EventWell Joins Neurodiversity in Business to Support Neurodivergent Individuals in the Workforce

Initiative to help ensure greater workplace inclusion of the neurodivergent community EventWell is proud to have become a Community Partner of Neurodiversity in Business (NiB), the voluntary industry forum supporting the participation of neurodivergent individuals in the workforce. We want to be a part of NiB’s journey to unlock the potential of neurodiversity in business…
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Wellbeing hub and quiet room provided by EventWell at International Confex

Mash Media will be providing a wellbeing hub and quiet room for all attendees of International Confex 2023 taking place on the 1st and 2nd March at ExCeL London. The hub, hosted and managed by EventWell®, and will be open between the times of 9.30am and 5.30pm each day. The hub will also support the…
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EventWell kicks off 2023 with an expansion of their EventWell Host team

EventWell, the charitable and community social enterprise, is kicking off the new year with an expansion in the team to coincide with a number of key strategic partnerships. To support these new contracts and growth in EventWell Hub and quiet room event bookings for 2023, including contracts with Media 10, Agiito and Twickenham Stadium, EventWell…
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Events Agency Challenges the Status Quo with Launch of 4-Day Work Week Trial

We’re witnessing a global shift in the way we work and what people expect from their employer. Hybrid, remote and flexible working remain on the tip of most employees’ proverbial lips. Whilst these terms are open to interpretation depending on the context and disparities in business culture, the latest stats demonstrate that this is an…
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Event Relief 2022!

On Tuesday 29 November event professional Dan Assor will be leading and hosting an 11-hour virtual event, raising essential funds for three event industry charities: EventWell, Make It Blue, and Meeting Needs. Why does it matter? Mental health-related illness affects one in three event professionals every year. Mental health services are seeing unprecedented demand and…
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How Does Attending Events Impact on Health

As event organisers how much do we really understand about the health impact attending events has on our visitors, attendees, exhibitors and stakeholders? Do we recognise that the impact can be significant not just anyone living with mental or physical health conditions, and/or neurodiversity, but for all attendees? In today’s technological age we have a…
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Employers, this is your Call to Action, the business case is clear

The health and wellbeing of our people has never been more important. Employees need all the help they can get. And in a world of work that’s changing at an unprecedented rate, it makes sense for employers to increasingly play a proactive role, understanding what employees need, supporting their wellbeing and empowering colleagues to thrive. “The…
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IACC Shines with its Digi-Live Europe Knowledge Festival

IACC partnered with hybrid event specialist Abbit to stage the one-day conference, which held in-person sessions at Skogshem and Wijk in Sweden and Warwick Conferences in the UK. The event was attended by delegates from across Europe and the US. The conference programme included keynote sessions from Helen Moon, Founder and CEO of Eventwell and Julian Stubbs, CEO of UP THERE,…
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Suicide – my lived experience!

Please note: this blog contains details of suicide that some may find triggering, upsetting or distressing. Please refer to our infoline page for organisations that can offer support and assistance. Today, 10th September 2021, marks World Suicide Prevention Day. I wanted to share another date with you. The 26th September 1993, and in 16 days…
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EventWell & Events Industry Alliance (EIA) announces new community partnership

“we are excited to partner with mental wellbeing leaders EventWell at this crucial time, joining the growing list of partner organisations in supporting the many vital initiatives, led by EventWell CEO Helen Moon, that bring optimal mental wellbeing to everyone in our industry.”
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Overcoming Your Exercise Barriers

Active people are healthier and happier than people who are not! This is true for all ages and conditions, and not moving enough can even cause or worsen physical and mental ill health. Health and fitness makes sense. Yet when faced with being more physically active, people often come up with excuses, concerns, and worries.…
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Maternal Mental Health with Lola&Lykke

This month, to honour Maternal Mental Heath Awareness Week, which took place 3rd-9th of May, we spoke to Laura McGrath, the founder of Lola&Lykke; a new Finnish brand founded to support mums’ health and well-being. Lola&Lykke is a new Finnish company which has developed maternity wellbeing e-courses plus is soon to launch maternity wellness action…
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HBAA to get behind EventWell and Buses4Homeless as its chosen charities for 2021

HBAA will be supporting EventWell and Buses4Homeless as its charitable social enterprises for 2021, as part of the association’s strategy, aligned to resilience and ethics, as two of its four pillars. EventWell is dedicated to cultivating better mental health and wellbeing, supporting and serving professional and business members and the industry community with the knowledge…
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EventWell launches Christmas Party Appeal Campaign to support the Events / Hospitality Sector this Christmas

EventWell – the “Mental Health and Wellbeing Voice of the Event Industry”, launches their “Christmas Party Appeal” – Donation Campaign EventWell are asking that all corporate companies, who are organising their annual Christmas Party Event, to donate the equivalent of a space (or more), to help support those who are suffering hardship within the Live…
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Putting one step in front of the other is enough

There are so many people that have discovered running or the PE with Joe workouts to keep them through the last few months. For me the thing that has got me through is even easier – walking.  Simply walking out of the front door and taking the same route around the village as often as…
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EventWell & Glisser announces new strategic partnership

EventWell and Glisser are pleased to announce that they have entered into a partnership combining EventWell mental health and wellbeing knowledge and education with Glisser’s first class event and technology solutions. With digital event platforms playing an increasingly important role in the future of event delivery and operations, EventWell recognised that they needed to accelerate…
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Don’t Panic: A Five Point Plan for Anyone Made Redundant

People talk about redundancy being like a bereavement, and yes, there are many similarities. However, there are added elements to it.  Some people feel shame; they perceive redundancy to be a stigma, as if the reason they were singled out was personal and not because of a global pandemic. Others may find that it severely shakes…
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The Importance of Nutrition and Mental Health

For any event graduate or professional out there, we all know how stressful and jam-packed working in the events industry can be. Even with immaculate and precise planning, things indeed can go wrong. With long hours and pressured deadlines to meet, we all do our absolute best to ensure the highest standard events and customer…
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Personal Perspective: How Cheerleading helped an Events Professional gain a positive mindset.

We conducted a Question & Answer session with Events Graduate Lauren Hemingway to get her perspective on how important movement is and how it helped her whilst she was studying and whilst working. Lauren graduated with a degree in Event Management in 2019 and including her placement year, she has now worked in the industry for…
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