Melin Homes - Healthy Working Wales Covid-19 Commendation Award

Melin Homes has been identified as an exemplar employer for this case study on mental health and wellbeing due to a positive and continued approach to improving employees’ mental and physical health and wellbeing.  Melin Homes has achieved the Healthy Working Wales (HWW) Platinum Corporate Health Standard (CHS) and is a Pledged Organisation for Time to Change Wales (TtCW).

HWW and the Welsh Government joined forces to celebrate the way in which Welsh employers stepped up to look after the health and wellbeing of their staff, clients and the wider community during the global coronavirus pandemic by holding a Covid-19 Commendations Event in December 2021.

Melin Homes was awarded the winning commendation for Best SME Company Response for Supporting Staff during the Covid-19 pandemic. The range of support that Melin Homes offers to their staff via the Zest wellbeing programme, and how they adapted and enhanced support, impressed the panel of judges. The judging panel included Wales CBI, Federation of Small Businesses and Chambers Wales, as well as Wales TUC, Mind Cymru and Public Health Wales.

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