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Halt for Health stand down Water Wellbeing Week

Managers’ guidance

Overview of the stand down

During the week commencing 19 October we’re holding a halt for health stand down. This involves everyone across the business, taking time away from their usual activities (at least 30 minutes) to discuss important health and safety topics.

Guidance on running the session with your team

It is really important that your team understand the messages from the stand down. To help facilitate this please consider the following guidance:

Read the speaker notes in advance and check you understand everything and are prepared.
Make sure you have the right materials for your session.
When holding the session, make sure it is a discussion and there is two-way dialogue with your teams. It is not about just telling them the information, it is important to discuss the topics and to listen to their questions and views.

Materials for the session

Please make sure you have all the following:

A copy of the stand down presentation from the Health and Safety Hub. Please note you do not need to project this on a screen, you can print a copy and hold up the slides to show your team.
A copy of this document (containing the speaker notes).

Halt for Health stand down – speaker notes

Slide two – Health and wellbeing our strategy

There is nothing more important within Thames Water than the safety, health and wellbeing of our people.

We all have a part to play in looking after the health and wellbeing of those around us.

If you would like to find out more about our health and wellbeing strategy visit the health and safety hub.

Slide three – Water Wellbeing Week is here

There is more information on the Portal and on the health and safety hub ( including advice and guidance on how to live a healthier lifestyle.

Slide four and five – Worker

Ask your team if there are any issues they feel need to be challenged – and ask them to share their ideas of possible solutions.

Suggestions can be shared via .

Slides six and seven – Workplace

Ask your team if there are any areas in your workplace that need to be challenged.

Discuss how your team could work better together to ensure your workplace is safe.

Consider how hazards are managed and reported as well as how best to maintain your work space. Remember you can report a hazard via the front page of the portal.

Send any thoughts your team has through to .

Slides eight and nine – Wellbeing

Discuss as a team how healthy and well you feel. What is stopping you from leading a healthier lifestyle or what motivates you to lead a healthy lifestyle?

If you believe you could make some positive changes to your lifestyle how can you go about doing this?

Support and advice can be found on

Slides ten and eleven – Wider community

Discuss as a team how your work impacts the local community for the better and consider any ways to improve on the service we provide.

Make your team aware of the Time to Give scheme provided for Thames Water employees (more details are below).

You don’t need to wait for a time-to-give day that works for you, you can nominate an event in your local community! Through the Time to Give MORE Scheme, your chosen charities are able to benefit more which means they get £250 donated by Thames Water because you volunteered with them. Thames Water is committed to making a real difference to the charity and the cause that you’re passionate about.