearance from acclaimed Northern Irish singer Brian Kennedy and will be hosted by broadcaster Tara Mills.
Inspire Workplaces delivers a number of workplace wellbeing prevention and intervention services throughout the island of Ireland including counselling, training and the Inspire Support Hub, an online wellbeing resource.
Over 750,000 employees across Ireland are being offered timely support for a range of wellbeing issue.
Previous winners of awards include, PSNI, Northern Ireland Civil Service and Queen’s University Belfast.
John Conaghan, Group Director of Professional Services at Inspire said:
“The employers we work with at Inspire Workplaces are ahead of the game when it comes to understanding that investing in the wellbeing of staff is good for your employees and your business.”
“The very best employers are making the crucial link between physical, psychological and social wellbeing and investing in creating a cultural change within their workplace.”
“The awards allow us to recognise employers that are doing extraordinary work across Ireland an celebrate these achievements.”
Brian Kennedy added:
“I’m thrilled to be supporting the Inspire Workplace Wellbeing Awards this year and to be able to talk about my own journey through illness to recovery both physically and mentally. It’s amazing that so many businesses now see the value in supporting employees at work. Mental Health and Wellbeing is now increasingly in the spotlight and we must do all we can to be kind and support each other.”
“I encourage everyone to nominate their workplaces for the outstanding work they do for wellbeing.”
There are nine awards open for nomination:
Excellence in Local Government Workplace Wellbeing
Excellence in Public Sector Workplace Wellbeing
Excellence in Private Sector (large) Workplace Wellbeing
Excellence in Private Sector (small) Workplace Wellbeing
Excellence in Community, Voluntary or Social Enterprise Workplace Wellbeing
Excellence in Outstanding Employee Led Workplace Wellbeing
Excellence in Promoting a Positive Workplace Private Sector (small) Workplace Wellbeing
Workplace Wellbeing Innovation Award
Outstanding Leader (individual) in Workplace Wellbeing
For further information on the nomination’s process contact Laura McCarthy via l.mccarthy@inspirewellbeing.org or visit www.inspirewellbeing.org