The OneStaff "OneLife" Challenge
100 Days of Wellness
OneStaff is undertaking an individual wellness initiative (addressing personal, physical and mental wellbeing) through the Virgin Global Pulse Challenge. Run over 100 days from May 23rd, it is designed to get people moving and motivate them to think about mental wellbeing and getting the most out of life. We’re now in our second year running this as an organisation, however this time we have taken the extra initiative to combine this with a charitable contribution to a cause that resonated with our staff. After a nationwide vote within OneStaff, the Key to Life was selected as the charity we wanted to support.
Changing the Way Kiwis Think, Act and Feel About Mental Health
Key to Life is a fantastic initiative geared around addressing the horrifying statistics of suicide in New Zealand. Three families lose a loved one every two days in this country. Key to Life aims at opening the dialogue around “why” and taking a direct approach to addressing issues associated with suicide from people that have direct experience.
As well as supporting our staff with their personal health efforts, we have extended our support to an external contribution to help motivate and give back to local communities. While they undertake the initiative for 100 days, OneStaff will be sponsoring each staff member to be successful in their efforts – all money raised goes to Key to Life. In addition, we want to make as much contribution to Key to Life’s excellent efforts as possible, so we have put in place this external sponsorship component to help drive a greater result.
How Can You Get Involved?
We have 70 individual staff members participating across the country, and if they hit their weekly targets we are confident we can make a massive difference to the number of people Key to Life are able to get in front of, New Zealand communities, and ultimately in helping to reduce the loss and despair suffered by so many.
This entire exercise builds on raising mental health awareness, not just in OneStaff but also across the country – which is also a feature of the Virgin Global Pulse campaign. Please help us make a difference to get the message and assistance out to everyone who may need it in the country through Key to Life.
Our team will be sharing their photos on their individual GiveALittle fundraising pages and on Facebook and Instagram. Follow #OneStaffOneLife to see what we’re up to.