Recommendations for businesses and organisations

✅ Don’t forget the importance of social connections as a mental and physical health promoter and normalise these conversations within your workplace.
✅ When designing new buildings/spaces maximise benefits for local communities and involve them in the process.
✅ Sustainably invest in voluntary and community organisations who have a vital role in supporting communities and bringing people in Gloucestershire together.
✅ Invest in VCS led organisations to, funding post Covid, national streams, workforce.
✅ Consider how your organisation can encourage and enable volunteering and community.
✅ Expand community access to your organisation’s buildings and outside spaces.
✅ Ensure that, if relevant, services your organisations provide to the public have both digital and face-to-face options, to ensure that those who prefer this or whose mental health and wellbeing are improved through these connections, are not excluded.