Success for Wright Vigar

Lincolnshire-based chartered accountants, Wright Vigar, has won the Workplace Wellbeing Award at last week’s Lincolnshire Sport & Physical Activity Awards (Thursday 3rd November).  

Organised by Active Lincolnshire, the 18th edition of the annual Awards was held at the Engine Shed in Lincoln and hosted by Lincs FM presenter John Marshall.

The Workplace Wellbeing Award recognises workplaces that have excelled in their staff wellbeing provision by proactively encouraging an active lifestyle for their employees.

The judges were impressed that Wright Vigar go the ‘extra mile’ to ensure the wellbeing of their team by way of the initiatives the company have introduced, such as the walking challenges, the sporting events we take part in and the charity events we support, the wellbeing group, and the team commitment to these.

Wright Vigar are embedding wellbeing into their culture through their 5 ways of wellbeing. The company have a designated wellbeing group that meets regularly to discuss their team’s wellbeing and develop strategies to help encourage and facilitate active lifestyles for their team. Initiatives the group have implemented include: workplace walking challenges to raise money for charity; in-house sporting competitions, encouraging active networking; and entering teams into events such as C2C2C, equinox and the Nottingham Half Marathon.

On top of this Wright Vigar also encourage their team to take an active route to work or have an active lunch break. They provide the cycle-to-work scheme for their team, have designated showers that the team can use and a secure bike storage facility for all. Wright Vigar have also signed up for the MIND Mental Health at Work Commitment.