- Date Thursday, 20 February 2025
This year’s Better You was our most popular yet, with 17 fantastic events designed to boost wellbeing, skills, and community connections
This year’s Better You has been our most popular yet! With a fantastic variety of events, from Momo dumpling-making with Eat Momo to aerial sling yoga with Flying Fantastic, the programme brought together local employees for a refreshing start to the year.
Our annual Better You programme is designed to help local employees explore new activities, develop skills, and focus on mental and physical wellbeing. It also fosters community connections and inspires personal growth. This year’s programme featured 17 incredible events throughout January and February, hosted by a diverse range of Bankside businesses.
Programme Highlights
Here are just a few of the standout sessions that participants enjoyed:
- Creative vision board making at M.Y.O.
- Sound meditation with MALIN+GOETZ
- Bouldering at The Font
- Introduction to anti-racism with Every Day Racism
- Self-defence with our warden, Rick
- Houseplant care tips with our urban gardener, Dan
- Momo dumpling-making with Eat Momo
- Carbon Literacy Training with Positive Planet
- Aerial sling yoga with Flying Fantastic
- Networking & pitching skills with The Speakers Trust
- Seed sowing with Bankside Open Space Trust
With most events selling out at least a week in advance, it’s clear that demand was high.
Attendance & Feedback
We had a record-breaking turnout, with 70% of those who signed up attending the events.
From those who completed our post-event survey:
- 62% rated their event as excellent, and 36% as very good.
- 89% found the event really useful, while 11% found it somewhat useful.
- 75% would recommend the event to a friend or colleague.
The numbers speak for themselves—this year’s programme was a resounding success. We truly appreciate your feedback and will use it to make future events even better.
Keep Exploring Bankside
We hope you enjoyed discovering some of Bankside’s amazing businesses. Don’t forget to take advantage of their Buzz discounts, available exclusively to local employees.
Stay tuned for more exciting events throughout the year by subscribing to our newsletter and checking our website’s Events page. We can’t wait to see you at the next one!
