Free workshop series supports Stockport businesses to encourage physical activity in the workplace

Stockport businesses are being invited to take part in a series of workshops to learn how they can support colleagues to engage with physical activity in the workplace.

In September and October GM Moving partners will be launching a series of free events which will explore key aspects of Active Workplaces and how we can all play are part in moving more while we work. The first workshop is on 14^th September and focuses on how to make physical activity the norm at work.

Over one million adults are in employment in Greater Manchester, 24.9% of whom are inactive, and with 60% of their waking hours at work for many, over 50% of their day is sedentary: this inactivity is a real cause for concern. Sessions will focus on themes of ensuring leadership buy-in for moving more at work, understanding what kinds of activity count, and including movement in workplace health and wellbeing plans.

Making Workplace Physical Activity the Norm
Wednesday 14^th September. 9.30am – 10.30am
with Stephen Lunt from The Business Health Group
Discover the cost of physical inactivity in the workplace and the benefits of increase activity in the workplace.

Workplace Physical Activity: Have we set the bar too high?
Wednesday 21^st September. 9.30am – 10.30am
with Stephen Lunt from The Business Health Group
What counts as workplaces physical activity and the difference between physical activity and exercise and the value of non-exercise activity?

Making work a moving experience
Thursday 22^nd September. 9.30am – 10.30am
with Aidan Kearney from Malleable Minds
How do we see work, what does it mean to us, and what do we think when we think about the idea of movement in the workplace? In this workshop we’ll explore the science of human perception regarding these concepts.

Making Physical Activity part of your workplace wellbeing strategy
Wednesday 28^th September. 9.30am – 10.30am
with Stephen Lunt from The Business Health Group
Is Physical Activity part of your wellbeing strategy? In this workshop we will discuss how physical activity must be in your health and wellbeing plan and how it can support other areas of you wellbeing strategy.

Small movements, big impact
Thursday 29^th September. 9.30am – 10.30am
with Aidan Kearney from Malleable Minds
What does it actually take to get movement into the workplace. We might at first think it means complexity and organised classes but is this really the case? By challenging thinking we will explore how simple actions and changes have big impacts.

Moving wellbeing plans in a new direction
Thursday 6^th October. 9.30am – 10.30am
with Aidan Kearney from Malleable Minds
In this workshop we’ll explore the evidence for why movement should be key in our wellbeing plans, how it links to other factors and what it means for overall wellbeing and performance, and how to build it in so that we can harness the impact.

Workshops are suitable for anyone with an interest in enabling movement at work: employers, employees, workplace active champions, HR teams or anyone working with workplaces supporting health and wellbeing. To book your place visit the workshop section of the GM Moving website.