North East business pilots wellbeing initiative

A North East insurance broker is helping test a bold new approach to workplace wellbeing.

Weir Insurance has become the first company in the country to pilot AstralMandala’s new system, which blends cultural reset programmes with live metrics to track how employee wellbeing links to business outcomes.

The pilot will monitor indicators such as emotional capacity, absenteeism and commercial performance, with AstralMandala’s Mandala42 programme embedded across the workforce.

Karen Weir, managing director of Weir Insurance, said: “I saw immediately that AstralMandala’s mission wasn’t fluff – it’s solid, measurable and necessary. 

“We’re proud to be first in.”

Co-founded by North East native Anni Hood and tech entrepreneur Julian Ranger, London-based AstralMandala aims to make preventative health a measurable and strategic business asset.

The initiative’s community ethos will also see a programme space donated to a charity, NHS or third sector organisation for every commercial space booked from September

Anni added: “This isn’t just about ‘doing wellbeing’ anymore.

“It’s about business leaders stepping up to model what modern responsibility looks like – and realising that nurture and performance are not opposites, they’re allies.”

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