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In our adult years, the lifestyle choices we make can dramatically increase our chances of becoming ill later in life.

One You is a new campaign from Public Health England designed to help people improve their health. Making small changes now can improve our health right away and double our chances of staying healthy as we get older. It’s never too late to start.

To help you support your employees to make healthy changes, we’ve created the One You 4-week workplace challenge, based on 4 main behaviours that have a huge influence on our health and well-being.

We want to help people to eat well, move more, drink less and be smoke free.

Don’t forget to encourage employees to take our online health quiz to point them in the right direction. Simply search One You for more information.

If you can help get your employees in better shape over 4 fun weeks of physical and mental activity, imagine how much happier and productive everyone could be!

An introduction 03

A month to make a difference 04

Tools in the kit 04

Getting ready for the 4-week challenge 06

Tips to spread the word 08

Track your success 10

Doing it together 11

Promotion at work 12

Keeping it going 14

AN INTRODUCTION

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the one YOU 4-week challenge

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the one YOU 4-week challengeChoose a new healthy habit, stick to it for a month, and see how good it feels.In our adult years, the lifestyle choices we make can dramatically increase our

chances of becoming ill later in life.Making small changes now can improve your health right away and double

your chances of staying healthy as you get older. It’s never too late to start.Whether you decide to move more, eat well, drink less or be smoke

free, make your personal pledge at work today.

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One You is a behaviour change campaign, aimed at adults across England. It will be seen by everyone either on TV, in press and outdoor advertisements, online or prominently displayed by our partners, for instance in pharmacies and supermarkets nationwide.

Tools in the KitIn the next few pages you’ll find everything you need to help inspire your employees to sign up to the One You 4-week challenge, make pledges and stay motivated, so at the end of the month everyone can celebrate their success, and feel better for it.

GETTING STARTEDWithin your pack you will find: • Bunting • Posters • Wall charts • Stickers • Conversation starters

and Dispensers

There’s also a series of online banners of different shapes and sizes, and an email signature strip staff can add to their existing signature to help spread the word.

Remind staff of the 4-week challenge by placing the stickers in key locations such as in the staff restaurant, on vending machines, lift doors, and in the smoking area.

Plus, you might want to kick things off with an event, where your employees all pledge to take the 4-week challenge at the same time.

A Month To Make A Difference

JEANS

GETTING

A BIT

TIGHT?Get back to a healthier you.

Search One You and take

the free health quiz today.

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Could you have taken the stairs?Get back to a healthier you. Search One You and take the free health quiz today.

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YOU AGAIN?Get back to a healthier you. Search One You and take the free health quiz today.

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YOU AGAIN?

Get back to a healthier you.

Search One You and take the free health quiz today.

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be part of the one YOU 4-week challenge

make your pledge

Whether you’re going to eat well, move more,

drink less, or be smoke free, this is the place

to make your personal pledge and track your

progress over the next four weeks by marking

off each day.

Take our online health quiz to help you decide

which type of healthy habit to focus on.

Simply search One You.

what will it be?

And what will your colleagues choose?

You can go it alone or why not buddy

up with someone. Here are a few pledge

suggestions for starters:

Eat well• Start the day with a healthy breakfast

• Eat your five a day• Say no to unhealthy snacks and puddings

Why not download the Easy Meals app

to help you along the way?

Move more• Break up sitting time with a walk at lunchtime

• Take the stairs instead of the lift

• Start a new exercise

Why not download the Couch to 5k app for

more support?

Drink less• Pace yourself on a night out – have a glass

of water between every alcoholic drink

• Swap cocktails for mocktails

• Order a soft drink instead of an alcoholic one

Why not download the Drink Tracker app

for added support?

Be smoke free• STOP for 28 days (because you’re more like

to stop for good if you do).

Why not download the Smokefree app

for loads of free support?

Ready, steady, go YOU.

Don’t stop here, search One You and see what other healthy habits you can enjoy.

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Name pledge

week 3week 2

week 4

week 1

Youdid it

Youdid it

Youdid it

Youdid it

Youdid it

Stay strong

Almost there

Good work

Looking good

Don’t stop now

What’s your reward?

Woo hoo!Keep

going

Don’t give inHalfway

through

Stay strong

Wow

What’s your reward?Good

work

Keep going

Don’t give in

Youdid it

Youdid it

Youdid it

✓

✓

One week done✓

Yes you can✓

✓

Here we go✓

Let’s go✓

Woo hoo!✓

Don’t give in

Let’s do this

Off we go

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Posters

Conversation starters and Dispensers

Stickers

Wall chart

In our adult years, the lifestyle choices we make can dramatically

increase our chances of becoming ill later in life.

Making small changes now can improve your health right away

and double your chances of staying healthy as you get older.

It’s never too late to start.

What will you do this month to get back to a healthier you?

Be part of the One You 4-Week Challenge and pledge today.

Download the Couch to 5K app to get you started.

TAKE STEPS

TO MOVE

MORE

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In our adult years, the lifestyle choices we make can dramatically increase our chances of becoming ill later in life.Making small changes now can improve your health right away

and double your chances of staying healthy as you get older. It’s never too late to start.What will you do this month to get back to a healthier you?Be part of the One You 4-Week Challenge and make your work pledge today. Download the Smokefree app to get you started.

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GET THE SMOKE FREE HABIT

In our adult years, the lifestyle choices we make can dramatically

increase our chances of becoming ill later in life.

Making small changes now can improve your health right away

and double your chances of staying healthy as you get older.

It’s never too late to start.

What will you do this month to get back to a healthier you?

Be part of the One You 4-Week Challenge and pledge today.

Download the Easy Meals app to get you started.

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getting a

bit tight?

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The Long versionIn our adult years, the lifestyle choices

we make can dramatically increase

our chances of becoming ill later in life.

One You is a campaign from Public

Health England to help change the way

we live our lives. Making small changes

now can improve our health right away

and double our chances of staying

healthy as we get older. It’s never too

late to start.

The One You 4-week challenge is

designed to help you get back to a

healthier you. Choose a new healthy

habit, stick to it for a month, and see

how good it feels.

Whether you decide to move more,

eat well, drink less or be smoke free,

make your personal pledge. Your

challenge could be eating 5-a-day,

taking the stairs, saying no to alcohol,

or stopping smoking.

Don’t forget to encourage employees

to take our online health quiz to point

them in the right direction. Simply

search One You for more information.

Talk to (insert your name) about the

4-week challenge and search

One You online for more hints and

tips about staying healthy for good.

Because there’s only One You.

The short versionIn our adult years, the lifestyle choices we make can dramatically increase our chances of becoming ill later in life.The One You 4-week challenge is designed to help you get back to a healthier you.

Whether you decide to move more, eat well, drink less or be smoke free, talk to (insert contact details here), make your personal pledge at work today.

When the 4-week challenge starts everyone needs to know about it. Encourage your staff to talk about it on their own social media accounts and spread the word with colleagues in as many ways as possible. Start by including messaging like the examples opposite on your intranet, which does a great job in telling everyone that the challenge is coming, and don’t forget to promote it on notice boards and in all of your newsletters, emails or magazine articles.

getting ready for the 4-week CHALLENGE

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Woo-hoo halfway through!

Brilliant so far, keep it up, you’re halfway there. How are your colleagues doing? Do they need a bit of extra support if they’re wavering? The team challenges seem like a lot of fun; don’t forget to share any photos and remember, get in touch if there’s anything we can help with.

Keep updating your intranet over the 4-week period, and if you have a newsletter include an article, and send email reminders to keep the momentum going. You can write as many as you like but if you want to keep it to one a week here are a few suggestions of the sort of messages you could include:

Stay strong, you’ve turned the corner

Okay, it’s the third week in and your new habits should be starting to feel like second nature. Think how good you’ll feel about yourself when you get back to work on Monday knowing you’ve resisted temptation over another weekend. So keep it up, you’re nearly on the home stretch.

Well done! How are you now?

Fantastic, you’re there, done it, sorted! It’s time to celebrate (but let’s not over-indulge), share stories and see how everyone else has done. We might even have a bit of a do to mark the occasion, so look out for details. But now you’re feeling good about yourself, don’t stop! Search One You online for more hints and tips about staying healthy for good. Because there’s only One You.

Today’s the day to take the challenge!

Get in touch if you need any hints and tips to make it as easy as possible, or if you have any questions, or even just fancy a chat about how things are going.

Launch email

What a week that was!

So it’s the end of the first week, how did you get on? From what we hear everyone’s staying very determined and has definitely risen to the challenge. Why not share your progress with your family and friends on social media and tell them what you’re doing and how well it’s going? It could inspire them to search One You for themselves and take the free health quiz. Keep it up!

Week 1

WEEK 4

Week 3

Week 2

Tips to spread the word

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cut back on alcohol

How about getting everyone

to drink less and raise money

for a good cause. They could

be sponsored with money

going to a designated charity.

The fewer drinks drunk, the

more money is raised. For

help along the way use the

Drinks Tracker app.

team quitIt’s easier to do difficult things together, so get your staff to pledge to stop smoking in teams. For extra support use the Smokefree app.

Mountain Climb

Get your staff to move more by

challenging them to climb stairs in the

workplace rather than using the lift,

to the equivalent height of Ben Nevis.

Calculate how many stairs need to be

climbed over the 4-week period and

give out prizes to the person or team

who conquers Ben Nevis first. If you

haven’t got stairs then team up and use

the Couch to 5k app.

Your pack contains posters, wall charts and bunting ready for display. They should be as visible as possible and be placed in communal areas, such as in kitchens, around the notice board, or the staff canteen. The materials will also be available as digital downloads and be photocopy

friendly, so you can print as many as you need.

The wall chart is a place for everyone to make their pledges and track their progress throughout the 4-week period. If your employees are stuck for ideas here are some suggestions:

BE SUGAR SMARTOrganise teams with the aim of reducing sugar over the 4 weeks. The team that cuts back most on sugar gets tea made for them (sugar free) the following week by the team who cut back the least. For help along the way use the Sugar Smart app.

‘Eat Well’ pledges

• Start the day with a

healthy breakfast

• Eat your 5-a-day

• Say no to unhealthy

snacks and puddings

‘Drink Less’ pledges• Pace yourself on a night out – have a glass of

water between every alcoholic drink

• Swap cocktails for mocktails

• Order a soft drink instead of an alcoholic one

‘Move More’ pledges• Break up sitting time with a walk at lunchtime• Take the stairs instead of the lift• Start a new exercise

‘Be Smoke Free’

pledge

• STOP for 28 days

(because you’re more

likely to stop for good

if you do)

Track your success

There’s nothing better than a bit of healthy competition to up the motivation levels.

So we’re suggesting a big group challenge, where you get together with colleagues to do something in a group, as well as taking part as individuals.

For this we’ve provided an A4 poster with a blank space for you to describe what your company is up to, outline any big group challenges you’ve thought of, hero any stand out performances and publicise any incentive or reward schemes you may have going.

It would be great if you could think up big group challenges of your own, but here are some fun ideas for starters:

DOING IT TOGETHER

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For your workforce the One You 4-week challenge is a way to get together, take part in something worthwhile and encourage each other to make small changes to be more healthy. It can also integrate into your own well-being programme, if you have one.

Here’s a timeline with some ideas to help you promote the 4-week challenge alongside your own health and well-being activities.

TIMELINE

THE BIG LAUNCH

Upload information about One You and the 4-week challenge on your intranet and include links to One You online

Encourage staff to search One You and take the free health quiz

Organise a How Are You? launch event

1 2 3Week 1

Send an email encouraging your staff to keep their healthy habits going

Mark the end of the 4-week challenge with a ‘You’ve Done It’ social event where everyone gets to celebrate their achievements

Announce the team results and hand out prizes if you have them

1 2 3Week 4

Keep encouraging your workforce with an all-staff email reminding everyone they’re more than halfway there

Remind them to post images and posts on their own social media accounts

1 2 3

Organise a ‘Mid-Challenge meeting’ where staff can tell their stories

Week 3

Publish ongoing team results internally to keep the competitive element going

Send a motivating email around telling everyone they’ve already done a week

Encourage workmates to write about how they’re feeling on the company website

1 2 3Week 2Promotion at work

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Keeping it goingThe One You 4-week challenge won’t be a walk in the park – although a walk in the park would be a good place to start.

To keep the enthusiasm up and the momentum going it’s important to really motivate your colleagues, as there will be times they will flag and need a pat on the back.

So perhaps set up a buddy system, and keep sending emails reminding everyone how well they’re doing. And remember, we’re here to help. Any time you need to know anything, or you need any more materials from us, please contact partnerships@phe.gov.uk

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One You and the Workplace Wellbeing Charter

Getting involved with the One You programme is a great way for organisations to show their commitment to promoting health and well-being for their staff and customers.

Challenges are a great way to kick start a healthier lifestyle. For more challenges and to connect with other local organisations sign up today at www.workplacechallenge.org.uk

Public Health England supports the Workplace Wellbeing Charter (WWC) which provides employers with an evidence-based approach to improve the health and well-being of their workforce. Over 1,000 local organisations have been accredited through their local authority scheme and it is complementary with One You.

Find out more about how your organisation can benefit and become accredited at www.wellbeingcharter.org.uk

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