ClwydAlyn wins Top Award for Mental Health & Wellbeing at the 2024 Working Families Best Practice Awards

ClwydAlyn Housing, a North Wales housing association, has been honoured with the Best for Mental Health & Wellbeing award at the reputable 2024 Working Families Best Practice Awards, recognising their exceptional commitment to employee health and innovative wellbeing initiatives.

Working Families is the UK’s national charity for working parents and carers, and their annual awards celebrate outstanding employers and family-friendly champions who are setting new standards for employee-friendly workplaces.

ClwydAlyn Housing won for its dedication to employee wellbeing, solidified by their recent Gold level Wellbeing Quality Mark from Mental Health First Aid Wales. Being only one of five organisations in Wales with the with the Gold Quality Mark logo, as well as having 145 staff members trained as Mental Health First Aiders, the housing association and their Health and Wellbeing Team are clearly passionate about ensuring employee happiness and satisfaction.

We’re thrilled to have won the Best for Mental Health & Wellbeing award sponsored by Independent Living Fund Scotland. It’s fantastic to see the hard work of the Health and Wellbeing Team being recognised through this prestigious award. The team care so much about our employees and have created such a positive working environment, one where everyone is encouraged to lead healthy lives and make choices to support their wellbeing.

Edward Hughes

Executive Director of Care & Support at ClwydAlyn Housing

Congratulations to ClwydAlyn Housing and to all the winners of this year’s Best Practice Awards. Yet again, we have been blown away by the calibre of our finalists. Every single one is demonstrating that any organisation can build flexibility and family-friendly workplaces, regardless of size or sector.

From small businesses and charitable societies to international banks and the armed forces, our winners show innovation, practicality and compassion.
I’d like to congratulate all the finalists for their dedication to being employers who aren’t afraid to do things differently and go the extra mile for their people and their business. Their inspiring family-friendly policies and supportive practices are helping transform the world of work for future generations so that everyone, from families to businesses, can reap the rewards.

Jane van Zyl

Chief Executive of Working Families