Tell us about your healthy workplace - and win a trip to Japan!

Are you an employer, manager or HR professional who has implemented health initiatives to encourage staff wellbeing at work? Or are you an employee who has benefited from steps to encourage health within your workplace? If so, Yakult UK wants to hear from you!

In response to a recent survey revealing that 51% of employees consider their workplace an unhealthy environment, Yakult has launched the Healthy Workplace Awards, to find those organisations in the UK that actively support staff wellbeing.

This could be through subsidised gym membership, free healthy food, relaxation areas, office décor, yoga classes, social events or any other scheme dedicated to the health of the workforce.

As well as specific initiatives such as these, Yakult is keen to hear from workplaces involved in educating staff about maintaining a healthy lifestyle – either through health fairs, leaflets or internal communications. With research showing that only 21% of people take active measures to prevent themselves from catching a cold, it seems clear that health education can play a vital role in developing healthier workplaces and workforces.

The Awards scheme is open to all organisations in the UK – whether you work in an office, supermarket, factory or field, if you believe your workplace is a shining example to others, please get in touch! If your workplace is selected as the UK’s healthiest, you will win a trip for yourself and five colleagues to Japan, birthplace of Yakult. (Plus a month’s supply of Yakult to toast your good health, of course!)

Yakult Healthy Workplace Awards, Terms & Conditions

1. Competition open to all UK & ROI residents excepting employees of Yakult UK Ltd

2. No purchase necessary.

3. Closing date for receipt of entries is 1st June 2007.

4. By entering the awards, entrants agree to participate in campaign publicity.

5. Entrants will be judged by an independent panel of experts.

6. Prize is economy flights and accommodation (4*), for six employees of the winning workplace, to Tokyo, Japan. 

7. The promoter reserves the right to substitute the prize for another prize of equal value without notice.

8. Prizes are non-transferable, non-negotiable and no cash alternatives will be offered.  

9. Regional winners will be notified on 11th June 2007 and announced online 18th June 2007; national winner will be notified on 1st July 2007 and announced online on 8th July 2007.

10. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

11. A list of winners’ names and counties will be available from the promoter within one month of the closing date.

12. By entering, competitors agree to be bound by these terms and conditions

Promoter: Yakult UK Ltd., Artemis, Odyssey Business Park, West End Road, South Ruislip, Middlesex HA4 6QE.