Our Wellbeing Staff Ambassadors

John's update, March 2024:

Hi, I'm John and my focus is on being active - I'm a keen runner and walker and I'm excited to share my passion with you!

It can be daunting to try new things so I'm here to make it easier for you to get involved and throughout 2025 we’re planning several opportunities to Be Active.

• Want to learn about jeffing*? 
• Planning to get fit enough to walk up a big hill or a small mountain? 
• Fancy trying the Bury 10k or exploring local walking trails?

Want to get free entry into the Bury 10k in September?

Persona staff and Shared Lives carers can enter our 10th birthday draw: 2 people will be picked at random each month. You only have to enter once!

This prize is worth £25 and includes a winner’s medal – runners will also be given a special edition Persona 10 year celebration t-shirt! Between February and June, 2 lucky winners will be drawn at random at the end of each month. 

Congratulations to our first 2 winners in February, Laura Stott & Vicky Green (who will also be celebrating her birthday on race day).

If you would like to enter March’s draw, click on the link at the bottom of this article.

I’m aiming to do a couple of updates a month leading up to event highlighting local parkruns & running groups that cater for walker / runners (also known as jeffing) and for those of you who are absolute beginners. These will be added into your monthly wellbeing updateand you can keep an eye on my Be Active in 2025 intranet news page.

Whether you've got serious goals to get fitter, you're looking for different ways to keep fit or you'd just like to get out and about for some exercise, try something new and meet new people, there's something for everyone.

Want to know more? Email me at john.oconnor@personasupport.org or ring me on 07458 045 619

*Jeffing is a great introduction to running. Jeffers alternate between running and walking for short periods to build up their endurance.

Staff can follow these links to log into the intranet and read about the Bury 10k and click here for the link to the draw, Medicash, the Zen Room, your monthly wellbeing update and our Wellbeing Champions.

Missed a blog article? Staff can log into the intranet and read them all here.