For each survey there will be morning and afternoon sessions. Morning sessions will start at 10am, afternoon sessions at 1pm. Participants will be free to come out on one or both sessions and on as many of the surveys as they like. Surveys will be on 20th & 31st of January & 3rd & 16th of February 2012 . Teas, coffees and biscuits will be provided.

If you are interested in taking part please contact Roger on 01792 864194 or email riverside@arenapontardawe.com.

For directions go to www.arenapontardawe.com/riverside/directions

These surveys are funded by Environment Wales and the Riverside Project by the Big Lottery Fund

See flyer for further information on Riverside.

The Health at Work Advice Line Wales is a free and confidential service that provides small business managers and GPs in Wales with the expert advice they need to help and support staff and patients experiencing health issues in the workplace.

The Health at Work Advice Line Wales offers health at work advice over the telephone. All calls are confidential, advice is free and you can call at any time.

The line will be open 24 hours a day, with our qualified professionals available 9-5 on weekdays. Outside of these hours a call-back service will operate. If our advisors aren’t able to help you directly, they’ll put you in touch with someone who can.

What advice is available?

• Screening and surveillance for early signs of health related issues
• Advice on how deal with staff experiencing mental health conditions and distress
• Professional help on staff unable to work
• Sickness absence and attendance management
• Rehabilitation and medical intervention
• Lifestyle and well-being to maintain health

What are the benefits to employers?

• Keep valued and experienced staff
• Avoid unnecessary recruitment and training costs
• Reduce sick pay costs
• Keep the business productive
• Reduce costs of hiring temporary staff to cover absence
• Reduce pressure on other employees covering for a sick colleague

What are the benefits to employees?

• Improved mental and physical health and well-being
• A managed return to work can help recovery
• More pay in the pocket
• Less risk of long term absence, social exclusion and possibility of job loss

Managers can get information on all aspects of occupational health to support their staff, for example stress management and back pain at work.

Employees can be advised on such issues as how to manage their condition at work, getting back to work after illness and how to reduce the risk of long term absence.

Call now on 0800 107 0900 for advice and support to reduce the impact of sickness absence on the business you work for.

Free, confidential occupational health advice for small businesses in Wales.

For more information please visit www.healthyworkingwales.com

The conference will be held on Wednesday 23 November 2011 from 10am

To sign up to watch the live webcast and for further information see The King’s Fund website. 

The Line number is 0800 107 0900 and is open 24 hours a day with qualified professionals available between 9.00am and 5.00pm on weekdays. Outside of these hours, a call back service operates.

The Health at Work Advice Line is one of the services that is included in the Welsh Government’s workplace health programme \'Healthy Working Wales\'. The aim of Health Working Wales is to improve health at work; prevent people being made ill at work; retain or rehabilitate those made ill at work; and prevent the link between work related ill health and economic inactivity. Healthy Working Wales also contributes to the broader UK Health, Work and Well-being Strategy.

More information about the remit and membership of that Group can be found here.

The group is currently gathering evidence to inform the development of the strategy and, as part of this evidence gathering phase, it has developed a short questionnaire for completion by those wishing to feed into the work in hand.

You may access, complete and submit the questionnaire here. And by typing in the following Password: J7fvhqyBxU. NB Please type the password as opposed to cutting and pasting. The Group would very much value your contribution to this survey, which will be open for responses until 31st October 2011.  Please feel free – indeed you are very much encouraged – to forward this message and to promulgate the availability of this survey within your own networks and to any other organisations, groups, stakeholders, businesses or individuals you feel may wish to contribute to this work.