Health and wellbeing

Personal Disability Stories: Part 9 – Emil’s story

Posted by: Sir Philip Rutnam, Home Office Permanent Secretary, and Civil Service Disability Champion, Posted on: 7 February 2019 - Categories: A great place to work, Civil Service Leaders, Diversity and inclusion

To mark Time to Talk Day, Philip Rutnam introduces Emil Levendoğlu's personal account of how he came to open up to others about his mental health.

Time to Talk Day 2019 – six ways you can share how you feel

Posted by: Jonathan Jones, Posted on: 5 February 2019 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders, Health & Wellbeing

If you have a mental health concern, to mark Time to Talk Day Jonathan Jones discusses why it's so important to talk about it and suggests ways to share how you feel and get the support you may need.

Promoting flexible working in the Civil Service

Posted by: Rupert McNeil, Government Chief People Officer, Posted on: 17 January 2019 - Categories: A great place to work, Civil Service Leaders, Diversity and inclusion, Health & Wellbeing

Chief People Officer Rupert McNeil sets out how the Civil Service is increasing its flexible working offer and introduces Michele's flexible working story.

Personal disability stories: Part 8 – Emma and Therese's stories

Posted by: Sir Philip Rutnam, Home Office Permanent Secretary, and Civil Service Disability Champion, Posted on: 11 January 2019 - Categories: A great place to work, Diversity and inclusion, Health & Wellbeing

This instalment in the series focuses on the experience of two civil servants with non-visible autoimmune conditions.

Six ways to improve your wellbeing

Posted by: Louella Ibekwe, Posted on: 10 January 2019 - Categories: A Brilliant Civil Service, Health & Wellbeing

The award-winning Team Chaffinch, the team behind the A-Z to Better Wellbeing toolkit, suggest some quick and easy ways to take care of your wellbeing in 2019.

Working together for wellbeing

Posted by: Shan Morgan, Posted on: 20 December 2018 - Categories: A great place to work, Civil Service Leaders, Health & Wellbeing

Permanent Secretary Shan Morgan describes how they are strengthening the approach to health and wellbeing in the Welsh Government.

Accentuating the positive and focusing on unexpected advantages – my year as a disability role model

Posted by: Ben Merrick, Posted on: 3 December 2018 - Categories: A great place to work, Diversity and inclusion

Ben Merrick, Civil Service champion for visually impaired people, uses the International Day of Persons with Disabilities to tell us what he's been up to in 2018, and what a positive attitude and making sure he gets the support he needs has done for him.

World AIDS Day – support all people living with HIV and AIDS

Posted by: Sue Owen, DCMS Permanent Secretary, and Civil Service LGB&TI Champion and Sir Philip Rutnam, Home Office Permanent Secretary, and Civil Service Disability Champion, Posted on: 30 November 2018 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders, Diversity and inclusion

Civil Service diversity champions Sue Owen and Philip Rutnam combine to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS.

Caring for our carers

Posted by: Rupert McNeil, Government Chief People Officer, Posted on: 30 November 2018 - Categories: A great place to work, Civil Service Leaders, Diversity and inclusion

On Carers Rights Day, Government Chief People Officer Rupert McNeil describes how the Civil Service can support the tens of thousands of civil servants who identify themselves as carers.

Health and wellbeing - run for your life

Posted by: Paul Carter, Posted on: 19 November 2018 - Categories: Health & Wellbeing

Paul Carter recalls why, 15 years ago, he laced up his trainers and started running, and the effect this has had on his life.