Employees are the best asset of every organisation and putting effort into employee wellness can encourage better teamwork, increased productivity and reduce absenteeism and workplace accidents. With this in mind, Team Leader, Louise Trodden, has been coming up with ways to increase the wellbeing of her colleagues every month, and although they probably enjoy her luscious homemade cakes more, they have been enjoying and taking part in her healthy options too.

One of these was a healthy soup option for lunch which Louise made at home and brought into the office for her colleagues to have for lunch. Healthy soups, in particular vegetable-based soups, are a great option as they combine a high nutrient density with a low energy density – this means that we get lots of key nutrients including vitamins and minerals for relatively few calories.

Louise also put in place a pledge for January where she encouraged her colleagues to ‘Break a Habit and Make a Change’. Quite a few of them took this on board and had a healthy month which has continued to this day for some.