Excellent health promotion: the Spaleck health circle
Spaleck winner of the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s “My good example” competition
Bocholt/Berlin, March 31, 2017 – Spaleck GmbH & Co. KG has been awarded the special health prize in the nationwide “My good example” competition for its exemplary company health management. The competition was launched in 2011 by the Bertelsmann Stiftung and the Unternehmen für die Region association. It recognizes regional commitment that is of supra-regional interest and transferable to other companies.
Making a positive impact on society through creative and unbureaucratic social engagement—that’s what sets the participants in the “Mein gutes Beispiel” competition apart. During a ceremony held Thursday in Berlin, the Spaleck Health Circle received the Special Health Award for its outstanding commitment to promoting employee health. The award was presented by Liz Mohn, Vice Chair of the Bertelsmann Foundation, and former President of the Bundestag Prof. Dr. Rita Süssmuth.
The jury praised the Spaleck health circle as an exemplary instrument of company health management. At the same time, the laudator, Prof. Dr. Rita Süssmuth, emphasized the importance of active, lifelong health prevention for our society. With this in mind, Spaleck has been actively promoting the health of every single member of staff since 2011 under the motto “Your health is important to us”. The Spaleck health circle arose from the shared goal of the management and works council to promote employee health in the best possible way. The focus is on the physical, mental and social well-being of colleagues.
Employees from various areas of the company are actively involved in the Spaleck Health Circle. Together, they develop and organize activities during their working hours and offer professional services to improve everyone’s health. The involvement of professional trainers ensures the success of the program. In addition to setting up a fitness center in the company, a large number of courses are offered with qualified sports scientists and trainers: Yoga, Goshindo and Rücken Aktiv are just some of the offerings that can be used free of charge by all employees and trainees. Health days and blood donation appointments at the company, joint participation in sporting events and a bonus booklet, which encourages participation in the courses and active preventive healthcare, for example, round off the offer.
Spaleck is thus one of five winners of this year’s “My good example 2017” competition. The award was presented in five categories: small, medium-sized and larger companies, as well as in the special categories “Craft” and “Health”.
Watch the movie about the Spaleck Health Circle here:
