Welfare Consultancy
Our Role
We collaborate with leadership and teams to implement proactive strategies that promote open communication, collaboration, and mutual support, ensuring all members of your organisation can thrive in an environment that prioritises wellbeing.
Our welfare consultancy services include comprehensive assessments of your current practices, identifying gaps and providing evidence-based recommendations. Whether addressing day-to-day operations or critical project milestones, we help you create positive and safe environments that support mental health, reduce stress, and prevent burnout.
How we do it
Led by our founder, Lauren, we have introduced the innovative role of Welfare Consultant to the creative industries.
Our mission is to support senior managers and producers in recognising and fulfilling their moral, legal, and financial responsibilities to uphold exceptional standards of care.
We provide tailored solutions, including organisation-wide Welfare Training, bespoke support informed by audits and reviews, and strategic guidance for long-term improvements.
Working with us helps to minimise the negative impacts of illness on individuals and organisations while fostering a supportive, nurturing, and positive workplace culture for everyone.
Why we do it
At PlayWell, we view preventative care as more than just a set of policies—it is a strategic imperative for fostering a positive working culture. Preventative care has the potential to create a greater impact on people’s health and wellbeing than reactive measures. It helps individuals feel safe, respected, and heard, while building cultures where people can thrive. This, in turn, enables creativity, experimentation, and boldness. Crucially, this approach recognises that care is a collective responsibility.
With support from Arts Council England and the Mayor’s Office at the Greater London Authority, we conducted a research project to explore the need for preventative care and support within the creative industries, aiming to better understand the current landscape.
Our research reveals that most people feel that stressful working conditions—such as rushed timelines, low and delayed pay, precarious contracts, and systemic abuses of power—negatively affect their mental health. While the creative industries widely acknowledge these issues, many organisations continue to perpetuate such practices, fail to support their workers, or even recognise the need for change.
How can we bridge this gap between what we know as individuals and how we act as a community?
Read more in our report below:
Clients include
“Prevention in mental health aims to reduce the incidence, prevalence, and recurrence of mental health disorders and their associated disability. Preventive interventions are based on modifying risk exposure and strengthening the coping mechanisms of the individual.”
Mental Health Foundation: Prevention Review Paper
” By embedding preventative mental health care in workplace mental health models, employers have a significant opportunity to change the conversation.”
Forbes: Embedding Preventative Mental Health Care In The Workplace
“Preventative mental health care must be more than a set of initiatives; it must be considered as part of the overall organizational strategy. This includes a holistic approach to workforce wellbeing which begins with the management team and encompasses emotional, physical, social and financial wellbeing. The fact is, there is no health without mental health.”
Gareth Staglin: One Mind at Work
If you’re interested in how our Welfare Consultancy can help to support your organisation
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