About the Award

Award Achievers 2024

Foundation

Marlborough Surgery

Bronze

AkzoNobel

Alliance Psychological Services

Auxillis

Barbour

Bel Valves

Bishop Auckland College

Bridge Creative

Broom Cottages Primary and Nursery School

Cumberland Council

Furniture Clinic

GeoPura Ltd

J T Dove Limited

Lanchester Medical Centre

LSL

Newcastle International Airport

Newcastle Theatre Royal

North East Chamber of Commerce

Nuvo Wellbeing CIC

Parker Hannifin

Parkside Academy

Queensway Orthodontics

Responsive Engineering

Saggezza Limited trading as Apexon

South Lakes Housing

South Tyneside Health Collaboration

Spamedica

Taylormade Timber

Tees Valley Hospital

Tynemouth Nursery at Jesmond

Ubisoft CRC

Venator Materials UK Ltd

Ways to Wellness Foundation

WCF Ltd

Westway Vets

Worldpay UK Ltd

WWiN (Wearside Women in Need)

Silver

Age Concern Tyneside South

BAE Land

Barnard Castle Surgery

Bede Gaming

Byron Medical Practice

Canford Audio Limited

Castles and Coasts Housing Association

Dellner Glass Solutions

Elis UK Limited

Everyone Active

Faltec Europe Limited

Hay and Kilner

Nifco

Northern Gas Networks

Northern Rights

Northumberland Wildlife Trust

Peacocks Medical Group

Practice Plus Group IRC Derwentside

Purmo Group UK Ltd

Savage Silk

Second to none care Ltd

Senstronics Ltd

Silverdale Family Practice

South Durham Health CIC

Sunderland Empire Theatre

Teesside Hospice

The Cornforth Partnership

Thornhill Primary School

Visuna

Walker Filtration

Gold

Astley Signs Ltd

BEL Engineering

Cell Pack Solutions Ltd

Clearly Drinks Limited

Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle

Hartlepool & Stockton Health GP Federation

HMP Frankland

HMP Holme House

HMP Kirklevington Grange

Komatsu UK

North House Surgery

Sora Services Ltd

tombola

Trade Interchange

Wear Recovery

Continuing Excellence

Authentix Security Print Solutions Limited

Benfield Park Medical Group

Change, Grow, Live (CGL)

Citizens Advice Gateshead

Getinge

Hitachi Construction Machinery UK

Kelly Park Limited

Minth Automotive (UK) Company Ltd

Northern Housing Consortium

Pearson Engineering Limited

Stagecoach North East - Hartlepool

Stagecoach Stockton (Teesside)

Stagecoach Sunderland

Sunderland GP Alliance

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

UMi Commercial Ltd

Wear Referrals

Maintaining Excellence

Alpek Polyester UK Ltd

Asset 55 Ltd

Atom Bank

Beyond Housing

Caterpillar Peterlee

Cleveland Fire Brigade

Community Foundation North East

County Durham & Darlington Fire & Rescue Service

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Durham County Council

DWP Wearview House

EDF Energy

Education Partnership North East

Education Training Collective

EMG Solicitors

Ford Aerospace Ltd

Gateshead College

GEM Partnership

Gentoo

Groundwork NE and Cumbria

Groundwork South and North Tyneside

Grundfos Manufacturing

GXO Wynyard

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust-County Durham 0-25 Children’s Service

Hartlepool Borough Council

Hitachi Rail Limited

Hope Wood Academy

Husqvarna UK Limited

International Centre for Life

Jarrow School

Jobcentre Plus Gateshead

Karbon Homes

Kasai UK Ltd

Legal Aid Agency

Middlesbrough College

Middlesbrough Council

Muckle LLP

New College Durham

Newcastle Building Society

Newcastle Carers

Newcastle City Council

Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Nexus

NHS BSA

Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS)

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

NorthStandard

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Northumbrian Water

Ocado

Optimum Skills Ltd

Oxclose Community Nursery School

Palram DPL

Physiotherapy Matters

Pioneering Care Partnership

Queensway Dental

Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council

Robson Laidler Accountants Limited

Sabic UK Petrochemicals Limited

Seqens Custom Specialties

South Tees NHS Foundation Trust

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Stagecoach - Slatyford Depot

Stagecoach in Newcastle - Walkergate depot

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

SUEZ TeesValley

Sunderland City Council

The Banks Group Ltd (Durham)

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music

thyssenkrupp rothe erde UK Ltd

Together for Children

Tyne Coast College

Tyne Housing Association

UCFS DWP Middlesbrough Service Centre

University Centre Quayside (UCQ)

University of Sunderland

Waythrough

We started the award in 2020 as we were keen to help improve the wellbeing of our employees, particularly post covid. One of our values is putting people first, and we felt like this was a step in the right direction to achieve this.

We now have a team of 10 passionate health advocates to help improve the wellbeing in the office. It’s a great feeling when the office looks forward to the health campaigns and want to be involved. It feels as though the work we’re doing is benefiting our employees.

- Tritility Business Energy Consultants, Sunderland

"The programme encourages organisations to look at prioritising the physical and mental health of employees.

Using the Better Health at Work programme, structure and guidance, the organisation has introduced a number of ways to improve individuals’ physical and mental health; whilst encouraging employees to take responsibility themselves".

- Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, Newcastle, Silver Level achieved 2024

"Our goal was to promote a happy, healthy and engaged inclusive workforce by raising awareness, providing education and signposting employees to services and programmes whether in person or online, to help them maintain or enhance their health and wellbeing in both work and home environments.

The award enabled Nexus to gain recognition as an exceptional organisation in offering health and wellbeing support for staff and be recognised as an ambassador for other organisations in the North East".

- Nexus, Newcastle, Maintaining Excellence Level achieved 2024

A healthy workforce is a happy workforce. Grundfos puts its people first and we want to ensure all of our employees are healthy and well which is why the award is an ideal opportunity to drive this ambition and show the recognition for this drive to the workforce, our customers and the general public.

The award has provided a perfect driver for our health and wellbeing campaigns and ensures we are always kept on the right track and up to date with the latest strategies and wider community initiatives. The award website provides lots of extremely useful resource material to support our campaigns.

- Grundfos manufacturing, Sunderland

We chose to participate in the award programme as it is providing us with a structured and planned schedule of events and initiatives that supports our overarching health and wellbeing strategy and objectives. It is a key strand to use providing a holistic approach to our employees’ health and wellbeing.

The award programme has provided us with key benefits including pointers in data gathering, event planning and networking opportunities. The monthly health advocate meetings are invaluable in providing information on what local support is available to enable us to build up our calendar of events and provide relevant and engaging content to our employees on a variety of health topics.

We are excited to be part of this programme and look forward to progressing through the differing levels to provide real benefit to our workforce. This will ensure we continue to put health at the heart of Hitachi.

- Hitachi Construction Machinery Ltd, Bronze

The award is a declaration of our commitment to building a healthy and happy workplace culture for every employee. Designing a positive and engaging health and wellbeing offer where health inequalities are reduced is so important to us and we know we will achieve this with the support of BHAWA.

The award process provides structure for Better Health at Work. It provides support, guidance and networking opportunities to learn and improve. The opportunity to collaborate and hear about others practice across the region is always inspiring, we always come away buzzing with ideas.

- Sunderland City Council, Sunderland