Response 3778382

Response to request for information

Reference

3778382

Response date

24 July 2025

Request

1. How many staff have been granted “wellbeing days” off for the last financial year? If this is only available for a calendar year, please release that data but state that is for the calendar year. If your data is wonderfully up to date, please let me have data up to the latest monthly period. If another term, rather than “wellbeing days” is used to provide staff with a day off after a stressful period, please say the term used.
2. Please state the reasons cited for these “wellbeing days” (or whatever term your authority may use). While I understand that nothing should be released that would disclose anyone’s identity, such wellness days may be connected to stress, grief, physical health, mental or emotional health, etc. As such, it may be possible to say how many days were granted for specific types of wellness needs. However, if there are further details that can be released, please state the reasons granted for wellbeing days, for instance some councils have granted them for staff to exercise, take up a mindfulness project, spend time in nature or engage in hobbies. Please include any such examples.
3. If you have a website or intranet page about wellbeing days, please could you share it with me?

4. If staff are allowed other elements associated with wellbeing, please specify if not stated in the above public internet links.

Response

1. How many staff have been granted “wellbeing days” off for the last financial year? If this is only available for a calendar year, please release that data but state that is for the calendar year. If your data is wonderfully up to date, please let me have data up to the latest monthly period. If another term, rather than “wellbeing days” is used to provide staff with a day off after a stressful period, please say the term used.

   • We do not have “wellbeing days” or anything similar with a different name.

2. Please state the reasons cited for these “wellbeing days” (or whatever term your authority may use). While I understand that nothing should be released that would disclose anyone’s identity, such wellness days may be connected to stress, grief, physical health, mental or emotional health, etc. As such, it may be possible to say how many days were granted for specific types of wellness needs. However, if there are further details that can be released, please state the reasons granted for wellbeing days, for instance some councils have granted them for staff to exercise, take up a mindfulness project, spend time in nature or engage in hobbies. Please include any such examples.
   • Not applicable
3. If you have a website or intranet page about wellbeing days, please could you share it with me?
   • Not applicable

4. If staff are allowed other elements associated with wellbeing, please specify if not stated in the above public internet links.

Ways in which we support our employees include an Employee Assistance Programme with free counselling, trained Mental Health First Aiders, Workplace Health Champions, Carers’ Champions, a Wellbeing and Social Club, discounted leisure centre membership, flexi-time system.  In addition, we have a wide range of guides to support our employees through major life events such as bereavement, domestic abuse, trauma, menopause.

If employees are not able to work, we would support them to choose the appropriate leave option for their circumstances e.g. bereavement leave, sickness, carer’s leave etc.