Conference details

Promoting and supporting employee well-being is at the heart of CIPD’s purpose to champion better work and working lives because an effective workplace well-being programme can deliver mutual benefit to people, businesses, economies and wider society.
At the second CIPD London Well-being Conference, you will hear practical case studies on how HR can take the lead in improving employee well-being through exploring topics such as Financial Well-being, Workplace design, stress, resilience and mental health. The Conference will equip you with the knowledge and insight to become a Well-being Champion for your organisation and ensure Well-being is an organisational priority.

Agenda

9:00 – 9:30 | Registration and Networking Coffee
Pick up your badge, welcome pack and a coffee and get to know the other attendees, speakers and exhibitors supporting our mission of making well-being an organisational priority.

9:30 - 9:40 | Welcome to the Well-being Conference
A warm welcome to the conference and a brief presentation on what you should be expecting from the day.
Shakil Butt, HR and OD Director, Islamic Relief Worldwide

9:40 – 10:10 | Making Well-being an organisational priority
We’ll be talking about how HR can raise the profile and importance of well-being in organisations. We will shed light on ways we could take well-being from just an HR initiative or project to actually being part of the organisational culture and make it a strategic priority.
Peter Cheese, CEO, CIPD

10:10 – 10:30 | Well-being - from strategy to practice
Take a practical view at the CIPD Well-being Model and see how organisations can use it to create a well-being strategy. The case study will focus on how the model has been used to create a holistic approach to employee welfare.
Charlotte Connell, Head of Human Resources, Organix Brands

10:30 – 11:00 | Networking, Coffee Break and mindfulness space

11:00 – 11:30 | Achieving Financial Well-being across your organisation
While highlighting the research findings from our Financial Well-being report, from its importance to practical steps, we’ll have a contextual view on how organisations have achieved financial well-being and provide you with step-by-step guidance on things you could do starting tomorrow in your organisation.
Jeanette Makings, Head of Financial Education, Close Brothers
Charles Cotton, Performance and Reward Policy Advisor, CIPD

11:30 – 12:15 | How Workplace Design can impact the employee productivity and happiness
In this session, we’ll explore the impact of workplace design on stress, anxiety and happiness at work. We’ll understand the basic requirements and receive guidance on creating an environment that improves productivity and reduces stress, and look at good practices around workplace design and the work environment.
Neil Usher, Workplace Director, Sky

12:15 – 13:15 | Lunchtime, networking and meditation

13:15 – 14:15 | Developing leadership to support well-being in the workplace
We will look at L&D interventions supporting well-being across different levels in organisations; we’ll explore great case studies and award-winning programmes of well-being to understand how they managed to embed well-being responsibilities though L&D initiatives in their employees, managers and the leadership of the organisation. You will learn from some of the best organisations working in this space and practitioners creating a successful synergy between L&D and well-being.
Alex Bailey, Leader, Bailey and French
Alexandra Bode-Tunji, Programme Lead - Skills and Capabilities, TFL
Evan Davidge, Former Head of Reward & UK Wellbeing Leader, Arup

14:15 – 15:15 | Stress, Resilience & Mental Health in your workplace

Getting practical guidance on what workplace stress and mental health, how to identify and act effectively across your organisation and what good practice looks like. Providing insight and examples on how different organisations are tackling work related stress and mental health issues and how do they raise resilience for their employees across the organisation.
Karen Shaw, Employer Manager, Time to Change
Rachel Suff, ER Public Policy Advisor, CIPD
Rob Vondy, Head of Stress Policy, Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

15:15 – 15:40 | Networking and Coffee Break

15:40 – 16:00 | Why we need to see well-being holistically
We’ll get insight into what needs to be considered to convert wellbeing from yet another HR initiative into an organisational priority, powerful and relevant, with impact on performance and part of business as usual.
Silvina Brangold, Wellbeing Strategist, Possibilate

16:00 – 16:45 | Championing well-being in your organisation – panel discussion
While we explore all the areas of well-being and balance the agenda between good practice, learning points and research findings, we'll use this space to get personal insight from the experts in the room around championing well-being at work and key skills they consider critical to their success.
Chair: Shakil Butt, HR and OD Director, Islamic Relief Worldwide
Panellists: Judith Grant, Health and Wellbeing Business Partner, Mace
Claire Hallmey, Wellbeing Manager, Oracle
Alexandra Bode-Tunji, Programme Lead - Skills and Capabilities, TFL

16:45 – 17:00 | Closing remarks and conclusions for the day.
We’ll reflect upon the learning points from the day and share ideas on what this insightful event could change in our organisations.
Shakil Butt, HR and OD Director, Islamic Relief Worldwide

If you're an organisation interested in supporting the Well-being Conference and work with CIPD London in shaping and delivering this conference please contact us here for sponsorship opportunities.

Joining instructions

Please make sure you're bringing your membership card on the day of the conference if you're a member or student. You will receive your badge, agenda and conference pack at the reception.

Cancellations and Refunds Policy

If you are unable to attend this conference please give us at least 1-week notice and we will be happy to refund 100% of your booking fee or book you on to a subsequent event to the same value. Cancellations received after this time will be non-transferable and non-refundable.

Professional photography and video production may be taking place at the event, and these images may be used in future promotional materials for CIPD. Please note that by attending the conference, you are giving your consent for your image to be used on any CIPD promotional materials