December-Stress Reduction Month

December is Stress Reduction Month!

This month the 12 for 12 campaign is focussing on stress, and hopefully providing you with some ideas for how to reduce your stress levels both in work and out of it.  We will be offering lots of taster sessions from tai chi to meditation, relaxation to stress reduction for you to dip into.  We'll also be sharing with you some useful web links and leaflets on stress, and finally will be sharing with you '12 stress busting tips of Christmas'.

Taster Sessions for Staff

Date (all in December)	Activity	Venue	Time	Book with	No of Places
Tuesday 6th Dec	Understanding Stress	Fulwood Forge Room	9.30am-1pm	Workplace Wellbeing (WWB)	N/A Understanding Stress (261kb)
Wednesday 7th	Tai Chi taster session	Michael Carlisle Centre OT Gym	12.30-1pm	Therapy Services	5
Wednesday 7th	Coping with the effects of organisational change	Fulwood Forge Room	9.30am-1pm	WWB	N/A Understanding and Responding to Organisational Change (419kb)
Friday 9th	Relaxation taster session	Longley OT Dept	1pm-1.30pm	Therapy Services	10
Monday 12th	Relaxation taster session	Fulwood Room 607	12.30-1pm	Therapy Services	10
Tuesday 13th	Stress Reduction taster session	Grenoside Seminar Room G1	12.30-1.30pm	WWB	18
Tuesday 13th	Meditation session	Edmund Rd large meeting room	12.30-1pm	Therapy Services	12
Wednesday 14th	Stress Reduction taster session	Michael Carlisle Centre Room 841	12.30-1.30pm	WWB	12
Wednesday 14th	Relaxation taster session	Michael Carlisle OT Gym	12.30-1pm	Therapy Services	6-7
Thursday 15th	What is Counselling lunchtime drop-in	Workplace Wellbeing	12.30-1.30pm	WWB	N/A
Friday 16th	Relaxation taster session	Longley OT Dept	1-1.30pm	Therapy Services	10
Monday 19th	Meditation Session	Lightwood Conference Room	12.30-1pm	Therapy Services	12
Wednesday 21st	Stress Reduction taster session	Longley Centre Seminar Room	12.30-1.30pm	WWB	12
Thursday 22nd	Meditation Session	Fulwood Forge Room	12.30-1pm	Therapy Services	12

 

To book on to one of the above sessions contact either Therapy Services on 2718824 (email Madelaine Willis), or Workplace Wellbeing on 0114 2261810 (Workplace.wellbeing@shsc.nhs.uk).

 

Useful Websites

1.  Sheffield IAPT - Information about booking onto free courses held in the city centre

2.  Glasgow Steps - This site tells people about common stress problems and gives some ideas on how best to tackle them.  The problems they can help with are identified in a 'Stress Wheel' on the home page.  Examples include sleep, self esteem etc. it is split into 3 stages, information you can download, self assessment and self help

3.  NHS Wellbeing at Work - Provides information and links to a range of other resources and sites such as:
http://www.slam.nhs.uk/wellbeing-garden.aspx - Five Steps to Increase your sense of Wellbeing
http://www.lifecoach-directory.org.uk/  - A good site on what is a life coach and how to choose one carefully
http://nhslocal.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/1f_-_health_and_wellbeing.pdf  a link to a resource on supporting yourself through change

4.  http://www.robertsoncooper.com/iresilience/ - A free self assessment and printable report with areas identified for you to increase your resilience and a free portal with information in 4 key areas- Confidence, Purposefulness, Adaptability and social support

 

Useful Leaflets

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Don't Forget!
Stress Reduction Month entry form - please use this form to tell us about an activity you have taken part in that relates to this month's events - your entry will be considered for our £50 monthly draw

 

 

 

This page was last updated on 2nd December 2011