Duchy Health Charity Health & Wellbeing Conference and Awards

Tuesday 14 October 2025

Pavilion Centre, Royal Cornwall Showground, Whitecross, Wadebridge PL27 7JE

We’re thrilled to announce that event preparations are underway, with an exciting programme shaping up!

A full agenda and details of how to book a place at the event will be coming soon
– in the meantime, don’t miss out and register your interest now to stay up to date.

If you would like to apply for an Award, please click the button below to complete the application form to provide our Panel with all the information they need on how, why and what you do to support the health and wellbeing of your staff.

Background

Duchy Health Charity supports the improvement of the health and wellbeing of the people of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly by awarding grant funding to organisations to enable innovative projects aimed at promoting the prevention and relief of sickness.

We are keen to extend our reach and influence across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly through encouraging other organisations to focus on the health and wellbeing of their employees, clients, service users and the wider public.

To help us achieve these aims we want to aim to advance best practice through recognising and sharing initiatives that improve health and wellbeing in different settings throughout the life course – growing well, working well and ageing well.

Our very first conference will focus on ‘Working Well’.

The conference will communicate what good practice looks like and showcase examples from across Cornwall, with awards
being presented to exemplar initiatives.

The event will provide an opportunity for employers, local charities, not for profit organisations, social and community groups, and Councils etc., to share their challenges and demonstrate their achievements and ambitions in the areas of improving health and wellbeing for people of working age.

When and where?

Tuesday 14 October 2025
The Pavilion Centre, Royal Cornwall Showground, Whitecross, Wadebridge, PL27 7JE

Conference

This one-day conference will focus on:

Highlighting the importance of health and wellbeing in the workplace.
Sharing best practices and inspirational success stories.
Recognising achievements through our special awards.

We are thrilled to announce a line-up of exceptional speakers, including:

Sarah Newton, Chair of HSE
Professor Dame Carol Black, renowned expert in workplace health
Professor Anthony Woolf, speaking on Musculoskeletal Health
Dr. Alison Flanagan, discussing the significance of Lifestyle Medicine

This will be followed by 3 sessions covering different aspects of ‘working well’, each opening with a presentation on what is needed to achieve the aim of:

a) Promoting health and wellbeing

b) Preventing health problems arising in the workplace

c) Supporting people in work with health conditions.

Also lots of opportunities to network, be inspired with
new ideas on how to create a healthier workplace and more….

Awards

Applications for our Working Well Awards are now open!

Should you apply?

This is your chance to showcase the outstanding initiatives that are happening to promote employee health and wellbeing.

We are aiming to share best practices and inspirational success stories by recognising achievements through our special awards and we are very excited to introduce an incredible opportunity for local organisations, both large and small, to participate in our Awards programme.

We are seeking examples of good practice where employers are supporting the health and wellbeing of employees such as enabling them to promote their health through keeping active and healthy eating; through actions to prevent health problems arising in the workplace; or through actions to enable people to stay in work despite health problems.

As part of the application process you will need to include a description of your initiative and evidence of the outcomes it has achieved.

Awards will be given to the applications that best meet the criteria of the Awards Panel and will be showcased as part of the Conference programme.

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Any questions?

Just drop an email to conference@duchyhealthcharity.org or click the button below to register your interest in the event.

Conference

The one-day conference will be focused on Working Well.
Tuesday 14th October 2025, Pavilion Centre, Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge.

The conference will start with a keynote address from Sarah Newton, HSE Chair on the importance of improving health and wellbeing in the workplace. This will be followed by 3 sessions covering different aspects of ‘working well’, each opening with a presentation on what
is needed to achieve the aim of:

a) Promoting health and wellbeing

b) Preventing health problems arising in the workplace

c) Supporting people in work with health conditions.

This will be followed by a selection of best practice case studies to demonstrate how each of these aims are being delivered in workplaces within Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Awards will be presented to applications that have met the criteria of the Awards Committee. Also lots of opportunities to network, be inspired with new ideas on how to create a healthier workplace and more….

Awards

We seek examples of good practice where employers are supporting the health and wellbeing of employees such as enabling them to promote their health through keeping active and healthy eating; through actions to prevent health problems arising in the workplace; and also through actions to enable people to stay in work despite health problems.

The application process will include a description of your initiative and any evidence of the outcomes it has achieved.

Awards will be given to applications that meet the criteria of the Awards Committee and be showcased at the conference, with the best practices being presented as part of the Conference Programme.