Thrive At Work Oxfordshire is a FREE, practical support programme
designed to help local workplaces create environments where people and organisations can really thrive.
Designed for all businesses from smaller workplaces to larger employers, the programme provides flexible, evidence-based guidance and support, helping you to achieve your Thrive at Work Oxfordshire certification.
Thrive at Work Oxfordshire
Helping workplaces improve wellbeing and inclusivity.
The framework sets out structured, evidence‑informed requirements, designed to guide you step‑by‑step in creating a healthier, happier and more inclusive working environment. It gives a clear sense of what good looks like and how you can get there.
The framework is organised around four key pillars, which together cover the essential components of a healthy, inclusive and high‑performing workplace.
Leadership and Culture
Building positive, open and supportive workplace cultures.
Health Promotion
Encouraging healthier everyday choices and proactive wellbeing
Policies and Procedures
Strengthening and embedding good practice, consistent across the whole of your organisation.
Training and Development
Equipping people managers with the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need
Thrive at Work Oxfordshire
Choose the level right for you.
The Thrive at Work Oxfordshire framework has two levels, designed to help every organisation progress at a pace that’s right for them.
Level one – competent
All workplaces begin at the competent level, which is self‑assessed and focuses on building strong, practical foundations across the four pillars. Once achieved, you can choose to renew your competent certificate each year or advance to the proficient level.
Level two – proficient
Proficient status needs formal evidence and is independently assessed by our workplace wellbeing specialists, recognising organisations that have embedded robust, measurable wellbeing and inclusion practices.
Your Thrive at Work Oxfordshire Journey
Sign up to show your interest on the Thrive at Work Oxfordshire information hub
Receive updates, tools and information to help you begin improving health, wellbeing and inclusivity.
Register on the Thrive at Work Oxfordshire web platform
Create your secure workplace account and access all programme resources.
Chat with one of our workplace wellbeing experts
To discuss your goals, timeline and the support
you need.
you need.
Run your anonymous employee health, wellbeing and inclusive employment survey and complete your baseline metrics
To identify your priorities for action and measure improvement over time.
Follow your tailored pathway
Use step‑by‑step guidance, templates and training resources designed for your workplace size to meet the requirements of the framework.
Track your progress
Use your personal dashboard to record actions, monitor manager training and view your progress.
Earn your competent certificate
Submit your completed actions to achieve certification, valid for one year.
Renew and grow
Repeat the annual survey and metrics for up to four years to maintain certification – or progress to the proficient level for formal, evidence‑based accreditation.
Thrive at Work Oxfordshire
Invest in your workplace wellbeing
Investing in workplace wellbeing benefits both your employees and your organisation. You could see:
Better staff retention and job satisfaction
Improved morale and loyalty
Increased productivity
Lower stress and absenteeism
Reduced recruitment costs
More innovation
A stronger reputation
Frequently Asked Questions
Investing in workplace wellbeing benefits both your employees and your organisation.
The programme is open to organisations which employ more than three people.
Yes. As long as your organisation has at least one premises based in Oxfordshire, you are eligible to register and take part in the programme.
Access to the Thrive at Work Oxfordshire training modules, and the staff health needs survey is limited to employees of the registered workplace who are based in Oxfordshire.
If your organisation operates across multiple locations, only employees based at your Oxfordshire workplace should access the Thrive at Work Oxfordshire resources. Any data submitted through the programme, including survey and evaluation data, should relate only to your Oxfordshire-based workforce.
No. To ensure the programme accurately reflects the Oxfordshire workforce, only data relating to employees based in Oxfordshire should be included in surveys, metrics, and programme evaluation activities.
Competent level is self-assessed. To achieve Proficient level, your workplace will need to submit evidence demonstrating how you meet the framework requirements. This will be reviewed and formally assessed by the Workplace Wellbeing Team as part of a structured assessment process.
The time required will vary depending on your workplace’s starting point and the level of existing policies, practices and culture already in place. Organisations that already have strong foundations in health, wellbeing and inclusive employment may progress more quickly, while others may need more time and resource to build and embed these approaches.
We wouldn’t recommend this approach. The programme is designed to support change within your organisation, and achieving the requirements relies on your own managers and leaders taking ownership, implementing changes, and embedding them into everyday working practices.
The Competent level certificate is valid for one year. You can renew your Competent status annually by completing the staff survey and metrics template, for up to four years. Alternatively, you can progress to the Proficient level for further accreditation.
The Proficient level accreditation lasts for up to four years, provided you continue to complete the annual staff survey and metrics template to demonstrate ongoing progress and impact.
The Proficient level accreditation lasts for up to four years, provided you continue to complete the annual staff survey and metrics template to demonstrate ongoing progress and impact.
No. You must first complete and achieve the Competent level before progressing to the Proficient level.
Yes. The programme is open to public, private and voluntary sector organisations, provided they are based in Oxfordshire.
Registration and participation in the Thrive at Work Oxfordshire programme is completely free.
We would recommend you speak to your senior leaders and encourage them to fully engage. We can support you in this. A key factor in the success of your workplace journey is the commitment and support of senior leaders and managers as it relies on them enabling the process, prioritising the work, and ensuring that meaningful changes are implemented and embedded within everyday practice.
There is no strict time limit for completing either the Competent or Proficient levels. If your workplace remains engaged with the programme and is actively working towards meeting and embedding the requirements, you can progress at a pace that suits your organisation. However, as a guide, we recommend that workplaces aim to complete the Competent level within 18 months and proficient level within 2 years.
Free Health MOTs for Oxfordshire employees
We know it can be hard to know where to start. That's why we've designed both the Thrive at Work programme and the mobile Health MOT service to be simple, supportive and flexible.
