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Bollywood dance workouts and discussions on family-care issues will help promote wellbeing.

Sometimes just knowing it is OK to discuss family-care issues helps.

Sigrid Fisher, Head of Equality and Diversity

Staff are encouraged to get away from their desks and get involved in People Matter Week this year.
Whether you want to learn to sing during your lunch hour, increase fitness with a Bollywood dance workout or learn how to manage stress, there’s something for everyone.
Originally started as a day of events it has grown in just three years to cover a full week and will this year include a special session aimed at encouraging staff to discuss family-care issues.
Professor Jeremy Sanders, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Institutional Affairs, said:  “The University is delighted that People Matter Week is going from strength to strength, developing over the last three years into a rich and varied programme of activities focused on staff wellbeing.
“We are pleased to see wider University involvement in the development of this initiative, particularly the increased sports sessions this year. I am looking forward to attending and would really encourage other staff to take part.”
Focused around helping promote the work of staff support services the week will offer an insight into the whole well-being agenda promise organisers.
Sigrid Fisher, Head of Equality and Diversity, said: “We often find that staff work-ethics are so strong that they find it hard to convince themselves to get away from their desks, so we want to stress this year that we really do want people to take time out and come and take part.”
She added she was particularly pleased to have a session for parents and carers which has been arranged in recognition of the challenges caring for others can present to staff.
“We want the session to offer a chance for them to come and talk about what issues they face. Sometimes just knowing it is OK to discuss these issues helps,” added Sigrid.
Another important aspect of the week will be the new University of Cambridge Sports Centre’s involvement.
Situated in the West Cambridge site it is one of the few community facilities currently available to those who live there.
The People Matter Week launch event will be held on June 23.

Published

02 May 2014