Month: June 2021

The wellbeing of our employees is a top priority at Morningside, which is why we set a series of challenges for colleagues throughout our Health & Wellbeing Week!

First off was our Steps Challenge where all teams were encouraged to keep active throughout the week. To add a bit of a competitive edge to the challenge, we asked all team members to record the number of steps they achieved, with the winning team getting the most on average over the 5 day sprint.

But at Morningside, we recognise that good mental health is as important as physical health, so we also challenged colleagues to take part in Wellbeing Bingo.

The week long bingo game set all colleagues a series of tasks, which included taking a little time away from their work to relax, unwind, be social and most of all have fun! Tasks included recording small wins like getting through their to-do lists, to more physical challenges like planking and riding a bike to work.

For many the week was also an excuse to eat a little healthier, have picnics with their teams and to generally get to know other colleagues a little better.

Well done Team Morningside!

Double Olympic Champion Rower James Cracknell has presented a national charity award, which was sponsored by Morningside Pharmaceuticals.

The national Centre for Social Justice Awards’ Small Charity category winner was revealed virtually by James via a video recording to the Oasis Community Centre, in Worksop.

View the Video below to watch James present the award:

 

The CSJ Awards honour the best grassroots, poverty-fighting charities and social enterprises in Britain. All winners received a £10,000 prize, which will go towards providing their often life saving and life changing community work.

The CSJ chose Oasis Community Centre because the charity represents the very best of localism and the power of community spirit. They deal with some of the most complex issues in their area, identifying where need is most acute and being creative enough to come up with the solutions.

The Oasis Community Centre is a beautiful and vibrant 2-acre garden, hidden in the centre of the Kilton estate, Worksop. They operate as the heart of the community through running over 30 projects and activities for all ages, needs and interests. Through their therapeutic interventions, Oasis aim to reduce isolation, to improve health and wellbeing and increase the life opportunities and chances for all people in the area.

The CSJ chose Oasis as the Small Charity category winners because they have developed themselves intentionally to be responsive to the needs of local people and to fully support everyone who comes through their door, with no thresholds or cut-offs.

After winning their award Oasis said they would like to share their model with other community centres around the country, to demonstrate how a small charity with a big dream can make a difference to the world around them.

Congratulations to them from everyone at Morningside Pharmaceuticals.

Junior cricketers aged between 10 and 18 will be invited to the Morningside Medical Centre at Leicestershire County Cricket Club to learn about sports science and medicine following the naming rights renewal with Morningside Pharmaceuticals.

The medical centre, in LCCC’s Uptonsteel County Ground, Grace Road, was originally founded in 2016 and back then for the first time enabled players and visitors to be treated onsite for injuries or other medical requirements.

Since then the facility has become a critical treatment area for the players where specialist physio can be carried out, as well as urgent medical assistance provided in an emergency.

As the medical centre has become more established, it has developed into a hub for sports science and medicine, and the junior cricketers from LCCC’s Academy are now being invited to visit and learn more about these key study areas.

Dr Nik Kotecha OBE, Chairman of Morningside Pharmaceuticals, said: “At Morningside we’re immensely proud to continue our support of the Morningside Medical Centre, which is developing into a valuable sports and education hub.

“We’re passionate about promoting sports, healthy living and team work, as well as education, skills and helping young people into the world of work; which is why this initiative resonates so well with our company values.

“Developing sports science is an essential part of the club’s long term plans and in particular we are very supportive of their focus on how sports and physical activity promotes good health, mental health, wellbeing and team work.

“I hope the ongoing programme to invite the young cricketers into the medical centre to learn about sports science and medicine will inspire them to think about a career in these fascinating education disciplines.”

About 225 young cricketers will benefit from the progamme, which is being run through LCCC’s Academy of Cricket, by the Academy Strength and Conditioning Coach; Edd Riley-Gibson, and the Academy Physiotherapist; Ryan Smith.

Sean Jarvis, Chief Executive of LCCC, added: “I would like to thank Morningside Pharmaceuticals for their continued sponsorship of the Morningside Medical Centre, which is a huge part of our ambitions to involve the young people from our Academy in the education and community work taking place at the club.

“Working with the local community, particularly young people, is also very important to us, which is why introducing them to the medical centre’s work is a crucial part of our ambitions to raise awareness of sports science and other sports and medical focused careers.”