A Cumbrian business-to-business group is promoting the use of stress management classes and has announced a workshop happening early next month in the city.

Cumbria Chamber of Commerce, with Adapt and Evolve Consultancy, will deliver the workshop called the Biological Well-being Workshop at the Castle Green Hotel in Kendal, at 9am on February 6.

The group said it is set to be a no-nonsense, fun, straight-talking session and will bring it to the public for the first time in South Cumbria.

Zoe Billings and Mark Pannone, who are running the workshop, said they pride themselves on their proven record of ‘delivering positive outcomes’ for attendees and made a difference to the 1200 people who have experienced their approach to date.

Dr Billings, an inspector in North Yorkshire Police, who achieved a PhD in biology from the University of York, said their workshop is known for its hardcore science about how stress negatively impacts the body and proven methods to alleviate and avoid stress through clear, easy-to-adopt advice.

They added: “People might believe they are fine, and feel like they are coping, but this workshop will teach people to recognise the signs of stress and listen to their body so they don’t realise too late.

“It provides them with a useful toolkit to deal with that in ways which won’t cost them anything – there’s no gym membership or anything like that to fund.

“This is advice which is really effective and really works.”

Dr Billings highlighted a recent Deloitte report which states that if £1 is invested correctly in well-being it translates to £5.60 in productivity.

ONS figures last month showed that 400,000 people in the UK were off work on long-term sick which Dr Billings said translates to one in every 13 workers.

Dr Billings said 92 per cent of people who attended their workshops last year had since changed their lifestyle.

Of all the attendees, all have recommended the workshop to a colleague or a friend.

Head of business support at Cumbria Chamber of Commerce, Lesley Robinson, said: “We’re delighted to be partnering with Adapt and Evolve to deliver this training.

“Their stress management training has already helped so many people get their stress under control and improve their well-being.

“We’re excited to help facilitate this and bring this benefit to more people.”

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