Our purpose
Oakwood has just turned 10 this year and we’ve been reflecting on why we do what we do. Delivering mental health and wellbeing programmes is what we do of course, but what really gets us out of bed in the morning is something much more.
Our ‘Why’ is about creating happier, more inclusive, and productive workplaces where people feel valued and fulfilled and are at the very heart of the way the business operates. We believe prioritising wellbeing and safety is not only good for employees, but good for business too.
We are pioneers of employee wellbeing programmes, recognised for delivering mental health and conflict management training that is engaging, fun and thought provoking.
Our people
We’ve built a team of amazing trainers who share that belief. They are not just academics either. They bring their own front-line, real-world experience from a range of diverse back grounds to create safe environments where the realities of mental health, wellbeing and conflict can be explored.
The Story So Far
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Meet our 'Charity Partner of Year' 2022
Rainbow’s Hospice for Children and Young People
Rainbows cares for hundreds of families every year who have a child or young person with a serious or terminal illness that means that their lives will be shorter than most.
We are very excited to be supporting such an amazing charity and look forward to working with all their employees and volunteers. They will receive £5000 worth of free training and support.
20 of the Oakwood Team will be abseiling over 200ft down Derby Cathedral hoping to raise £3000 for the charity.
Thanks to all the UK retail managers who completed our Wellbeing in Retail survey in 2022 we donated a further £1150 to Rainbows.
Previous Partners
The Bridge – ‘Homelessness to Hope'
Their vision is for everyone in Leicester to have a place to call home and hope for the future.
The Bridge started in 2009 providing an outreach ‘soup run’ service to homeless people in Leicester. Move forward 10yrs and they offer a full range of support services with a focus on physical and mental wellbeing. From hot meals (over 18,000 per year), hot showers and clothes to mentoring programmes and health advice.
They received over £5000 of free mental health and personal safety training/consultancy.
They also received over £3600 when 18 of the Oakwood team took on the white water rafting course at the National Water Sports Centre.
Warning Zone
‘Warning Zone’ are a Life-Skills Centre and children safeguarding charity ran by a small management team and over 100 amazing volunteers.
They deliver life-saving messages to children and young people, keeping them safe in the real and online world. This year they will welcome over 10,000 Year 6 (age 9/10) children through their doors.
We helped them to embed mental health and personal safety messaging and provided over £5000 of free training and support for all their staff and volunteers.
We raised over £2000 for the charity when 14 of the Oakwood team took on the UK’s largest inflatable obstacle course.
PTSD UK
PTSD UK is the only charity in the UK dedicated to raising awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder – no matter the trauma that caused it.
We raised over £1500 for the charity when 9 of the Oakwood Tea completed the ‘Wild Warrior’ obstacle course.
The story so far
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