Health & Wellbeing Champions
What is a Health and Wellbeing Champion?
Health and Wellbeing Champions are individuals working in any role and at any level. They are passionate about health and wellbeing and are keen to support the wellbeing of their colleagues.
Health and Wellbeing Champions are not counsellors or mental health first aiders. They raise awareness of support, activities and events available to colleagues from within their organisation, as well as more widely within Gloucestershire, online and nationally.
How will this benefit my team?
Health and Wellbeing Champions help to ensure staff wellbeing is regularly thought about alongside the usual business of the team. Health and Wellbeing Champions support the team by sharing information and ideas about how to look after their wellbeing, and may even organise some activities to bring everyone in the team together.
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Some of the activities Champions have shared so far are:
Quick Activities (5–10 minutes)
Virtual
- Two Truths and a Lie – Each person shares two truths and one lie; others guess the lie.
- Emoji Check-In – Everyone shares their current mood using only emojis.
- Highs & Lows – Share one high and one low from the past week using only emojis or gifs.
- Virtual Background Challenge – Each person sets their background for meeting/team catch-up based on a fun theme (e.g. dream holiday destination, favourite season, favourite movie).
- Desk Safari – Show a random object on your desk and tell a story about it.
- Rapid Gratitude Round – Name one patient interaction or colleague moment that made you smile.
Face-to-Face
- Categories Ice-Breaker – (works best for larger groups) identify four corners of the room/space and ask people to go to a corner based on a category e.g. favourite season, season you were born in, how you are feeling today, how long you have worked in health and social care.
- Highs & Lows – Share one high and one low from the past week.
- One-Word Check-In – Describe your current mood in one word.
- Speed Introductions – Quick 30-second intros with a fun fact.
- Stretch & Hydrate – Quick group stretch and hydration reminder.
Short Activities (10–30 minutes)
Virtual
- Show & Tell – Share a meaningful item from home.
- Virtual Scavenger Hunt – Find and show items based on prompts (e.g., something blue, something nostalgic).
- Wellbeing Bingo – Bingo card with self-care or team-related actions.
- Mindfulness Minute – Guided breathing or short meditation (e.g. using Calm or Headspace free YouTube videos).
- Photography Challenge – each person shares a photo based on a category (e.g. colours of the rainbow, seasonal).
Face-to-Face
- Gratitude Circle – Share something you’re grateful for.
- Team Trivia – Fun facts about team members, quizzes e.g. Olympics, local area.
- Office Scavenger Hunt – Find items or complete mini-challenges around the office.
- Compliment Chain – Each person gives a compliment to the next.
Medium Activities (30–60 minutes)
Virtual
- Wellbeing Workshop – Short session on stress, sleep, or nutrition. The Wellbeing Line has recorded several 30-minute wellbeing webinars available to watch – see: Mini Webinars Available Now | Wellbeing Line
Face-to-Face
- Creative Collage – Create a vision board or team values collage.
- Team Walk & Talk – Go for a walk as a team, in small groups or in pairs. You could also set a challenge to take a photo on the walk of something relevant to a theme (e.g. motivation, feeling calm)
- DIY Wellness Jar – Fill a jar with positive affirmations or self-care ideas. Each person writes one idea for their own jar and one for their colleague’s jars – then all walk around and drop the ideas into the jars.
- Mini Yoga or Movement Session – Led by a team member or using a YouTube video.
- Compassion Toolkit Building – Create a shared list of coping strategies and resources.
Longer Activities (60+ minutes)
Virtual
- Virtual away day – Mix of games, reflection, and wellbeing sessions.
- Online Workshop – Focusing on a topic such as wellbeing, communication, or mindfulness.
- Cook-Along Session – Make a healthy recipe together over video.
Face-to-Face
- Team lunch or meal – visiting somewhere local or organising a bring and share meal
- Team Day – Activities like walking, creative workshops, or volunteering.
- Group Art Project – Collaborative collage or painting.
What support will I receive as a Health and Wellbeing Champion?
As well as being supported by your own organisation, you will also be supported by The Wellbeing Line and will be part of a large group of Health and Wellbeing Champions working within health and social care in Gloucestershire. As part of this wider peer support network, you will be able to exchange ideas and resources and will have access to training and other CPD opportunities. You will also be able to attend the annual Health and Wellbeing Champions event, which is a celebration of all you have achieved and a wellbeing “treat” for you too.
Want to find out more? Call us on 0300 421 7500 or email hello@thewellbeingline.co.uk
