Physical Wellbeing Accreditation Standards

When examining physical wellbeing in the workplace, CIPD reported that “more than two-thirds of employees experienced a health condition in the past year. Most common were, backache or musculoskeletal issues (51%), anxiety (43%), sleep problems (43%) and depression (24%)”. Clearly more action needs to be taken in order for employers to address this alarming data trend.

Looking after your people’s physical wellbeing is not just about keeping them safe, it is about supporting their physical health in a positive way, or in such as way that working for you does not negatively impact their health.

Physical wellbeing accreditation standards recognise and externally validate successful initiatives that make a difference to people’s diet, lifestyle or other physical wellbeing.

Whilst you, as an employer, cannot force people to change their lifestyle, you can influence. The Physical Wellbeing Tick exists for that very reason, to accredit the physical health and wellbeing initiatives that are having a verifiable positive impact on people physical health.

We accredit you based on the evidence of what you have done. By providing evidence of the impact of the aspect you are seeking physical health or wellbeing accreditation for, we are able to independently accredit you at bronze, silver or gold levels. These aspects are split into Microaccreditations, smaller accreditations that assess individual areas of a physical wellbeing strategy, such as the having a strategic vision that is embedded across the organisation.

Within Physical Wellbeing Tick Accreditation there are 10 Microaccreditation standards. Each can be applied for separately through our portal.

Physical health could include ergonomics, exercise, sleep, activity, diet and lifestyle. Evidence will need to be submitted for each Physical Wellbeing accreditation standard so that it may be assessed and awarded Bronze, Silver or Gold accreditation in each aspect.