Find out more on your sleep pattern
Most adults need between 6 and 9 hours of sleep every night. Everyone has trouble sleeping at times. We all have nights where we find it hard to fall asleep or find ourselves waking up in the night.
Getting a full night of sleep is as important to our bodies as eating, drinking and breathing. Sleep problems constitute a global epidemic that threatens health and quality of life for up to 45% of the world’s population. Three elements of good quality sleep are:
duration that’s sufficient for the sleeper to be rested – continuity without interuption – depth should be enough to be restorative
Short reads on sleep
Checkout some interesting short reads on sleep ranging from articles on shift work sleep patterns to falling asleep with a racing mind to tracking your sleep. They can really help you get a fresh perspective on your best approach for a good sleep.
Two short clips about sleep
Ariana Huffington – How to succeed. Get more sleep (4mins 42 secs)
An inclusion and diversity perspective on sleep with a good dash of humour!
Professor Matthew Walker – Why do we sleep? (14 mins 2 secs)
Provides the key headlines of the current research, implications to long term health and functioning and practical tips to get better sleep.
Find out more about getting to sleep and sleep problems
The NHS offers a great range of different resources to support getting a good sleep from interactive videos to creating a sleep action plan to tailored advice. NHS top tips on getting to sleep include:
stick to a sleep schedule – make sure you wind down – exercise daily – make your sure your bedroom and bed is sleep friendly
The organisation Mind for better mental health provides a guide to sleep problems and practical suggestions to what you can do.
Cycle2work is a salary sacrifice scheme. The discount comes from paying off the bike cost straight from your salary. This means you save on tax and national insurance with the bike cost going through as a non cash benefit.
The mylifestyle portal provides colleagues access to wide variety of savings all in one place.
Got a query or a question then check out the supports that are available:
By the end of the 90-minute session you will:
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Hundreds of NLC colleagues are riding bikes they initially got through Cycle2work. In the video Claire Grierson from the Craigneuk Family Learning Centre shares her experience of getting a bike through Cycle2work and on the right Mairi MacVicar a Active School Co-ordinator also shares her experiences.
Clients will be required to arrive at their designated appointment time. There are no waiting areas open.
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With modern technical clothing, staying warm and dry on the bike, no matter how bad the weather, has never been easier. Below British Cycling provides you advice on choosing the correct clothes, getting your layering right and other practical tips for staying warm through the worst of the British winter.
Non-vented aero style road helmets can keep your head warmer, especially when paired with a windproof skullcap or traditional Belgian style winter hat.
Put your trainers on and catch up with a colleague for a walking meeting following socially distancing guidelines. Even if you aren’t working close to colleagues geographically just plug your headphones into your phone and you can get walking and talking 🙂
Agree a lunch date with the team and have a blast with a virtual team lunch cook along. Take your digital device into the kitchen to enjoy everyone’s company over lunch whilst you cook up and eat in the comfort of your own home!
Many colleagues now working remotely have really missed the chance office encounters with team colleagues they maybe didn’t directly work with. That’s those brilliant brief conversations with team members who you hot desked next to or had a chance discussion with in the lift or at the water cooler.
Whether you have the voice of a songbird or sound like some ball-bearings in a blender, singing can have some remarkably positive effects.
Can I keep using reloadable discount cards I have with the previous shopping discounts platform?
There are four different ways you can get a discount depending on the retailer:
eGift cards
Online codes – instant discounts
Discounted retailer websites
