Looking after your physical wellbeing is key to supporting your overall wellbeing including your mental health. Information to support you with exercise, healthy eating and sleeping.
Health
| Links | Summary of help available |
|---|---|
| Yourcare EAP | Employee Assistance Programme - Your Care EAP provides access to help and support for life's ups and downs, 24/7, 365 days a year. You'll find a wide range of care and support specialists waiting to hear from you. You can use this service as many or as few times as you like, there's no limit on the support you can receive. Helpline: 0800 023 9324 |
| Occupational health | People Asset Management provides advice to the Council and its employees with regard to fitness for work, prevention of work-related ill health and the promotion of good health. A management referral process is also available for Counselling and Physiotherapy |
| Access to Work | Help and support for you to stay in work if you have a physical or mental health condition or disability |
| Health & Wellbeing Framework (PDF, 667 KB) | How we work together to support health and wellbeing |
Exercise
| Links | Summary of help available |
|---|---|
| Cycle To Work Scheme | Cycle to Work Scheme is an employee benefit that saves you money on a bike and accessories |
| Get Running with Couch to 5K | NHS Couch to 5K will help you gradually work up towards running 5km in just 9 weeks |
| GOGA Tayside | Get Out Get Active (GOGA) Tayside is dedication to promoting fun and free physical activity opportunities to encourage people of all abilities to be more active together |
| Live Active at Home Fitness | Take part in fitness from the comfort of your home |
| Live Active You Tube channel | Different levels of fitness sessions for all abilities |
Eat well
| Links | Summary of help available |
|---|---|
| BBC Food - Health Recipes | Healthy recipes for all the family |
| British Heart Foundation - Healthy Eating | Information and support on how a balanced diet can benefit your health |
| Love Food Hate Waste | Discover some simple hacks, tips and scrummy leftover food recipes that will help you make the most of your food at home |
| NHS - Eat Well | Information and guidance about eating a healthy, balanced diet |
| NHS Better Health - Healthy Recipes | Recipes and tips on health eating and how to live well |
| Nutrition Scotland | Nutrition Scotland is a community nutrition social enterprise who aim to improve diet-related health |
Sleep well
| Links | Summary of help available |
|---|---|
| Sleepio | Clinically-evidenced sleep improvement programme that is fully automated and highly personalised, using cognitive behavioural techniques to help improve poor sleep |
| MIND | How to cope with sleep problems |
| NHS Inform | Sleep problems and insomnia self help guide |
Overall physical wellbeing support
| Links | Summary of help available |
|---|---|
| NHS - Live Well | NHS advice about healthy living, including eating a balanced diet, healthy weight, exercise, quitting smoking and drinking less alcohol |
| Physiotherapy Service | Physiotherapy - is available for musculoskeletal disorders where the condition is being occupationally caused or made worse |
| Supporting Health & Wellbeing Procedure (PDF, 1 MB) | The Supporting Health and Wellbeing Procedure details informal and formal stages |
| VisionPK | VisionPK is a local hearing and sight loss charity providing services for people living in Perth & Kinross |
| Healthy eating on a budget & How to reduce waste podcast | Health Eating on a Budget and How to Reduce Waste Podcast by Your Community PK |
| RNID | Supporting people who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus. Online hearing test. |
Last modified on 21 May 2024
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