Title of project : Library Services supporting health and wellbeing at work Project

Team Project Lead: Library Manager (1wte)
Project team: Library Team (2.71wte)

Resources Required : Staff time for e.g. selection, acquisition, and processing of resources, trust meetings, marketing, and promotion. (estimate one day per month) Funding via external and/or internal bidding processes Occupational Health Department – recommendations resources, fitness DVDs etc

Timeframe : April 2011 – March 2012 initially but expect it to be ongoing

Description of product/service:

• Build a collection of books and DVDs to support the wellbeing of hospital staff and students
• Broaden collection e.g. Wii Fitness loan (through trust Health & Wellbeing Group)
• Refurbish a section of the library to be a relaxed environment for people to sit in away
• from their workplace e.g. “comfort zone” or “library breakout” etc.

Alignment to local, regional and national drivers:

• Trust Health & Wellbeing strategy
• Healthy lives, healthy people: our strategy for public health in England – provision of reading for leisure supports the health of staff
• Investors in People – health and well-being is a large component of the IiP gold standard for which this trust is required to provide evidence by March 2012
• London Olympics – the trust is involved in bringing the Olympics to the Wythenshawe community – fitness DVDs and books and the trust “Fit for Life” initiative support this
• Working for a healthier tomorrow – Dame Carol Black’s Review of the health of Britain’s working age population

Intended outcome for customer / organisation / library :

• increase library usage
• improve the health of workers through reading for leisure
• improve the health of workers through loan of health books aimed at non-clinicians create an environment conducive to relaxation away from the work place
• library service to be an essential player within the trust health and wellbeing strategy

Next steps :

• Utilise bid opportunities and investigate trust lottery funding – ongoing
• Continue to engage with the designers regarding refurbishment of the “breakout” room
• Organise additional library space for the collections
• Add to marketing plan
• Train staff on new policies and procedures relating to the collection
• Measure library usage increase, reflect on loan of Wii Fitness and DVDs

Aim is to implemented above by March 2012

Tagged: North West, Staff health and wellbeing