5 top tips for coping at Christmas
We’d all like to think of Christmas as a magical time filled with joy and love, but sadly for many it can be a source of stress.
To support those worrying about coping at Christmas, we have compiled five top tips. 🎄🧡 Check them out…
12 days of Health and Wellbeing this Christmas…
Christmas is a time of celebration, where we eat, drink, spend time with loved ones and colleagues and generally enjoy all the festivities that come with it. However, for those who struggle with their mental health, the festive season can be difficult. So, our 12 days of Health and Wellbeing this Christmas blog, takes a look at the 12 ways we can look after our mental health during this festive season – from planning ahead and getting outside, all the way getting enough sleep and making time for the most important person in your life, YOU – take a read!
Wolverhampton Lights Switch On Paycare Competition 2024
Let there be light! Paycare is proud to sponsor the 2024 Wolverhampton Christmas Lights! What better way to celebrate the conclusion of a wonderful 150th year than by lighting up the city and surrounding towns with the sparkle and joy of Christmas? Why not join us for the festivities.
Celebrating Community and Giving Back: Paycare’s 150th Family Funday
Paycare proudly hosted a day of celebration at The Paycare Stadium, home of Darlaston Town (1874) FC, to commemorate their 150th anniversary and Paycare’s long-standing support for local initiatives.
7 ways to combat loneliness
Loneliness is a feeling of sadness—and sometimes depression—that comes from being socially distant or isolated from friends, family, and community. It can be a fleeting emotion, but it can also be long-lasting, even when you’re surrounded by people. To support you and your friends or family, we share 7 ways to combat loneliness – take a read 🧡
Top Tips for making healthier food choices during the summer!
Making healthier food choices is a great way to help us feel refreshed and energised – and especially in the summer – with salads, picnic spreads and fruit bowls all being a great go-to for easy, healthy food choices! Check out our 5 easy top tips below for making healthier but super delicious food choices! 🍓
Paycare’s 150 Family Fun Day at Darlaston Town FC!
Come and celebrate with us at our Paycare 150 Family Fun day! We’ve spent 150 years supporting our community to be happier and healthier – so whether you’re part of Paycare or just a family looking for a fun way to spend a summer Sunday, we’d love you to join us – so get booked in to come along! 💚
6 ways to stay safe in the sun!
Whether you’re heading off on your summer holidays or simply looking to spend more time in the garden this Summer, we’ve put together 6 ways to stay safe in the sun! With plenty of preparation and planning, we can enjoy being outside on lovely days and also minimise the risks of too much, or too little sun. Take a read 🌞
Packing Tips: Your Holiday First Aid Kit!
There is always that one dilemma that comes around every year when it comes to holiday prep: what medicines and ‘first aid’ kit should you pack? Will you need plasters or medicine? What are you allowed to take? What will be available where you’re going, and what won’t? So, we’ve teamed up with Paycare Partners, Medstars, who have provided us a super easy first-aid holiday packing checklist – take a look!
Helping you help them: signs and symptoms to look out for
If you see someone struggling, you’re likely to want to help – whether it’s a practical task or something relating to their wellness: perhaps a dip in mood, a period of high stress, or even an episode of mental ill health. So, to support you and your team, we’ve shared some of the signs which may act as a prompt for that all important wellbeing chat 😊
Simple Health Checks You Can Do at Home
In a world where we’re constantly on the go and juggling things that life throws at us, it can be all too easy to put our health on the back-burner and gain a mindset that our personal wellbeing can wait. This is why we’ve made a list of 10 simple health checks you can do at home…
A short guide: Understanding Menopause
What is the menopause? What are common symptoms? What can employers do to support women? And can the menopause be treated? In our short guide, we share handy tips for individuals going through the menopause, and also for businesses looking to become more menopause-aware in the workplace 😊
WELL DONE TO OUR HIKING HEROES!
Well done to our Hiking Heroes! Three of our incredible Paycare team successfully climbed Yr Wyddfa (Mt. Snowdon) and raised a whopping £800 for two local charities! Read more 😊
How Can a Health Cash Plan Benefit My Business?
In this month’s ‘Your Questions Answered’ blog, we share all of the wonderful ways a Health Cash Plan can benefit your teams health and wellbeing, and how it can support the productivity of your business. Read more!
10 Top Tips for reducing your Hay fever symptoms
Do you suffer with Hay fever? We’ve put together 10 top tips and suggestions which could make the symptoms of a watery eyes and constant sneezing a little more bearable this Summer!
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 😊
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 💙
Cost of Living Tips shared by City Credit Union
We were joined by Wolverhampton City Credit Union to share some key tips to help people get through the cost of living crisis, including suggestions to help households save money throughout the winter and beyond! Find out the tips and catch up on the free webinar in our blog! 💚
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! 💸💡
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… 🧠🧡
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… ✅
Top financial wellbeing tips for individuals and employers
At Paycare, we’re seeing an increase in individuals concerned about their financial wellbeing – and similarly, companies who are looking to support their teams with the cost of living crisis.
Take a read of our Top financial wellbeing tips for individuals and employers… 💷
4 Top Tips to help improve your Health and Wellbeing
We all know that prioritising our health and wellbeing is essential to living happy and healthy lives. And, there are lots of things we can be doing each day to take care of our physical and mental health and wellbeing…
We share our 4 favourite top tips! 💚🧡
What does ‘Health’ mean to you?
As individuals, families, communities, and employers, we all have a role to play in recognising and supporting the many different aspects which come together to form an overall picture of a person’s health… so, what does health really mean to you?! 🏃♀️🧠💰
We explore physical, mental and financial health and wellbeing in our latest blog 😃🧡
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 Q2 Wellbeing Planner 2022 awaits! 🤩
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. ✍️
Paycare to promote teacher wellbeing at conference
Paycare will be focusing on teacher wellbeing at an upcoming conference. 👩🏫
Let’s take a read… 📃
Top financial wellbeing tips for individuals and employers
At Paycare, we’re seeing an increase in individuals concerned about their financial wellbeing – and similarly, companies who are looking to support their teams with the cost of living crisis.
Take a read of our Top financial wellbeing tips for individuals and employers… 💷
Paycare Testimonial – Ricoh UK Products Ltd
“Having an adaptable and relevant Health Cash Plan and Employee Assistance Programme is a must for all businesses.”
Check out our latest testimonial – shared by Ricoh UK Products Ltd. ✍️
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 Q2 Wellbeing Planner 2022 awaits! 🤩
Accessing dental care
Accessing timely and affordable dental care is a crucial part of staying well – and with the cost of living on the rise, and waiting times increasing too, it can be a real worry. 🦷
Take a read on how our Health Cash Plans are a great way to alleviate those worries… 🙌
Free life-saving course for Wolverhampton organisations
Training sessions which could potentially help attendees save lives are taking place at Paycare House. 🧠🧡
Take a read…
Paycare to attend Events during 2022
Our team are going to be attending a range of events this year and they’d love you to come along for a chat. So take a moment to have a look at where we’re headed and we hope to see you there. 😊🤝
The importance of workplace mental health training
Paycare Wellbeing’s is set to host their first e-clinic of the 2022 series, with the online session aimed at supporting managers to understand the importance of looking after the wellbeing of their staff. Take a read… 🧠💻
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!
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 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 🙏
Team Paycare Recognised for Outstanding Customer Care and Community Contribution
We’re thrilled to be celebrating the start of 2024 as winners of the Most Positive Impact / CSR accolade in the 2024 Small Business Awards! ✨🏆
Paycare: 150 years of health, happiness and history
We take a look back at the history of Paycare and our special moments from 1874-2024, as we celebrate our HUGE 150th milestone year! Some of the ‘big steps’ we’ve taken alongside the million small steps which have led us to the Paycare you see today 🙌
It’s Time to Talk: Paycare Joins Forces with Author to Spark Mental Health Conversations
We’re raising awareness of Mindy’s Journey – an incredible book written by local author, James Davison, which shares an inspiring story of hope, faith, and the power of communication 🧡
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...