Building corporate wellness through social enterprise
SOCIAL POST
There is so much opportunity for corporates to improve employee wellbeing through social enterprise support.
As a mentor at the recent Social Enterprise World Forum, a clear message I took away was this: Most social enterprises do all their tremendous work on a shoestring and, while employee wellbeing is something they would love to do, most don’t have the money or resources to dedicate to it.
Many of the people I spoke to work tirelessly to create change in really challenging areas. A focus on hope and happiness would make a big difference to their energy to keep doing the important work they do.
As a corporate, consider sharing your care. We know that giving, reciprocity and community connection are hugely important to wellbeing so by supporting a social enterprise you’re not only helping it to thrive but also helping your own employees to thrive. Everyone wins.
As one idea, next time you run a wellbeing event at your workplace, invite a social enterprise (or not-for-profit) along and learn more about what they do (it’s not too late to invite them to your mental health week lock out BBQ next Tuesday). Every bit counts.
