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National Spa Week is to take place this year as from 4^th– 10^thNovember with an all new 360 approach. A new trade-only campaign, educational and value-added content has been crafted by handpicked industry and outside industry experts, as they offer their insight into seven topical subjects, under the over-arching challenge of "Workplace Wellness". 

Differing daily content will be shared to our members via podcast discussions, articles and video. 

Some experts we’d like to thank include: 

Leigh Fell, Founder & Chief Executive of Caritas Neuro Solutions Ltd, trained in various types of emotional wellbeing coaching including CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy), Harmonising (mindfulness based self-confidence coaching), NLP (neuro linguistic programming) and mental health first aid. Leigh is also the first person in the UK to roll out ‘Bloom’ resilience training in schools, which is a project run by Mental Health UK and Support in Mind Scotland and funded by Lloyds bank, training young people how to cope with normal day to day life challenges and stressors. 

Our thanks also to Iain R Bell of Executive Fitness Foundation. Iain is an international wellness and health consultant with a track record in Education and corporate wellness for over 25 years. A college and University Edinburgh lecturer on health fitness and longevity Iain also founded The Executive Fitness Foundation in 1991 designing bespoke programmes in nutrition, detoxing, meditation, strength, conditioning, posture and biomechanics.
His Foundation has managed all private Personal Training and Wellness at One Spa in Edinburgh since 2003 and led exclusive fasting and detox programmes in India, Thailand and Europe.
Iain’s Wellness vision is to live our lives with passion, positivity and purpose.

To Helena Field of SpaPulse, a job listings site, specialising in spa and serving the global Spa community, which was launched in July 2018. Helena connects like-minded professionals and helps launch/advance their careers in this rewarding and rapidly expanding industry. 


Further thanks also to Natalie McMillan, Managing Director of McMillan and Associates Ltd. Natalie chatted with our Chairman, Adam Chatterley about her significant experience of working with businesses to develop their strategy and approach to their workforce. She is passionate about helping business to understand the importance of their people if they want to be successful and profitable. Having been a CEO of a £70m business she is better placed than most to understand the commercial incentives of well-being and taking care of you staff.


It was our pleasure to also speak with Lopo Champalimaud, CEO of Treatwell, the largest hair & beauty booking service in the world (except for Japan)! One of our experts, covering the topic of Business Health, Lopo talks us through, whilst working for Lastminute.com, his realisation for potential disruption and the fact that the health, wellness & beauty industry at that time, had failed to join the internet revolution.


See the daily topic schedule that will make up this year’s trail blazing, National Spa Week: 

Mon 4^thNovember – Employee Mental Health 
Tues 5^thNovember – Employee Physical Health 
Weds 6^thNovember – Recruitment & Retention 
Thurs 7^thNovember – Commercial Health 
Fri 8^thNovember – Business Health 
Sat 9^thNovember – Leadership 
Sun 10^thNovember – Employee Financial Wellness 

We ask our member participants, to take from, learn from and act upon, the carefully curated information, provided for the benefit of themselves, their team members and their business as a whole. 

 

 

 

 

Public speaking is often the one thing that really worries people, professionals included. This fear can create an aversion to speaking to a group of people as well as, now quite often required, speaking to camera. However, it's high time the spa professional took to Facebook Live to showcase their fantastic businesses, services and facilities. 

Many marketers use Facebook Live to communicate their brand stories and to build authentic, intimate connections with followers and potential clients; so can the Spa Manager. 

In April 2016, Facebook launched Facebook Live, a live video streaming service that allows anyone to broadcast from their mobile devices straight to their Facebook newsfeed. 

Since its launch, live streaming video has exploded in popularity, particularly the Facebook Live, where according to Vimeo, 78% of online audiences watch Facebook Lives (2018). 

Facebook Live Ideas
If you’re keen to embrace Facebook Live videos but aren’t sure what to talk to your viewers about, a great place to start is with education. Perhaps you might like to highlight or showcase any of the following: 

• Retail product education
• Differing skincare treatments and their benefits 
• Facilities tour 
• Client testimonials 

It’s important to mention that while it’s perfectly acceptable to make a few errors whilst filming a Facebook Live, you should have an outline plan as to what you’d like to get across to your audience. A little planning, will make sure that you present yourself and your business in the best possible light. Although having said that, do try and have an element of spontaneity as it’s all about the interactive nature of this medium.

To learn more about using Facebook Live in your business click the button below . . 
 

 

 

 

A Note from the Chair . . .

 

I really need not say a great deal in this edition of SpaVoice because, believe me, you are going to be hearing enough from me in November.

If you've not already picked up on it, next week is National Spa Week . . . but not just any normal NSW. We've completely changed the concept this year after realising that despite our best efforts to promote the incredible benefits of spa to the public, all our wonderful national press wanted to do was promote discounted offers, which is pretty much the opposite of what we were aiming to do. 

So this year it's a trade campaign highlighting various aspects of wellness in the workplace and as part of the exclusive content, I will be talking to 7 experts in their field about a different topic related to wellness in the spa workplace. 

These podcast episodes are fantastic, we have some amazing guest experts to share their knowledge with you and the podcasts themselves are a great way to be introduced to a topic and to start off each day of National Spa Week.

So like I said . . .  you'll be hearing plenty from me over the next few days.

Make sure you join us for National Spa Week and join in the conversation on social.


Adam Chatterley
Chairman of the UK Spa Association