Mercury Schools Welfare Program

MERCURY SCHOOLS WELFARE PROGRAM

Ever considered how best to support your valued staff members in these unsettling times and beyond? Ever wanted an initiative to really motivate your workforce and help them to focus on their own wellbeing as well as build your staff community? If so, our program is for you!

Mercury Fitness NI is Northern Ireland’s biggest bootcamp operating in the Belfast, Lisburn and Bangor areas. Through our amazing fitness and wellbeing programs, it truly has changed lives. With the current pandemic emphasising the importance of looking after our physical and mental health, and with rising levels of obesity and mental health issues, it really is time for us to act!

PROGRAM AIMS

Suffering increasing pressures, we aim to provide our valued teachers a life changing service. We know that due to the stressful nature of teaching and with the focus always being on the children (rightly so), your staff may struggle at times; to look after themselves, to eat correctly or even just to find some headspace. With your permission, we can support them with providing motivation to exercise, to eat healthily and to increase their general wellbeing.

We would like to take away the pressure of finding time to get and to keep fit by bringing our programs into your school. We can conduct our training for you at your chosen location, at a time and day of your choosing and will allow your staff to train before they go home for their evenings. Giving your staff access to a range of classes with different instructors; both online and face-to-face; from yoga to spin, there is guaranteed to be something for all. Staff would also have access to our proven nutritional system; staff development days focusing on teambuilding and bringing your staff community together, and our very own mental health care professional which could be a real game changer.

BENEFITS OF THE MERCURY PROGRAM

Time and Location

We bring our training and expertise to your staff eliminating the need for them to travel
They will have the ability to train in a familiar and safe location
Flexible times to suit your staff needs

Reduced staff absence

A healthier workforce equals less staff sickness
Organisations that have invested in employee fitness and nutritional programs have seen a reduction in staff absence – in some cases, up to 80%.
Will help with school budgeting by reducing the need to pay for additional supply teachers

Fitness Creates Less Stress

Workplace wellness programs educate employees on how to feel better on the job, both mentally and physically.
According to the February 2011 issue of Harvard Men’s Health Watch, exercise has the ability to both exhilarate and to relax and can serve to counter depression and to dissipate stress.
Clinical results also have shown that workers sleep better after exercise and are able to lower both their cholesterol and blood pressure levels by following a regular exercise plan.

Fitness Encourages Better Work Performance

Research shows that organisations who have a shared fitness program retain their employees longer than other companies. It also increases the calibre of future staff as they recognise the extra support being offered to them as part of the role.
Enhances the overall attraction of your workplace by showing staff you are committed to their physical and mental wellbeing.

Fitness Fosters Teamwork

Camaraderie is hard to measure, but it is an important a benefit of a workplace fitness program. A greater sense of workplace teamwork is a natural outgrowth of participating in an employee fitness program.
Employees who exercise together get to know each other better, and those enhanced relationships translate into all kinds of benefits.
Social support is a big component to any exercise or weight loss program, and when your colleagues are in the program with you, you can boost each other’s efforts and help hold each other accountable. Workers get to interact with each other in a setting apart from the stress of work and have conversations they may not have otherwise had in the work environment.

COVID-19

Like most viruses, the health of an individual is our first line of defence to combat the effects it has on our bodies. So now more than ever, it is so important for everyone to exercise regularly, to fuel the body in the right way and try and lead healthier lifestyles.

OUR SERVICES

MY ZONE

MyZone is an innovative system that uses wireless and cloud technology to accurately and conveniently monitor individual physical activity. Through tracking heart rate, it allows users to visually see their own exertion levels and see their fitness levels increase.

Staff members would get access to this global system via the Mercury Fitness account. It is a great tool to help people get motivated, build your community and team ethos, whilst ultimately, making exercising fun. It also helps us to monitor each person so we can provide individual support and increase accountability.

Using this technology, it allows us to run fun competitions across different departments, or even schools, and provides the opportunity for staff to win prizes for their school or themselves – just by exercising. Imagine having bragging rights against 9 other principals also taking part in this program!

MENTAL WELLNESS PROGRAM

Depression and anxiety are at an all-time high and with self-confidence at an all-time low, looking after our mental health is more important than ever. Our program provides your staff with access to our amazing Clinical Mental Health Coach – Mags Harrington.

She would conduct once a month, group sessions (up to 10 persons) focusing on:

Mind & Body health
Dealing with stress
Self-motivation
Goal setting
Returning to work (post lockdown)
Deal with insecurities

As part of the mindset coaching, your staff will also receive audio recordings to work through between sessions.

TEAM BUILDING DAYS

We will run a team building day tailored to your staff needs and goals.

We take them to a different location to undertake a range of problem solving command tasks encouraging them work as part of a cohesive team and find out who your natural leaders are and team players are.

We make it fun yet challenging and we will offer you a report on the day for feedback on how your staff performed.

Mercury Schools Welfare Program