24 June
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Know Your Numbers
Dr Simon Hodes,
General Practitioner
VIPR: Turning Workplace Wellbeing from Good Intention into Ongoing Action
At VIPR, health and well-being is more than a one-off initiative or awareness date. It is part of building a culture where people feel supported, informed and encouraged to look after themselves and each other.
That is why VIPR is working with Thrive4Life both as a Gold Sponsor of Men’s Health Matters and through Thrive4Life’s year-round health and wellbeing talks initiative.
Together, these commitments show what meaningful workplace wellbeing looks like: visible leadership, sustained education and regular opportunities for people to engage, reflect and take action.
Building wellbeing into working life
Every organisation says its people matter. The real test is how that belief is put into action.
For busy teams, health and wellbeing cannot rely on one event, one awareness week or one well-meaning communication. People engage with health messages at different moments because of something personal, concern for a colleague or family member, or a topic that prompts them to act earlier than they otherwise might have done.
That is why ongoing education matters.
Through Thrive4Life’s year-round talks initiative, VIPR employees will have access to monthly live-streamed health and wellbeing webinars, supported by written content and campaign materials linked to key awareness days and weeks.
VIPR is also launching health and wellbeing champion training and ongoing CPD through Thrive4Life, creating internal advocates who can encourage engagement, share key messages and keep wellbeing conversations alive across teams.
Strong workplace wellbeing does not sit only with HR or senior leadership. It becomes powerful when it is visible across the organisation, supported by trained champions, regular education and a culture where people feel able to listen, ask questions and act. That approach closely reflects VIPR’s core values of being supportive, inclusive and expert-led, creating an environment where people feel trusted, valued and able to thrive.
Supporting Men’s Health Matters
Alongside its year-round wellbeing initiative, VIPR is proud to support Men’s Health Matters as a Gold Sponsor.
Created by Thrive4Life in response to England’s first Men’s Health Strategy for 2025-2035, the campaign brings together sport, clinical expertise, employer engagement and digital education to encourage earlier conversations and action around men’s physical and mental health.
For VIPR, this strongly reflects its commitment to supporting health and wellbeing not only for its own people, but for the wider delegated authority insurance community it works with across the Lloyd’s and global specialty market.
Men’s health is a timely and important issue. Too often, men feel left out of the health conversation, delay raising symptoms, ignore warning signs or carry emotional strain alone.
Men’s Health Matters has been created to help change that.
Why this campaign resonated with VIPR
VIPR was drawn to Men’s Health Matters because it is practical, positive and accessible. It brings men’s health into workplaces, professional networks and communities, where people already spend time and where employers can play a meaningful role.
The campaign also recognises that powerful health messages are often carried through voices people trust. That is why it launched with a flagship live interview with Ben Youngs, England’s most-capped men’s rugby player, at the Lloyd’s Building on Thursday, 11 June 2026.
The campaign brings together professionals from across the insurance and delegated authority market, alongside clinical experts, employers and campaign partners, helping encourage more open conversations around wellbeing in high-performance working environments.
Ben’s interview explores rugby, pressure, performance, leadership, resilience, heart health and the importance of seeking help early. His story offers a relatable way to open up wider conversations around the pressures men face, both in elite sport and in everyday working life.
For many people, rugby provides a familiar route into topics that can feel difficult to discuss. Sport creates the spark that gets people listening; expert education then helps turn that attention into awareness and action. The edited interview will be streamed free of charge on Thursday 18 June at 1.00 pm, during International Men’s Health Week, and will be available on demand for two months afterwards.
A campaign for men, with relevance for everyone
Although Men’s Health Matters has been created to bring men more actively into the health conversation, its themes reach far wider into families, teams and whole workplace communities.
Following Ben Youngs’ flagship interview, the campaign will continue with an interview recording with Ben Youngs and four free expert-led webinars across the summer. These are free to access and available on demand for two months after the live stream:
Ben Youngs Interview: Streamed Recording
Watch Ben Youngs, England’s most-capped men’s rugby player, in an inspiring interview that goes far beyond the pitch, sharing honest insights into resilience, pressure, personal health challenges and why early action matters. The conversation also brings to life a powerful leadership message about how trust, clarity and human support help people perform at their best.
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1 July
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Heart Health
Dr Sanjeev Bhattacharyya,
Consultant Cardiologist
8 July
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Cancer Awareness
Prof Senthil Nathan,
Consultant Urological Surgeon
14 July
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Mental Health
Ross Abbott,
Health & Wellbeing Specialist
These topics matter to everyone. Knowing your numbers can identify risk earlier. Heart health affects families as well as individuals. Cancer awareness can save lives. Mental health under pressure is relevant in every workplace.
This breadth was one of the reasons VIPR wanted to support the campaign. It speaks directly to men, while creating wider opportunities for education, awareness and conversation across teams and communities.
All streamed content is free to access, with recordings available on demand for two months after each session.
Sponsorship with purpose
For VIPR, supporting Men’s Health Matters as a Gold Sponsor is about more than brand visibility. It is about standing behind a message that matters: health should not be delayed, hidden or pushed aside until crisis point. Prevention matters. Early action matters. Mental wellbeing matters. Men’s health belongs in the workplace conversation.
Through its support, VIPR is helping Thrive4Life take this message further across the insurance market, the City and the wider delegated authority community, where high-performance environments can sometimes make wellbeing conversations harder to start.
That visible commitment has real weight. It shows employees, clients and the wider market that health and wellbeing are central to a responsible, engaged and forward-looking workplace culture.
From campaign moment to culture change
The strength of VIPR’s approach is that it connects a high-profile campaign with a longer-term wellbeing commitment. Men’s Health Matters creates an important moment of attention. Thrive4Life’s year-round talks initiative keeps health and wellbeing visible long after that moment has passed.
Together, they create a more complete approach: awareness, education, champion training, CPD and practical resources that support wellbeing throughout the year.
This is where workplace wellbeing becomes more than good intention. It becomes something people can see, access and engage with.
Most importantly, it helps people take action earlier, whether that means booking a check-up, checking blood pressure or cholesterol, speaking to a GP, asking for support, or simply feeling confident enough to say, “I need help.”
Those moments matter.
A shared commitment to healthier workplaces
Thrive4Life is delighted to be working with VIPR through Men’s Health Matters and the wider year-round health and wellbeing talks initiative.
VIPR’s involvement reflects what meaningful workplace wellbeing looks like: visible support for important health campaigns, backed by sustained education, internal engagement and culture-building.
Men’s Health Matters encourages earlier action and more open conversations around men’s health. But the same principle applies across workplace wellbeing as a whole: health should be visible, education should be accessible, support should feel normal, and conversations should happen before crisis point.
VIPR’s support helps carry that message further and sets a strong example for other organisations ready to move from good intention to meaningful action.
At a time when men’s health has been recognised as a national priority, that kind of leadership feels both timely and important.
Three Key Takeaways
- Health and wellbeing needs consistency
Monthly webinars, written content, champion training and CPD keep health and wellbeing visible throughout the year. - Men’s health belongs in the workplace conversation
Men can delay seeking help or feel left out of health messaging. Men’s Health Matters helps bring these conversations into familiar workplace and community settings. - Sponsorship can be leadership
By supporting Men’s Health Matters as a Gold Sponsor, VIPR is helping carry an important message into the insurance market, the City and the wider community.
About VIPR
Founded in 2009, VIPR Solutions is a leading AI technology provider for the global delegated insurance sector. VIPR offers robust solutions for bordereau reporting, automating key back-office tasks such as bordereaux management, coverholder management, and regulatory compliance.
Trusted by a wide range of clients globally, with the largest share of Lloyd’s Managing Agents and an increasing number of leading brokers using VIPR platforms, VIPR is present in the UK, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, Switzerland, US, Canada and APAC. With a strong commitment to data security and privacy, VIPR is a SOC 2 compliant organisation, ensuring the highest standards for our customers.
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Find Out More About Men’s Health Matters
Explore the Men’s Health Matters campaign, register for the streamed Ben Youngs interview and access the free expert-led webinar series covering heart health, cancer awareness, knowing your numbers and mental health under pressure.
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