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 🙌🧡
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! ✨🏆
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: 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...
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!
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!
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 😊
Flu Symptoms or Covid? Know the signs!
It can be tricky at the best of times to know if you’ve got flu symptoms or simply a bad cold – and this year the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is bound to add to the confusion and worry…
With different treatments recommended for each – and of course the need to socially distance if you’ve got Coronavirus – it’s important to know exactly what you’re dealing with 🙌
Let’s take a read… 🦠
Stress and Emotional Eating are the focus of upcoming Paycare Wellbeing E-clinic
Stress and emotional eating are set to be explored in the next free e-clinic from Paycare Wellbeing… 🧠🍏
Let’s learn more… 😍
4 Ways Paycare Perks can make you Financially Fit!
Included as standard across the majority of our Health Cash Plans and Bundle Wellbeing Package, Paycare Perks offers a range of discounts and free services to Paycare Policyholders and Bundle Members on a host of everyday purchases.
Here are four ways that Paycare Perks can benefit your day-to-day life: Lets take a read 😊
Back Pain – How you can support your employees
Back pain might not be the first thing you think of when it comes to your workplace wellbeing strategy – but when you consider the impact it could have on your staff, and your business as a whole, knowing how to prevent and support those suffering with it could make a huge difference.
Let’s take a read to find out how you can support your employees when it comes to back pain… 🙌
What is self-care?
Did you know, the benefits of self-care are INVALUABLE in improving our general wellbeing?
Our incredibly talented Customer Services Assistant, Becky, has written a poem for us to share with our Policyholders, People and Community…
Here are some top tips on how we can all learn take care of ourselves 🧡
Maintaining relationships during the Coronavirus pandemic
How we can work on maintaining relationships with loved ones and colleagues during this time? Keeping in touch with each other has been a vital part of many people’s coping strategy, along with using technology to communicate with others. Let’s explore some more creative top tips – check them out! 🥰
Health Help on Hand with GP in your Pocket
Our much loved and much used digital doctor service (GP 24/7) is being relaunched with a new name, look and feel as MyPocketGP!
Take a read of our Blog to learn more… 🤩
Our New Healthy Habits…
It’s undeniable, 2020 really has been a tough year for everyone – but in recent weeks, there have also been lots of positives when it comes to our collective health and wellbeing…
Let’s take a read… 🥰
Sleeping Well During Uncertainty
We all know poor sleep can make us feel grouchy and lethargic the next day, but there are so many ways in which prolonged problems with sleep can impact our health.
Check out our five tips for better sleep… 😴✨
Five ways men can improve their health and wellbeing
This week, our very own Kerry Mitchell, Wellbeing Manager and Mental Health Trainer at Paycare, shares five ways men can improve their health and wellbeing during this year’s awareness week and beyond as the world adjusts to the ‘new normal’…
Take a read 👇
How to avoid Stress Eating
With COVID-19 seeing many of our eating habits changed over the last few weeks and with nutrition playing a key role in how we operate day-to-day, Laura shares her top tips on how to avoid stress eating while navigating our ways through the current living in which social distancing measures require…
4 Ways to Feel Better and Turn a Blue Day into a New Day!
In order to help brighten up your day, we share 4 Ways to Feel Better and Turn a Blue Day into a New Day, all thanks to our lovely Wellbeing Manager and Mental Health First Aid Trainer, Kerry! We don’t think they’re worth missing… so let’s start our day off right and take a look!
Keeping Those Communication Channels Flowing
Encouraging and facilitating regular communication is absolutely vital in demonstrating your support, keeping motivation going, and helping to ensure we all stay positive and mind-healthy! So, what can we do to keep in touch with each other – both as an employer or employee, but also as a friend, family member, or neighbour? Here are just a few ideas… Let’s take a read 🙂
Stay Focused on Personal Health & Wellbeing
At Paycare, people are at the heart of absolutely everything we do, which is why we want to ensure that as a Policyholder, you continue to take advantage of the wide range of wellbeing services available as part of your plan 😊
4 Ways to Reduce Anxiety
In this week’s blog, we’ve teamed up with our very own Wellbeing Manager, Kerry B. Mitchell, who shares her top 4 ways to manage, and hopefully reduce, the anxiousness people might be experiencing during the current health crisis. Let’s take a read! 🙌
Paycare Testimonial – Cedo
“The access to private healthcare solutions such as a consultations and scans has helped a number of employees and their families reduce waiting times, and crucially reduced diagnosis and treatment times.”
Check out our latest testimonial – shared by Cedo. ✍️
Paycare Testimonial – Briggs Equipment Group
“We’ve been with Paycare for many years and it forms a key part of our employee wellbeing strategy, ultimately aimed at reducing sickness absence and boosting motivation.”
Check out our latest testimonial – shared by Briggs Equipment Group. ✍️
Free e-clinic offers workplace mental health insight
Expert tips on mental health awareness in the workplace are on offer during our next free e-clinic… 🧠🧑💻
Let’s take a read and find out more… 🙌
Paycare shares Workplace Wellbeing expertise at Midlands Expo
We’ll be helping managers find out about keeping their workforce happy and healthy when we attend the Midlands Business Network Live Expo next month. 🙌
Taking place on Thursday 24th June 2021, the exhibition at the National Motorcycle Museum near Solihull, will see hundreds of companies coming together to network and share their products and services. 🤝 Let’s take a read and find out more about the expo…
Paycare Testimonial – Ground and Water
“I never felt there was a hard sell or ulterior motive, nothing other than a good person, working for a good company providing help and support to others, championing the cause.”
Check out our latest testimonial – shared by contaminated land and ground investigation services, Ground and Water. ✍️
Workplace Wellbeing strategy includes days to relax and recharge
Employee wellbeing is going to be a key focus for all businesses going forward – and with time at a premium for those juggling busy work and home lives, we wanted to ensure our team took a little time out for themselves. 🥰
Take a read and find out more about our Workplace Wellbeing offering… 🙌
Ensuring everyone can access workplace perks – Paycare’s top tips
How do companies offer perks which will actually benefit their teams, without those who are working flexibly missing out? Take a read of our five ideas which can be implemented to ensure you’re on track when it comes to the future of workplace wellbeing… 😏
Paycare Testimonial – Preston Innovations
“The level of service has been excellent, and the staff always comment on how quickly claims are paid out once submitted. Simon Cater has been fantastic, but it doesn’t matter who you speak to, the whole team is so efficient and helpful – you know your query will be answered quickly!”
Check out our latest testimonial – shared by angling product specialist manufacturer and supplier, Preston Innovations. ✍️
Paycare share online resources to mark Mental Health Awareness Week
One of our fantastic managers is marking Mental Health Awareness Week by sharing wellbeing resources every day. 🧠🙌
Take a read and find out how we can support you with our exclusive resources… 💻📋
Paycare Testimonial – ISO Quality Services Ltd
“Because we are an SME ourselves, we felt Paycare had a similar ethos to us – we didn’t want to be members of a large faceless organisation. The cost is really reasonable and ensures our staff are happy and healthy – I know they really appreciate having a HCP.”
Check out our latest testimonial – shared by Worcester based, Business Management Consultancy, ISO Quality Services Ltd ✍️
Paycare Testimonial – ZEN Communications
“Not only is Paycare a wonderful organisation that is completely aligned with us from the perspective of being a completely people-centred business, but the services and support it offers to Zen as a business are hugely relevant – and greatly valued by us all.” 🙌
Check out our latest testimonial – shared by Telford based, strategic PR and communications agency, ZEN Communications ✍️
Presenteeism Post-Covid: Can we afford to be off work?
With 84% of us reporting we’d work while feeling unwell and the widespread disruption Coronavirus has caused to every single workplace, presenteeism is an important issue which we are keen to get employers talking about.
Let’s take a read… 🤓
Hospice boss joins Paycare’s Wellbeing Expert for Stress e-Clinic
The CEO of a Midlands hospice is set to join us for a free e-clinic focused around stress and workplace wellness… 🧠
Take a read to find out more. 🥰
Kindness the Key to a Happy, Healthy Workforce
With the UK celebrating Random Acts of Kindness Day today (February 17th), we are supporting employers to find new ways to show their teams they care. 🧡
Let’s take a read… 🥰
It’s Time to Talk – But Are You Really Listening?
Through year-round campaigning and its pivotal annual event Time to Talk, the Time to Change movement has improved millions of people’s attitudes towards mental health. With the last ever Time to Talk day taking place on this Thursday (February 4th), our Wellbeing Manager Kerry B Mitchell looks at why talking is so important, and urges employers to ensure they are really listening. 💬👂
Take a read… 🥰
Rogers that, over and out
As our fantastic former CEO Kevin Rogers begins his retirement – albeit it still being here in an advisory capacity for Paycare – we wanted to ensure he knew exactly what a big impression he’d left not only on the team, but also those in the wider community and partner organisations too 🙌 Read some of the lovely words shared in our latest blog 🧡
Chairman’s Statement: New CEO
Chairman’s Statement: New CEO.
Today I would like to highlight the hard work, character, and vision of two of my colleagues: Kevin Rogers and Anthony Burns…
Speedway Sponsorship: Paycare announce third season of support
With the 2023 season now kicking off, we can announce that we’re officially going to be supporting the Parry’s International Wolves Speedway team for a third year running 🙌 Read more of the latest news in our blog! 🧡🐺
Yoga and wellness expert to lead free Paycare sessions
Physical and emotional wellness will be top of the agenda during two upcoming, free virtual workshops.
Find out more… 🧘🧡
2022 Reflections
Another year is drawing to a close so, as we prepare to welcome in 2023, we wanted to take a look back at some of the highlights of the past 12 months. 📆
Let’s take a read… 📖☕
Charities benefit from Paycare’s fundraising efforts’
At Paycare, giving back to our communities is an integral part of our ethos, which is why we launched the MyGiving Scheme. 🧡
Take a read… 🥰
Look after yourself and your team with conference sponsors Paycare
As part of our ongoing mission to support the health and wellbeing of employers and their teams, we’re sponsoring the Shropshire Leadership Conference, taking place at Theatre Severn on Tuesday 15th November! Find out all the details in our blog ✨
Mayor – and Long-Time Policyholder – Visits Paycare House!
A very special guest, Mayor of Wolverhampton Councillor Sandra Samuels OBE, pays an exciting visit to Paycare HQ! ✨
Paycare and Kaleidoscope Plus Group working together to help support mental health
A collaboration between two health and wellbeing organisations will see Paycare partner with Kaleidoscope Plus Group (KPG) to deliver accredited mental health training courses. 🧠🧡
Take a read… 📄
Funding to enhance access to domestic abuse services
We’re so proud to be continuing our relationship with The Haven Wolverhampton by supporting their specialist interpretation services.
Take a read… 🧡
Black Country Boss Swaps Boardroom for Bargains
Our very own Black Country CEO has swapped the boardroom for bargains in a TV show debut, due to be aired this Tuesday (9th August). 🎥
Take a read… 🏺💷
Paycare races to sign up to new sporting partnership
At Paycare, we love ensuring more people than ever can access a variety of sports as part of our mission to improve the UK’s health and happiness.
That’s why we’ve joined forces with Hamilton Park – a prestigious racecourse in Lanarkshire, Scotland… Take a read 👀🐎
Best Health Cash Plan award for Paycare
A fantastic announcement for you – Paycare has been named as the Best Health Cash Plan Provider in the West Midlands! 🥳🥇
Catch up on the full story… 🙌
Darlaston Chairman thanks Paycare as season ends
The chairman of a Black Country football club has thanked Paycare as part of his end of season reflections. 🤝⚽
Take a read…
Bike ride raises thousands for mental health charity
A bike ride sponsored by Paycare has raised more than £5,000 for a mental health charity run by a former Premier League footballer – with money still coming in from supporters. 🧠🧡
Let’s take a read…