Welcome

Welcome to November's In the Know wellbeing update. Read about Solent Mind's mental health and wellbeing webinar, the latest on flu jabs and campaigns to join in with. Please feel free to share any information with your colleagues, friends or family. 

Your wellbeing

Mental health and wellbeing webinar

Solent Mind is hosting an hour-long interactive virtual webinar to help you stay in control of your mental health and wellbeing. You'll explore what mental health and wellbeing means, have the opportunity to share how you keep it in check and leave the session with some practical tools and techniques to try out for yourself.

The session will take place on Thursday 25 November from 11am to 12pm. Please contact Gareth.spooner@portsmouthcc.gov.uk to book your place. Limited spaces are available.

Weekly yoga classes with Jo Florio

Enjoy stimulating and transformative yoga with Jo Florio. Held each week on Wednesday from 5.10-6.10pm via Zoom, Jo's classes include a warm up, posture practice, breath work and guided meditation. You'll also discover the myths and philosophy behind the practice. 

Regular yoga can improve our wellbeing by supporting a better night's sleep, reducing stress and helping us manage any pains and aches. 

Classes are £6.50 each (pay-as-you-go) and suitable for all, with modified poses available for different abilities or if you have an injury. For more information and booking, please contact Jo Florio on 07952 496348 or by emailing florio.jo@gmail.com 

Your health

Boost your immunity this winter

More than 400 colleagues have already requested an e-voucher using our online voucher booking system - and there's still time to request yours!

Simply enter your details on our request form and you will receive an e-voucher with booking instructions within 7 days to your email address. This voucher will allow you to claim a free flu vaccination at participating pharmacies - including Asda, Lloyds, Tesco, Morrisons and Sainsburys.

Please use the links below to request your flu voucher. More information about Flu vaccinations for staff can be found on our intranet page.

Request your digital flu voucher (PCC staff)

Request your digital flu voucher (Port staff & partners)

Campaigns for you

Movember is here!

Movember is held each year to raise money for charity and spread awareness of mental health, suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer.

Other than growing a moustache, you can support the campaign in many ways, and we would especially like to invite men to take action this year and get to know the 5 things they can do to support their wellbeing.

To donate or find out more about how we can all take part in Movember, please visit the Movember website.

International Stress Awareness week

This week is International Stress Awareness Week 2021. According to the Mental health Foundation, 74% of UK adults have felt overwhelmed or unable to cope with stress at some point over the last year.

For this year's campaign, please pick one action each for your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing to carry out every day, and see how this impacts how your ability to deal pressure and stress. Dealing with pressure and stress is sometimes called emotional resilience - the ability to adapt and bounce back when something difficult happens in your life. Self-care ideas and tips can be found on our stress awareness intranet pages.

Your learning

Wellbeing titles on Bookboon

Bookboon has 1000s of free e-books and audios to support you - including many titles on wellbeing. Below are a few titles we recommend to get you started.

Success over Stress at Work This e-book is collection of short stories packed full of expert advice on how to overcome stress and perform at your peak. Download

Guided Visualisation to Reduce Stress Guided visualisation can help you manage your stress by helping let go of any stress that is weighing on your mind. Reset, relax and reduce tension. Download

Keep Moving: Preventing Stress Learn some simple ways to deal with everyday conflicts that can prevent stress before it impacts your wellbeing.  Download