HealthBOCS Update July 2016

15/07/16 |

Health & Wellbeing

Read the full Health BOCS 2016 Booklet here.

Last month we promoted:

National Volunteers Week – 1st to 12th June -Volunteers Week Walk – 7th June 2016

Volunteers from Brothers of Charity Services in Lancashire took part in a 6 mile walk in Cuerden Valley Park. This is the 4th year that a walk has been organised to celebrate the contribution volunteers make to local charities and NGOs in general and to the Brothers of Charity Services in Lancashire in particular. Read more about the walk here.

National Carers Week – 6th to 12th June

We will celebrate National Carers Week by sharing Good Practice stories from across the services online as well as at the upcoming Heritage Day and Staff Awards Event.

Click here to find out more about National Carers Week.

Diabetes Week – 12th June to 18th June

To raise Awareness of Diabetes Week, the official marketing materials from https://www.diabetes.org.uk/ will be shown on the reception screen at Thingwall Hall. Staff will be signposted to resources through the website and intranet.

Heritage Day – 30th June

Brothers of Charity Services’ annual Heritage Day was held at Thingwall Hall on 30th June.

The day included the Health BOCS Football Final between Merseyside and Lancashire staff, musical performances, food, stalls and much more, while celebrating the heritage of the Brothers of Charity.

Read more about the day here.

July & August Monthly Promotion

Busy Bee’s Childcare Vouchers

With the summer holidays drawing closer why not take advantage of our busy bees childcare vouchers scheme to pay your childcare fees and save up to £933 per year.Vouchers can be used for any registered childcare up to the age of 16 including summer camps, holiday schemes, child minders, nurseries, activity camps, play groups and out of school clubs.

Register for Childcare Vouchers: If you would like to take advantage of the savings available to make your childcare more affordable, simply follow the link below and enter the password provided. You will need to have a recent payslip to hand to complete registration.

For more details go to www.busybeesbenefits.com, visit our intranet site for login and password details for each region.

Barbecue Safety

The Brothers of Charity Services’ health and safety team give their advice on barbecue safety for this summer here.

Sun Safety

Click here to download the HSE guidance on suncare.

This has also been promoted in area newsletters

MediCash

Are you making the most of claiming back your optical and dental bills with your Medicash Health Plan provided to you by BOCS? All staff will have received a pack by post, but if you need your membership number, you can also call reception at Thingwall Hall on 0151 228 4439, or email human.resources@brothersofcharity.org.uk.

Have you downloaded the Medicash app yet?

Medicash have now created an app that will help you get the most from your health plan benefits. With this app you’ll be able to:

– View a summary of your benefits and check your remaining allowances
– Make a claim directly through the app – removing the need to post in your receipts
– Find the best way to contact Medicash with any queries.

All you need to get started is your Medicash policy number, contact your local payroll for this.

To get started, simply go to the App Store or Google Play and search ‘Medicash’ to download the app today. Any claims that you submit through the app will be received by us instantly and you’ll receive an email to confirm receipt. Your claim will then be processed as usual. If apps aren’t your thing, you can still continue to send in your claims in the usual ways.

For more information go to www.medicash.org/BOC You can also save £100’s each year through our online discount portal Medicash Extra’s. To start saving today simply go to www.medicash.org/extras.