Night Club
What was the challenge?
More people are working nights than ever before - this has grown to over 7 million people during Covid-19.
Night shift work is classified as ‘probably carcinogenic’ by the World Health Organisation and there is mounting evidence that it contributes to a number of serious health conditions – from heart disease and diabetes to mental health issues.
What did we do?
We created Night Club, a transformational engagement programme that brings sleep researchers together with night shift workers and employers to create a better and healthier working experience.
Seed funded by the Wellcome Trust, and working in partnership with the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, at Oxford University, Night Club has proven to be a highly effective tool in the workplaces of our founding partners. Directly engaging over 4,000 employees across 25 sites in the UK since 2018 and reaching 100,000+ virtually.
Night Club has been successfully utilised by Co-op, John Lewis Partnership, Thames Water and Veolia, whose night shift workers were given the opportunity to visit the Night Club installation to learn about how to manage the impacts of night work on their mental and physical health.
In 2021 we launched a brand new Night Club pop-up at Veolia depots across London, alongside a funding partnership with Urban Health, allowing us to roll the project out to SMEs and community organisations based in Southwark and Lambeth who want to support their staff better.
EMPLOYER PARTNERS
What has the impact been?
Now in its 4th year, this award winning programme has delivered significant change for workers and leadership within several commercial partners. New companies and funders are joining Night Club to create positive change for the forgotten shift.
Almost all night workers visiting the installation said they had learnt something new
Most said they would change their behaviour following Night Club
Indications of reductions in absenteeism and increased effectiveness in the workforce
The programme has led to improved staff engagement scores and organisational level practice change
Night Club has raised the profile of each brand involved through significant local and national media (inc. BBC, Financial Times and The Grocer), a health & wellbeing award for Co-op at the Personnel Awards, and via a presentation to UK Parliament