SuperChamps is open to all organisations from 10 employees. Our aim is to cross fertilise ideas and approaches across sectors and organisations of different types, from SMEs to large corporates as well as public sector organisations. Members currently include organisations from sectors such as Rail, Engineering, Construction, Real Estate and Property Management, Telecoms, Renewable Energy, Higher Education, Finance, Technology, Research, among others.

On average we recommend 1 champion per 30 employees however the ideal number will vary depending on the size of your organisation and the number of locations. It’s a good idea to have at least one health and wellbeing champion per location, even if they will be supporting only a small local team.

The purpose of the health and wellbeing champion role is to help implement and support the organisation’s Wellbeing Strategy through raising awareness of wellbeing activities, promoting healthy lifestyles and positive mental health. Employees may have different barriers to accessing wellbeing programmes. They may not be aware of what’s accessible to them or have reservations about whether it’s relevant for them. Sometimes they feel resistance in the form of fear or other negative emotions in relation to their health. Health and wellbeing champions play a key part in addressing these barriers, through conversations as well as leading and inspiring by example.

Another important role of the champion is to listen to employees’ input and feedback and relay this information to the wellbeing leadership to help shape future programmes.

The key qualities we are looking for in our SuperChamps are as follows:

• Strong enthusiasm for health and wellbeing
• Good communicators and listeners
• Keen to make a difference and benefit colleagues
• Proactive approach, ready to embrace new ideas
• Keen to learn and share knowledge within the community

Yes. We encourage anyone leading their organisation’s wellbeing programme to join, whether you are a wellbeing lead within HR, occupational health, or a nominated group such as the company’s Health & Wellbeing group or Health and Safety group.

1. It’s important to secure senior leadership buy-in for your wellbeing champion programme. This will ensure champions receive the support they need (including some time allowance) to carry out their role
2. Speak to your wellbeing group (or group accountable for wellbeing in your organisation) about the programme and work with them to invite further wellbeing champions to apply
3. Identify a SuperChamps Coordinator – a champion who can take responsibility for coordinating peer support, company-wide activities and promotions, and feed back to the relevant groups.
4. Promote your SuperChamps team internally: make sure the names and faces of SuperChamps are known by managers and colleagues and communicate their role
5. Internally your SuperChamps team may want to meet on a regular basis (e.g. monthly) to plan ahead, in addition to networking with the whole SuperChamps community

Whichever programme you choose, you’ll receive 12 months SuperChamps membership included. At the end of the 12 months, you’ll have the option to renew your membership through any of the programmes on offer (with the option to switch programmes).

We’ve packaged SuperChamps membership with different bundles of wellbeing services. Our Inspire package includes 4 wellbeing webinars on the topics of your choice, which could be planned quarterly to help create a buzz and energise your wellbeing programme.

The Engage programme provides you with a regular drip-feed of events and content throughout the year, inlcuding face-to-face events if you wish, which helps to engage a wide range of employees with different wellbeing interests.

Our most comprehensive programmes are Transform and Transform Plus, which includes more regular events as well as a wide range of training options, such as wellbeing-centred line-manager training and menopause training.

In each case, you can choose to add further webinars or activities at any time during the year.

The Engage and Transform programmes both include consultancy to help you plan your wellbeing programme, including your launch and strategy for building engagement over time. Speak to us if you require more tailored or specific support and we’d be delighted to help.