Open North Wellness Webinar with Beth Ainsley.  

Combating Stress.  28th September.  12.00pm - 1.00pm

This event is the first of 3 Wellness webinars open to employers and employees.  This Combatting Stress workshop will help attendees identify the difference between pressure and stress, recognise signs and symptoms, and understand how to develop healthy responses. Through this process attendees will be able to develop an effective strategy to help combat stress and build personal resilience. The workshop touches on a number of techniques ranging from breathing exercises to mindset changes.

The ONF was launched in July 2020 and is essentially about North East businesses helping NE businesses more impacted by Covid with their recovery.  Qualifying beneficiaries are defined as any NE business which can demonstrate it had a future pre-Covid, has been impacted by Covid, and that targeted assistance could help secure its future. Assistance is by way of cash grants (range £1K to £5K) and/or free mentoring and training courses.  All involved give freely of their time in addition to demanding day jobs. It is a not-for-profit limited company, really a social enterprise. Not a penny raised goes to anything other than qualifying beneficiaries.  Please visit https://opennorthfoundation.co.uk

All funds and support services have been raised within the NE business community and offered for free albeit subject to strict criteria (see website). We delighted to offer this first of three free Wellness workshops with our new partner Bethany Ainsley. Mental health remains a huge issue for us since the Covid outbreak and the ONF have embraced it as a key area of support for North East employers and employees.

The Advanced Manufacturing Forum (AMF) is a membership network which connects manufacturers and engineers, providing support to drive sustainable growth, innovation, best practice and collaboration with our members.

A community of passionate industry experts, we work with our members, strategic partners, and associates to grow the North East manufacturing and engineering sector.

The AMF offers a range of services in partnership with industry experts to encourage collaboration, champion best practice and facilitate knowledge sharing – all with the aim of creating success opportunities.

Please visit https://advancedmanufacturingforum.co.uk/ and feel free to join us and many others making the North East a better place for manufacturing and engineering businesses.The Advanced Manufacturing Forum (AMF) is a membership network which connects manufacturers and engineers, providing support to drive sustainable growth, innovation, best practice and collaboration with our members.

Bethany Ainsley established her first business, Nuvo Wellbeing CIC, in 2008. The multi award-winning social enterprise has supported thousands of people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds. Nuvo Wellbeing has been recognised nationally and internationally for its work, demonstrating behaviour change and increasing physical activity levels. Partners include Sport England, NHS, Age UK, Local Authorities and Public Health. Bethany received the David Goldman Prize for Innovation and Young Business Person of the Year in 2015 as a result of her work with Nuvo Wellbeing. She remains on the board, shaping the strategic direction of the organisation.

In 2018 Bethany established ActivCare after identifying a training gap within Health and Social Care for physical activity and wellbeing provision. The training provided by ActivCare has been accessed by individuals and care organisations across the UK, New Zealand, Canada and the US.

Bethany founded her third organisation, OptiMe, in 2019. OptiMe's digital platform supports busy, hard-working entrepreneurs, professionals and businesses alike to effectively manage wellbeing and productivity, particularly during times of growth, development and change. Bethany has supported organisations throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in a wide range of sectors including manufacturing, engineering, logistics, retail, leisure, education and professional services. Key areas OptiMe focuses on include productivity, burnout and preventative support. This innovative work was recognised by the Institute of Directors, as Bethany picked up an Award for Director of the Year in 2020.