How it works

The Index cycle

The Workplace Wellbeing Index runs on an annual basis, so all the participating organisations go through the process at the same time.

Date	Milestone
June - November 2023	Registration for Index 23/24 Last day to register: 10 November 2023
10 January - 20 March 2024	Survey period
May 2024	Results, report & Workplace Wellbeing Awards
July - August 2024	Support from us with action planning & recommendations

You can organise a time to speak with one of our team to find out more about the Index.

Register your interest

The participation process

Step 1: Sign up

Gain senior buy-in within your organisation to sign up

Speak to a member of our team

Officially register via a link that will be emailed to you by your dedicated Mind contact

Step 2: Prepare to take part

You will receive a welcome pack, including resources to support you to promote the survey to your staff

Prepare your internal communications approach to ensure maximum survey response rate

Start collecting evidence for the employer assessment

Step 3: Take part in the assessment

Complete your employer assessment and launch your staff survey

The survey period launches on 10 January 2024 and closes on 20 March 2024

The deadline for submission of your employer assessment is 8 March 2024

Step 4: Receive your results

Survey results and analysis will be delivered in May

Review recommendations and make plans for implementation

Step 5: Celebrate the Index

Index rankings will be published and you'll be invited to celebrate your achievement our Workplace Wellbeing Awards

Our assessment areas

If you decide to take part in the Workplace Wellbeing Index, there are five areas that will be assessed through an employer assessment and a staff survey:

Culture and engagement
Wellbeing initiatives
Knowledge, awareness, and skills
People management
Support

Culture and engagement

This key area focuses on organisations’ general wellbeing culture and agenda, alongside staff perceptions of positive change, work/life balance and what proportion are motivated by their workplace culture.

Wellbeing initiatives

We assess the physical environment and the initiatives employers are implementing to improve wellbeing. We also look at what staff think about these initiatives and whether they feel connected, active and have time to reflect.

Knowledge, awareness, and skills

This section covers mental health awareness, training and information provided by employers, alongside employees’ views on how they develop knowledge and skills at work.

People management

This includes feedback opportunities, guidance and appraisal processes provided by employers and staff views of their duties and responsibilities.

Support

This key area covers the support provided by employers, what employees think of them and how they’re used.

Mind gave us the opportunity to work with a credible and reputable organisation and really look at our health and wellbeing offer to make sure that we were going in the right direction.

I’d absolutely recommend getting involved with the Index and working in partnership with Mind; it’s given us that objective viewpoint, it’s made sure that even the pandemic hasn’t derailed our health and wellbeing strategy and having that real scrutiny and that honest feedback is going to help us go from strength to strength.

Justine Forster, CEO, Advocacy Focus

Since launching the Index in 2016 we have worked with 383 employers with over 257,679 staff members sharing their views on how their mental health is supported.