The JOY Programme
Achieve high ROI on your workplace wellbeing with
The JOY Programme
What Our Partners Are Saying
“I will go on to support staff and service users to bring mindfulness into their lives”
JOY Coach
“The learning was great. Particularly the interaction with other students and opportunities to practice the skills with the facilitators was very helpful.”
JOY Coach
“I can now spread and scale to my organization, team by team.”
NHS, JOY Coach
“I will go on to complete selfcare sessions and short mindfulness sessions online for my colleagues”
JOY Coach
“I will take this forward by creating my own JOY programme in my line of work for service users and colleagues. Creating a safe place to carry out and prioritise mindfulness practices”
JOY Coach
“I have the confidence and motivation to increase resilience and self-care for those I work with”
Recovery College, JOY Coach
What is the JOY programme?
Enhance your employee wellbeing with The Joy Programme, an essential course for today's workplace.
Our internationally CPD accredited programme (14 credits from the CPD Standards Office) equips selected staff with the skills to teach their colleagues positive psychology techniques. This helps them integrate these strategies into their daily routines, boosting overall happiness and productivity.
Upskill your team to enhance employee wellbeing with measurable results.
By training existing staff to promote mindfulness, kindness, gratitude, and joy, you can achieve significant KPIs. This approach builds a sustainable, cost-effective wellbeing culture within your organisation. Investing in just a few employees' training can improve the overall wellbeing of your entire workforce.
The JOY Programme model
The JOY Programme tackles...
Burnout
Compassion fatigue
High staff turnover
High absenteeism
How is the course taught?
Smaller businesses can sign up individuals to our open sessions.
Here, they will join up to 21 other students from a variety of organisations and engage in one day’s learning once a week for three weeks.
Have a larger organisation with the need for multiple wellbeing coaches to teach the workforce?
We can develop a bespoke JOY course designed to suit the specific needs of your business.
Meet the tutors
Karen Atkinson, CEO of MindfulnessUK, has 30 years of experience in mindfulness and founded the organisation in 2010. A Registered General Nurse with a Nursing Studies Degree, she saw the benefits of a holistic approach. She authored "Compassionate Mindful Inquiry in Therapeutic Practice" and chaired the British Association of Mindfulness Based Approaches (BAMBA).
Angie Ward has a 30-year background in education, health and social care and community arts. As Chief Experience Officer at MindfulnessUK, she has been instrumental in training hundreds of people to teach Mindfulness and compassion in a wide range of sectors as well as developing additional programmes of learning and CPD.
Chika Okorafor, Head of Learning & Learning and Development at MindfulnessUK, is a Trustee for the British Association of Mindfulness Approaches (BAMBA). She has a far-reaching and diverse UK and international background. This has included semi-diplomatic, corporate, and education leadership positions. She is passionate about lifelong learning and mindful leadership.