Workplace wellbeing in Nine Elms
Workplace wellbeing has changed. A few years ago, corporate wellbeing often meant an annual health day, a lunchtime yoga class or fruit in the office. Today, employees increasingly expect practical support that helps them look after their health alongside busy working lives.
For businesses in Nine Elms, Vauxhall and Battersea, that doesn’t necessarily require an elaborate corporate wellness programme. Sometimes the most useful benefit is simply making good local wellbeing options easier to access.
At Embody Wellness in St George Wharf, we work with people who live and work locally across yoga, Pilates, massage, physiotherapy, osteopathy, beauty and other wellbeing services. That gives employers several different ways to support their teams — from a single wellbeing session to an ongoing local partnership.
Health cash plans: a benefit employees may already have
Many employees have access to a health cash plan through work but do not necessarily use all of the benefits available to them.
Depending on the provider and level of cover, these plans can contribute towards everyday healthcare costs including treatments that may already be available locally.
For example, Health Shield’s Select plan includes allowances for:
- physiotherapy
- osteopathy
- acupuncture
- chiropractic treatment
- sports massage
- counselling and other health and wellbeing services
At Embody Wellness, several of these services are available under one roof in St George Wharf.
Many of our therapists and practitioners hold the professional qualifications, registrations and insurance that health insurers and cash-plan providers commonly require. Eligibility varies by provider, policy and practitioner, so clients should check their individual plan and confirm requirements before booking or claiming.
For employers, there is an opportunity here too: sometimes improving workplace wellbeing is less about buying a new programme and more about helping staff understand and use benefits they already have.
Have a health cash plan through work? Some plans reimburse eligible physiotherapy, osteopathy, sports massage and other therapies. Check your policy, allowance and practitioner requirements before booking or claiming.
Bring wellbeing into the workplace
Sometimes taking the activity to the team makes more sense.
Depending on the business and space available, workplace wellbeing can include:
- yoga or Pilates sessions
- desk mobility and stretching
- breathing and relaxation sessions
- short stress-reset sessions
- massage or recovery-focused wellbeing days
- specialist talks or workshops
A good starting point could be one lunchtime session rather than committing to a large programme.
Or bring the team to Embody
Not every business has a suitable meeting or exercise space.
Embody’s studio in St George Wharf can provide a local setting for compatible small-group wellbeing activities, short team sessions and workshops.
This gives nearby businesses another option: instead of transforming a boardroom into a temporary yoga studio, employees can walk out of the office and into a dedicated wellbeing environment.
It also connects with our broader studio hire proposition. For organisations, practitioners or teams wanting to run an appropriate short wellbeing activity locally, the space can be hired subject to availability and suitability.
Give employees choice, not another obligation
Wellbeing shouldn’t become another item on an employee’s to-do list.
Some teams will love a group yoga class. Others won’t. Some people would rather have help with a persistent physical niggle, take a massage after a demanding week or use an existing workplace health benefit they didn’t realise they had.
A better approach is often to offer several routes: move, recover, get support or simply take some time out. Employees can choose what is useful to them.
A local wellbeing partner for Nine Elms and Vauxhall
Embody has been part of St George Wharf since 2012. As Nine Elms has grown around us, so has the number of people living and working within walking distance of the centre.
Our local partnership work now extends beyond simply offering a corporate discount. We’re interested in practical relationships with nearby employers, residential communities, hotels and organisations — whether that’s an employee wellbeing offer, a one-off team session, treatment access, a local event or simply helping staff understand the wellbeing services already available on their doorstep.
Talk to us
If you look after people, HR, workplace experience or employee benefits for a business in Nine Elms, Vauxhall or Battersea, we’d be happy to explore something simple.
You don’t need to start with a large programme.
Tell us about your team and what you’re trying to achieve, and we’ll suggest a few practical options.
Email Embody Wellness or call 020 7099 0048.
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