How Exercise Benefits Our Mind, Body and Soul
Exercise – some love it, some loath it, and to some it’s a necessary task. But exactly how does exercise make us healthy – not just from a physical perspective, but mentally and emotionally too?
5 easy superfoods to incorporate into your meals
‘Superfoods’ include certain ingredients said to be extremely beneficial for our nutrition and diet. Promoted as the new must-have additions to your meals, a lot of these so-called superfoods genuinely do have a wealth of nutritional benefits, are readily available, in-expensive and, some of which you may already be eating! Check out 5 easy superfoods you can incorporate in your daily diet below! 😀
How to achieve a better nights sleep!
Sleeping comes with an absolute abundance of benefits. However, getting a good night’s sleep can often get side-lined. We share the possible causes of your bad nights sleep, and share simple yet affective tips on ways to improve that all important rest our mind and body needs!
Team Paycare Scale Snowdon’s Peak in Charity Challenge
Our very own Amelia Painting, Clare Jarvis, Jodie Smith and Sally Bromley are proudly taking part in the Snowdon by Sunrise challenge in a bid to raise as much money as possible for both the Wolves Foundation and Compton Hospice!
Your Questions Answered: What is a Health Cash Plan?
The main aim of a Health Cash Plan is to keep you as healthy and happy as possible by ensuring it’s easier and more cost-effective to access timely and expert care from a professional. In our latest blog, we have answered some of your questions! Take a read 😊
Tips to avoid back problems when working from home
With flexible working, the cost of childcare, and the lengthy commutes on the up, we have shared 4 top tips on how to avoid back problems when setting up your very own office at home!
Another year pledged for The Wolves Foundation
As the longest-running champion of the Wolves Foundation, we’re delighted to have agreed to once again renew our Pack Patronage for 2024/25!
‘MyPaycare’ portal gets a new look and features for Paycare Policyholders!
We’re excited to share some snazzy new updates to our Paycare Policyholders’ MyPaycare homepage – with added new features to further enhance our customers experience and improve access to additional services! ✨
Local Organisations Giving Individuals A Break
As firm believers that prevention is better than cure, we’re proud to champion a fantastic local social enterprise, Sponsored Breaks, who’s dedicated to giving back to those in need within our community! Take a read 😃💚
Team Paycare Receives Industry Excellence for Our Customer Commitment
We’re thrilled to announce that our policy documents have received the ‘Clear and Simple Mark’ from Fairer Finance, an independent ratings agency which helps people make better financial decisions and ensure they receive optimum value from their insurance products! Read more 😃
Milestones Marked at Molineux
As part of ongoing celebrations to commemorate our 150th year in business, members of the team (both new and old) were treated to a Hospitality Day at the Molineux Stadium as part of our Wolves Foundation Patronage. Read more! 🧡
What is Happiness?
In this month’s guest blog, our wonderful and valued Paycare Partners, Kaleidoscope Plus Group, have shared 10 top tips for happiness, along with 5 actions to improve personal wellbeing 🙌
What does Paycare mean to you?
As we enter our 150th year in business, we’re celebrating those who’ve helped make Paycare who we are today. And as part of this, over the next few months, we’ll be proudly sharing feedback from our much-valued team, policyholders, stakeholders, and wider community ✨ Read more!
Paycare offers support after Orchard Healthcare closure
At Paycare, we have been working in collaboration with leaders at Orchard Healthcare to support and ensure its members have the opportunity to receive continuity of healthcare cover, after the business and its members voted to cease trading on 31st December. Read more 🙏
8 ways to show appreciation to your employees
Attracting and retaining the best employees is an integral part of ensuring continued business success… and thankfully, there are plenty of ways employers can show their appreciation for their workforce which are low in cost but high in value! Take a read 🙌🧡
Tips to Get Others Talking
How can we be better at listening and talking to each other? Here are five tips to becoming more comfortable at approaching mental health 🙏
Paycare’s 2024 Wellbeing Calendar!
Another year = another opportunity to prioritise health and wellbeing! 💪✨🤸♀️
With an abundance of National Awareness Days taking place throughout the year – our 2024 Wellbeing Calendar provides the perfect start point for any individuals looking to stay on track with personal health and wellbeing,, AND for businesses who are looking for ways to create a healthier, more productive workforce. We’re here to help keep you, or your teams, in tip top shape 😊🙌🧡
Festive feel-good top tips!
Whether it’s financial worry, stress, loneliness or even grief – we can all feel the pressure during the festive season. We’re share festive feel-good top tips to support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing this Christmas!
Kaleidoscope & Paycare: helping men access health support
Men’s health – in particular wellbeing – has been a source of concern for many years. While the medical cause of depression and other conditions may be exactly the same as for women, we know there are two significant differing factors: symptoms they experience much more commonly, and sometimes a reluctance to access support.
In this joint blog with Kaleidoscope Plus Group, we share ways men can access health support 😊
What are the effects of smoking and vaping?
In our latest health tips blog, we take a look at the recent statistics and information surrounding Smoking and Vaping. Is vaping really risk-free? Who can help me stop smoking? We share facts, support and top tips below for you, to share with your friends, family and colleagues 😊
Supporting people with Dementia in the workplace
Dementia is a disease which will more than likely impact over 1million people by the end of the 2020s and it’s sadly having more of an effect than ever in workplaces across the UK. In this Workplace Wellbeing blog, we share why it’s important for employers to understand how they can support their team members who are affected by the disease – both those who are diagnosed or those who currently care for loved ones – read more 😊
Top Tips for taking better care of our eyes!
To support our lovely Policyholders, People and Community, we have teamed up with our wonderful friends at Beacon Centre for the Blind, to share some top tips for how to look after your eyes…
Kindness as a chemical – how helping others helps our wellbeing
We’ve all experienced that little lift when you do something nice for someone – whether it’s giving a thoughtful gift, running an errand for them, or simply sharing a hug. But did you know, that act of kindness is actually triggering the release of chemicals in our bodies? 🧠
Lets find out more… 🥰
How to reduce Eye Strain at Work
Whether you spend your day staring at a computer screen, analysing intricate data or working on a machine, or if you spend your lunch hour online shopping, playing games or scrolling through social media on your phone – your eyes can get tired from intense use. That’s why, we have taken a look at the small changes and self-care steps you can take to reduce eyestrain during your working day – ah, spectacular! 🤓
Dementia and you – how Paycare can help
It’s estimated around 850,000 people across the UK are living with dementia – a condition traditionally associated with memory loss, but which actually has wide-ranging symptoms including confusion, language problems, and difficulties completing every-day tasks.
Take a read and find out how Paycare can support you. 🧡
Mood-boosting tips to support your Mental Wellbeing
From getting outdoors and taking a break, to staying hydrated and eating well, we’ve asked the Paycare team for their top 7 tips for ways you can boost your mental wellbeing 💚
Are you getting enough Zzz?
While some of us can be asleep within minutes, others can spend night after night struggling to doze off. We’ve shared some key top tips on how to get enough of that all-important sleep and rest our bodies and minds need.
Let’s take a read…😴
Bowel Cancer Awareness on the agenda
Did you know – more than 42,000 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer in the UK each year – making it the fourth most common type of cancer? Thanks to the brave efforts of patients like Dame Deborah James, the general public has a much better awareness of bowel cancer. We share the signs and symptoms to look out for, along with how to seek help in our recent Health Tips Blog 🧡 read more!
Self Care Tips on offer at Paycare’s latest Webinar with Wellbeing Expert
Self-care for Self-love | Paycare Workplace Wellbeing Webinar | with Wellbeing with Gemma Take a listen below to our recent online session, delivered as part of our partner webinar programme. We invited long-time friend of Paycare, Corporate Wellness Provider Gemma...
Starting the Wellbeing Conversation
Where someone is struggling with stress, low mood or a specific problem which is impacting their happiness, simply starting a conversation with them can make a big difference. Check out our top tips for businesses and individuals, for starting that all important wellbeing conversation 😊
Self Care Tips on offer at Paycare’s latest Webinar with Wellbeing Expert
Self-care for Self-love | Paycare Workplace Wellbeing Webinar | with Wellbeing with Gemma Take a listen below to our recent online session, delivered as part of our partner webinar programme. We invited long-time friend of Paycare, Corporate Wellness Provider Gemma...
Five years of Paycare support for IT specialists
“MyPocketGP [Paycare’s telephone and video call GP appointment service] proved to be invaluable during the pandemic and, since then, the counselling service together with the benefits such as dental, optical etc have been brilliant.”
Check out our latest testimonial – shared by Synectics Solutions. ✍️
Paycare to share health and wellbeing expertise at expo
Hundreds of visitors are set to find out about prioritising their employees’ health and wellbeing at an upcoming event.
Find out more… 🤝🏢
HR experts look after team and client wellbeing with Paycare
A HR team has been making use of Paycare’s Health Cash Plans as well as recommending the benefits to their clients. 🩺🧡
Take a read… 😊
Starting the Wellbeing Conversation
Where someone is struggling with stress, low mood or a specific problem which is impacting their happiness, simply starting a conversation with them can make a big difference. Check out our top tips for businesses and individuals, for starting that all important wellbeing conversation 😊
Top Workplace Wellbeing Trends of 2023
Awareness of Workplace Wellbeing is increasing. More and more companies are beginning to understand the abundance of benefits it has on business when staff members feel well, cared for, and appreciated.
Take a read of our key considerations for employers in 2023… 🙌
Banish the Blue Monday blues: Top tips for individuals and managers
Here at Paycare, we support the health and wellbeing of people and organisations across the UK, so we’ve put together three quick and easy tips for individuals, and three tips for employers, to help banish those Monday blues! Take a read 💙
Webinar Offers Free Cost of Living Tips for all
Free cost of living tips and money saving tips will be on offer at the next Paycare webinar – as we’ve invited the experts at Wolverhampton City Credit Union (WCCU) to join us and share their top money-saving tips with attendees. Learn more and book your place in our blog today! 💸💡
Top tips to support employees during the menopause
Supporting those going through the menopause is something that’s finally being discussed more openly in the workplace… so here are share 5 top tips for employers, all thanks to our recent webinar partners, Kaleidoscope Plus Group! 🧡
Let’s Talk Menopause in Partnership with Kaleidoscope Plus Group!
In support of #WorldMenopauseDay and in partnership with Kaleidoscope Plus Group, we’ll be talking all things Menopause and why it’s important the topic is taken seriously in the workplace, in an upcoming webinar. 💻
Find out more…
Making mental health a priority globally and within your business
“Make mental health and wellbeing for all a global priority.” That’s the slogan for this year’s World Mental Health Day campaign – and a mission for us all to remember every day, not just on October 10th.
Find out more… 🧠🧡
Workplace wellbeing experts share knowledge at Midlands business event
Employee wellbeing is a crucial business consideration – never more so than right now. That’s why we’ll be on hand at an upcoming Midlands event to share our expertise and ideas with attendees who are looking to support their teams more effectively. 🤝
Take a read…
Paycare Wellbeing Planner 2022
Need some new ideas to boost your employees’ wellbeing? 💪✨
Look no further! A brand new year means it’s time to inspire your team to prioritise their health and wellbeing, now more than ever before…
Our LIVE Q4 Wellbeing Planner 2022 awaits! 🤩
Why is a Health Cash Plan more valuable today than ever before?
At a time when wellbeing matters more than ever, and we’re all reassessing both household and organisational budgets in light of the cost of living crisis, we investigate why a Health Cash Plan is more value to individuals and businesses today than ever before… ✅
Paycare Testimonial – Space Inclusive
“The Paycare experience for us has been special, we look forward to this relationship continuing to develop in the future and feel so glad we chose Paycare as our health and wellbeing partner.”
Check out our latest testimonial – shared by Space Inclusive. ✍️
Happy 150th Year to Us!
Here at Paycare, we have an extra special reason to celebrate the start of 2024 as we mark our 150th year!!! 💚
Read all about it: funds help children receive gifts this Christmas
Our girls have raised an INCREDIBLE £2,347 for Dunelm’s Giving Tree and Birmingham Children’s Hospital as a result of their 24 hour read-a-thon!!!
Paycare’s 2023 End of Year Review
The end of each year is traditionally a nostalgic time – and here at Paycare, we like to use the opportunity to reflect on the highlights and milestones of 2023 😃✨
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Competition 2023
It's almost showtime... Oh yes, it is! Paycare have again teamed up with The Wolverhampton Grand - one of the finest examples of Victorian architecture in the city of Wolverhampton today - to give away tickets to their upcoming pantomime. The lucky winner will win 4...
City support earns Paycare a Foundation community nomination
We are absolutely thrilled to have been nominated for a prestigious award to recognise our commitment to supporting the Wolverhampton community for almost 150 years has been nominated for a prestigious award. Learn more in our latest Paycare News blog!
Above and beyond the call of duty
In light of ‘The Consumer Duty’ introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority, the Paycare team wanted to go above and beyond our usual review, reflect and refine process to really dig down into every single element of our work, to highlight how we’re continuing to make our customers journey even BETTER! Find out more 😃
We’re exhibiting at the Connectin Business Expo!
We’re exhibiting at the Shropshire Chamber Connectin Business Expo on Wednesday 11th October – so businesses across Shropshire have the chance to find out about supporting the wellbeing of their teams! Learn more and book your free place in our latest blog 😀
From learning to lab with the help of Paycare prize
We recently went to the University of Wolverhampton to help celebrate the work of a trio of top students! A fantastic ceremony and dedicated prize winners… read more! 🌟
Creative classes help boost workplace wellbeing
We’ve let our creativity run free as we welcomed Creative Black Country to Paycare House for workplace wellbeing workshops recently, focused on large-scale drawing with the aim of encouraging fun and relaxation amongst the team! Find out more 😀🎨
Paycare a proud Pack Patron for Wolves Foundation
Paycare have officially and proudly become an Honorary Patron of the Wolves Foundation for the 2023/24 season, one of the four Pack Patrons revealed by the charity! Read more about the news in our latest blog 😀
Super Sally’s skydive to help women fleeing domestic abuse
She did it!!! Our fearless fundraiser, Sally, braved the 14,000ft skydive and has raised over an incredible £1,000 for The Haven Wolverhampton – hear about Sally’s experience and check out photos from the special day!
The sky’s the limit when Paycare supports The Haven
Paycare team members will be taking to the skies to help support The Haven Wolverhampton!
Take a read to find out more… 💚🙌🪂
Paycare team mateys set for Dragon Boat fun and fundraising
Our team mateys are set to take part in the Dragon Boat Race next Sunday (May 21st) at Himley Hall. It marks the return to racing for some of the team, who have taken part previously, while for others it’s the first time joining the Paycare Pirates in their mission to reach the finish line first and take home the treasure for two worthy charities! Read more 😊🙌 Go team! 🏴☠️🛶
Teddies find fur-ever homes after generous donation
A bear-y generous donation has been distributed to vulnerable children across the Midlands – as we’ve recently had a large volume of toys and cuddly bears very kindly donated by Golden Bear. And the good news is… we’ve now managed to find them permanent homes! Find out more about where they’ve gone too, in our latest blog 🧸
New CEO looks to future while staying true to Paycare’s heritage
Following a wonderful 10 years of insight, knowledge and management experience, Anthony Burns has been officially approved by our regulators as the new CEO of Paycare – and says breaking the news to his dad was the proudest moment of his life. Read the full story in our blog! 👏