At Kent we are committed to providing a healthy and fulfilling working environment and improving the working lives of all of our staff.

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) describe wellbeing as:

“‘more than an avoidance of becoming physically sick. It represents a broader bio-physical construct that included physical, mental and social health. Well employees are physically and mentally able, willing to contribute in the workplace and likely to be more engaged at work’

We therefore believe it’s important to support the health and wellbeing of our staff and prevent work associated ill health, both for the overall benefit to staff, as well as the University as a whole. We’ve therefore created this toolkit, which aims to support the wellbeing of staff by providing information on the wide range of resources available at Kent.

Wellbeing encompasses physical, mental and social health, and recognises that employees’ values, personal development and work environment all contribute to overall wellbeing at work. For that reason, this toolkit has been developed using the CIPD’s seven recognised domains of wellbeing.

• Health
• Good work
• Values/principles
• Collective/social
• Personal growth
• Lifestyle
• Finance

There is no one size fits all approach to wellbeing. Throughout the toolkit you’ll find information, advice and guidance on each of the seven domains. This toolkit details the different elements of workplace initiatives and activities that are available to support the health and wellbeing of our staff under each domain.