Latest News | 26 November 2020
Sport experts set to boost businesses
A team of experts at Derbyshire Institute of Sport is set to work with businesses to help boost happiness, wellness, productivity and resilience.
DIS, which supports local athletes, has announced that as part of its Thrive programme, businesses who back the organisation will be offered access to its expert team of coaches and dieticians.
DIS is a community interest company on a mission to develop, inspire and support champions.
Since 2012, it has helped many talented young athletes to become world-class.
However, it receives no government funding and relies on business sponsors to keep the cost of its support services as low as possible for athletes who already face high costs and sacrifices to pursue their dreams.
Managing director Chloe Maudsley, said: “We have been looking closely in recent weeks into how we can better support our community and help protect and improve people’s mental and physical health and wellbeing.
“We’ve now put together Thrive, a package that gives all our sponsors access to our team of experts and coaches.
“They have supported elite athletes and professional sports stars to become world-class and now they can lend their support to our business sponsors to help them boost workplace wellness.”
Key benefits to Thrive include access to an online, weekly group exercise session, access to a monthly ‘lunch and learn’ online health and wellbeing workshop, online physiotherapy screenings and nutrition consultations and discounts on team development days.
Head of athlete development at DIS, Laura Wake, who is a former Commonwealth Games athlete, said: “If your staff members are working in various locations, some from home, it’s easy to feel disconnected and isolated.
“Coming together online for an exercise session can build relationships and improve everyone’s mood, as well as their health, leading to a more optimistic view of life.
“If you have people coming back from furlough, some team activity online can help them feel part of the team again.”
To find out more about becoming a DIS supporter and the Thrive programme, e-mail info@derbyshireis.co.uk.
