22nd February 2022
Case Study: Blood Cancer UK – Putting wellbeing at the heart of company culture
This case study is part of a series of winning 2021 Inspiring Workplaces Awards submissions that we will be publishing in the run up to the 2022 Inspiring Workplaces Awards deadline.
Read on to find out why Blood Cancer UK was named a gold winner for Inspiring Wellbeing.
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Beating blood cancer in a generation. How could you not be driven by that mission? But what happens when your motivation is so strong that you risk overworking yourself to the point of burnout? That was the challenge faced by Blood Cancer UK.
Blood Cancer UK wanted its employees to thrive, and for wellbeing to become embedded in the organisation as a key pillar of organisational culture. It wanted employees to feel able to ask for help, openly share when things aren’t going as planned and be comfortable to take risks and make mistakes.
And then the pandemic hit.
Read on to hear how Blood Cancer UK put wellbeing at the heart of the company while navigating the challenges of furloughed employees, loss of funding, constant change and heightened anxiety due to the pandemic.