These courses include;

- Health and Safety in the Workplace
- Environmental Principles and Best Practice
- Stress Awareness
- Healthier Food and Special Diets
- Principles of Risk Assessment
- Training Skills and Practice
- Environmental Management
- Manual Handling

Once an application has been approved GO Wales can potentially fund half of the cost of the course up to £1,500 per eligible graduate.

The funding requirements are:

You must be a small to medium sized business employing less than 250 staff.

Your business must be based in Wales.

The funding is only available for graduate staff (the participant must have a degree, HND or equivalent qualification of NQF level 4 or above).

The training must cost a minimum of £175 including VAT.

The funding must provide a clear benefit to the business.

You can make an application on behalf of any graduate working in your business providing they meet the requirements listed above.

For more information please call 0845 387 1961 or mail findoutmore@xsnrg.co.uk

The Green Dragon Environmental Standard recognises effective environmental management in companies and organisations, large and small in any industry or business sector. The Standard provides a great opportunity for all businesses to develop an environmental management system relevant to their specific needs.

Ian McIntosh, Groundwork Wales Director said “Groundwork is committed to working across Wales to support all organisations including local authorities, community groups, social enterprises and private sector businesses to achieve Green Dragon certification. This new partnership with XS NRG will assist in continuing to ensure that the needs of all Welsh businesses are met, by providing the Standard to current and new clients.”

The Green Dragon Environmental Standard is a stepped system comprising five Levels of achievement. A company or organisation can apply at the level that suits their size, structure and activities. It provides the framework to:

• make cost savings;
• comply with legislation;
• improve environmental performance;
• increase competitiveness.

Achievement of any level receives recognition through certification and addition to the Green Dragon Website Register, demonstrating an organisations progress and commitment to environmental management.

To gain certification at a particular level the organisation must meet the requirements of that level and all previous levels.

The five Green Dragon Levels are:

• Level 1 – Commitment to Environmental Management;
• Level 2 – Understanding Environmental Responsibilities;
• Level 3 – Managing Environmental Impacts;
• Level 4 – Environmental Management Programme;
• Level 5 – Continuing Environmental Improvement.

To download a summary of the requirements of each level click here.

For further information about Green Dragon through XS NRG contact Dave Evans on 0845 387 1961 or 07525 489750 or dave.evans@xsnrg.co.uk.

For further information about Green Dragon please contact Groundwork on 01443 844866. Alternatively email: enquiries@greendragonems.com or visit: www.greendragonems.com

The qualification covers the following topics:

• Environmental impacts and sustainability
• Understanding environmental aspects
• Principles of environmental law
• Energy use and carbon management
• Resource efficiency and waste minimisation
• Water management
• Pollution prevention and emergency planning
• Environmental management systems

A few places are still available at £125 per person.

Once employees names, contact and job details, have been input into our system, each person will each receive an email with a link to a 35-item questionnaire relating to six primary stressors identified in the Management Standards for Work Related Stress.

The items are based on the best available evidence linking work design to health outcomes.

It has been designed to support the process described in the Management Standards by providing a broad indication to organisations of how well their workforce rate their performance in managing the risks associated with work related stress.

Once all the questionnaires have been completed our team of management, health, wellness and stress management experts will analyse the results, which can be collated at four different levels of a customers choice e.g. employee, department, office/sites, company.

We will produce a report to present the results, highlight areas for improvement and suggest solutions to improve performance.

The whole process, will be managed by an XS nrg Account Manager and can include;

• Initial consultation with the customer
• Input employee details
• Campaign set up
• Writing to each employee to explain the campaign process and objectives
• Activating the campaign
• Managing the campaign to completion
• Collating results
• Analysing results
• Producing a report
• Presenting the report to stakeholders
• Coordinating any follow up actions
• Repeating the exercise periodically to monitor improvements.

To find out more about this service please call us on 0845 387 1961 or mail us on findoutmore@xsnrg.co.uk

The types of action we are promoting include reformulating dishes to reduce the amounts of saturated fat, salt and sugar; menu planning to introduce a wider range of healthier options and the use of healthier cooking methods.

We are working to encourage:

• high street restaurants, pubs, coffee and sandwich chains to commit to making changes to enable people to eat more healthily outside the home – the commitments are both voluntary and public
• workplace catering businesses to commit to activities that will help their customers to make healthier choices
• major employers to ensure their staff are offered healthier food options at work

Our services include;

• Training courses in Healthier Foods and special diets
• Nutritional analysis of existing menu plans
• Formulation of healthier menu plans
• Nutritional therapy and advice for employees

Call us on 0845 387 1961 for an informal chat to see if we can help your staff and customers  develop a healthier lifestyle.