Healthy UoN
Welcome to Healthy UoN, the staff health and wellness program at the University of Newcastle.
We offer something for everyone – including conjoints, research higher degree students and families of staff members!
The University of Newcastle is committed to promoting health and wellness opportunities for its staff. Supporting this, the University of Newcastle has joined with a range of excellent service providers, including its own leaders in the field, to offer a variety of events, activities and opportunities which aim to improve the quality of life and balance the issue of work-leisure time. Since 2008, Healthy UoN (formerally Wellness@UoN) has been encouraging staff and their families and friends to engage in their community, and brings news and ideas to help shape connections.
Wellness is more than physical fitness. It encompasses mental, physical, social, spiritual and even financial balance. It includes creativity, mindfulness and self-care. It is about the individual, the family and the other people in our lives. Some of the strongest predictors of general wellbeing include high staisfaction with overall quality of working life, good sleep, good work-life balance, low anxiety, family suppport for work commitments, good health, high motivation, low stress and good work relationships. (QoWL, 2008)
Wellness is very much a work in progress in all of us. Click here for great Wellness stories.
About the Healthy UoN program
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A program of events and activities developed fresh each year and in themed months. Events are offered according to interests, needs and budget. It may include, but isn't limited to, Health Expos, great seminars and workshops and the Global Walking Challenge. Healthy UoN brings excellent, research–informed providers to its campuses, and provides a link to current internal services such as the Health Services, Podiatry, Oral Health and Counselling.
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A range of activities and events that can be developed specifically for your team away day, lunch group or reward day. It may include such creative approaches as team work drumming, Tai Chi for stress busting, art, music, writing or a specialist guest speaker.
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Ongoing program elements that ensure staff have access to arrange of essential services on an ongoing basis such as Fitness Passport, Counselling, First Aid training, etc.
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Helping you to access outside programs that you may otherwise not be able to access such as Fitness Passport.
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Raising awareness of community based activities to promote all round fun and wellbeing.
Further Information for You
Healthy UoN News: your regular health and wellness news, hints & tips update A-Z Wellness for all: provides links to a general range of wellness topics
