Based in Mochdre, Fast Workforce Wellness is a division of Fast Way to Fitness which was established in late 2020 following a successful resilience and wellbeing programme run within the Social Services Department at Conwy County Borough Council. With the changes that came with the Covid pandemic, the Fast team recognised, and seized, the opportunity to launch Fast Workforce Wellness and its range of solutions to help leaders and their organisations improve the resilience and wellbeing of their workforce.
Mark Bryant, operations director at Fast Workforce Wellness takes up the story; “Times of change can add to the stress of life and as a result of the pandemic the workforce are almost certainly feeling the pressure as we all adapt to changes in how we live and work. During a crisis not many people look at launching a new business, but it was the perfect time for us. Building on the programme’s success with Conwy County Borough Council we now have a range of dynamic 1-2-1 and group transformation courses and programmes which are WRAW (Workplace Resilience and Wellbeing) accredited. Winning the Accelerate tender confirmed our business decision was right, and as I was born in Chester and lived in Cheshire for over 20 years I am excited to be back on my home turf.”
Accelerate is run by the University of Chester, the Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership and the Cheshire and Warrington Growth Hub giving anyone that lives and/or works in Cheshire West, Cheshire East and Warrington access to a range of funded skills solutions and training options. Fast Workforce Wellness has won seven lots within the tender which will see a programme of resilience and wellbeing training running throughout 2021.
Developing resilience helps individuals increase their emotional fitness allowing them to bounce back more quickly from the stresses of life while wellbeing helps improve overall lifestyle that supports good physical health. Mark has first-hand experience of the important role resilience and wellbeing play in our lives having been put into palliative care in 2016. He claimed his life insurance and set about rebuilding his own health, life and business. Five years later, as a terminal cancer survivor he is passionate about empowering and transforming people’s lives through Fast Workforce Wellness’ range of Resilience and Wellbeing solutions.
Mark concludes; “Our programmes are designed to help leaders and businesses unlock hidden healthy performance in their teams. This will increase the workforce’s energy, develop a bulletproof mindset and build better relationships – all of which are crucial to having a healthier personal and professional life, and the creation of a positive working environment where individuals and organisations come together and thrive.
“The Resilient YOU Workshops are on 25th and 26th February, 11th and 12th March, and 25th and 26th March with a continuous programme thereafter. It is suitable for anyone who is employed or self-employed and at any level of seniority that wants to develop their resilience and wellbeing, and includes an assessment using the world’s first Wellbeing and Resilience psychometric tool and survey to provide delegates with a baseline on their overall resilience and wellbeing, plus a 30 minute 1-2-1 coaching session to help delegates uncover hidden levels of healthy high performance.”
The Resilient YOU Workshop is open to anyone that is self-employed, an employee or an employer. For those in the Cheshire area that want to access Accelerate funding, they can reserve their place on the workshop here. For those outside of the Accelerate catchment area they can take advantage of Fast Workforce Wellness’ launch promotional code giving you 50% off any ticket type LAUNCH50.