What is the purpose of the YW Mental Health & Wellbeing Conference?
The YW Occupational Health & Safety Team is hosting the first ever YW Mental Health & Wellbeing Conference on 19th September 2019. This is an internal conference that is designed to facilitate the sharing of best practice within our business surrounding improving our colleagues' mental health and wellbeing. It will also raise awareness surrounding different mental health related issues that could affect any of our YW colleagues or customers. Finally, it will provide delegates with information about the support that is available for anyone at YW who experiences mental health related issues.
Who will be delivering presentations at the YW Mental Health & Wellbeing Conference?
At the conference, we have an engaging interactive performance by AKT Productions (who performed at the YW Fair Culture rollout last year), informative presentations from two external guest speakers (addressing the topics of Self Harm and Eating Disorders), presentations from YW colleagues (sharing their learnings & best practice) and a presentation from YW's Group Occupational Health Manager Susan Gee. The 2019 Health, Safety & Wellbeing Awards will also be presented to the successful nominees, including our brand new ‘Mental Health Champion Award’. In addition, we are delighted to have our new CEO Liz Barber joining us to deliver the closing speech.
Who can attend the YW Mental Health & Wellbeing Conference?
The conference space at Wetherby Racecourse can only seat 250 delegates, therefore we have assigned a large number of tickets to specific YW colleagues, mainly those who have been instrumental in helping improve mental health and wellbeing of colleagues across the business. For any other YW employees who would like to attend to conference, we are initially releasing 50 tickets that can be obtained on a first come, first serve basis. We may release more tickets closer to the date of the conference, dependent on the RSVPs of the specific invitees. If you would like to attend, please make sure that you are authorised to do so by your line manager, before registering for a ticket. Lunch and refreshments will be provided at the event free of charge.
We look forward to seeing you all there.
The YW Occupational Health & Safety Team.