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Wellbeing

Working to improve your health and wellbeing at home, work, and out in the wider world.

We are committed to ensuring that every resident has the opportunity to thrive at work, at home, and in their daily lives. Our wellbeing programmes have been established to help support people, promote healthier lifestyles, and highlight the importance of working together to create supportive environments.


Whether you're a small, medium, or large organisation our programmes are designed to support your staff to feel empowered, more motivated, and better supported in their roles.

Ed Cox (BW)

Lead Officer

Ed Cox

Executive Director - Strategy, Economy and Net Zero

What we're doing

Thrive at Work

Thrive at Work is a workplace commitment with criteria and guidelines on creating a workplace that promotes employee health and wellbeing.

Thrive into Work

Thrive into Work offers one-to-one job finding support to people with health challenges.
Find out what we're doing in your area

Wellbeing programmes

Office Based WMCA

Thrive at Work

Learn about our FREE workplace wellbeing programme

Portway Lifestyle Centre

Thrive into Work

Offers one-to-one job finding support to people with health problems

Cycling Walking

Include me West Midlands

A regional approach to promoting physical activity for disabled people

Birmingham City University (1)

West Midlands Mental Health Commission

Working to tackle mental health challenges

Portway Lifestyle Centre

Improving health and reducing inequalities: Combined Authorities Programme

Latest from Wellbeing

Putting Change Into Action To Help People Rough Sleeping This Winter

12 December 2023

Putting Change into Action to help people rough sleeping this winter

Annual campaign launched as generous public donations to alternative giving scheme raises over £280,000 to provide much needed support and protection...

£1M Action Plan To Improve Air Quality Across The West Midlands

17 November 2023

£1m action plan to improve West Midlands air quality

We want to reduce the 2,300 deaths in the region due to poor air quality.

Communities To Share £9M Commonwealth Games Legacy Funding

06 November 2023

Communities to share £9m Commonwealth Games legacy funding

Community groups, charities, not-for-profit organisations, schools and colleges across the West Midlands can bid for grants of between £500 and...

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