RTITB is proud to have achieved the Workplace Wellbeing Foundation Level programme for Thrive at Work at the end of 2023. This is part of our commitment to staff wellbeing and our aim to help foster a happier, healthier, and more productive workforce. Which, in turn, supports safety.
What is the Thrive at Work programme?
Thrive at Work is a health and wellbeing accreditation programme for workplaces across the West Midlands (where RTITB Head Office is based).
The Thrive at Work programme is designed to help create workplaces that promote health and wellbeing, based on clear criteria and guidelines. Funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), the programme is open to organisations from any sector, with five or more employees.
It focuses on key health-related workplace factors. These include attendance management, policies, and procedures. Plus, focus on employee mental, musculoskeletal and physical health, to encourage healthy lifestyles.
The overall aim is to improve staff morale and help boost productivity. It does this through helping to reduce sickness, improve retention, and increase resilience.
How it works
There are four levels to accreditation – Foundation, Bronze, Silver, and Gold. To achieve our Foundation level accreditation we have worked to identify wellbeing programme priorities. This included elements such as calculating the cost of poor health and wellbeing to RTITB. And identifying top causes of sickness absence and other emerging trends.
This has enabled us to develop a plan of action to improve physical and mental health within our team.
Our primary purpose is saving lives. By protecting our team and their mental health, we are empowering them to support our customers and their safety. We are committed to health and wellbeing
We believe that there should be significant focus on health and wellbeing in the workplace across our industry. This is essential for employee engagement and for helping us retain our amazing team in the long term. We trust that this will help us maintain a team that is happier, healthier, and more productive.
Looking after our team ensures low staff turnover, enabling improved customer service. This helps our people to build strong relationships with our customers.
For RTITB, being part of Thrive at Work helps us to maximise the potential of our team. We are always looking for creative solutions to our industry’s challenges. And this is just one example of this in practice.
Furthermore, it supports our core values of being honest and caring towards one another. We believe that supporting our team’s wellbeing, resilience, and health is crucial. We hope it sets an example for others in our industry to follow.
We are now looking forward to working towards Thrive at Work Bronze accreditation!
Could you Thrive at Work too?
If you are in the West Midlands, find out how you could take part in the programme here.
There are many similar programmes nationwide. We encourage our partners and members to consider these and how this could help support your team and improve wellbeing and productivity in your operations.
Author: Laura Nelson, Managing Director, RTITB
Laura Nelson, has worked with RTITB, the leading workplace transport training accreditation body, for more than 20 years. She has been Managing Director for 8 years.
Laura champions the development of innovative training programs, training quality standards, and software. She aims to empower the transport, warehousing, and logistics industries to achieve safety excellence.
Her approach to leadership reflects her belief in the importance of the RTITB mission to save lives.
Laura is a qualified Transport Manager and ISO9001 Lead Auditor. She has also completed Cranfield University’s Business Growth Program.
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