Building Connected Workplaces (online)

About Friends for Good

Friends for Good is a national not-for-profit organisation that is the first in Australia to focus specifically on loneliness and social isolation. Our core service is FriendLine, a free anonymous phone service for anyone in the community to connect and have a chat with a volunteer. We also raise awareness of loneliness in the community through events, conferences, training and community education. For more information about Friends for Good visit: https://friendsforgood.org.au/

Training with Friends for Good

Friends for Good is offering a series of training workshops throughout the year on a range of topics. This training aims to provide knowledge and resources to organisations and individuals on a variety of topics in order to build the capacity of those on the frontline who work with individuals experiencing loneliness, as well as policy makers and employers who may need additional skills in managing loneliness in the workplace or community more broadly. The workshops are designed to be interactive and give participants a chance to gain theoretical knowledge as well as engage in activities to apply this knowledge in a practical sense. Our facilitators are all mental health professionals with extensive experience and knowledge of loneliness.

Building Connected Workplaces

The course is designed for a range of workplaces and provides general information that can be applied to different industries and contexts. It is for people working in the management of teams or individuals who want to learn how to embed social connection in the workplace and anyone with an interest in how workplace connection can impact wellbeing.

Topics covered:

• The cost of loneliness and social isolation
• Loneliness in the modern workplace
• The compounding effects of COVID-19 and working from home on mental health and wellbeing
• Using our evaluation tool to assess the social connectedness of your workplace
• General approaches and tools to enhance social connectedness and reduce loneliness in the workplace