Wellington Place development creates well-being programmes for Leeds workers in their own homes

For the last few years, MEPC, the developer behind the office and retail units at Wellington Place, has been an advocate of looking after staff mental and physical health with schemes such as lunchtime yoga, deckchairs to encourage workers to take breaks outdoors and bike hire.

However, while most of the Wellington Place workforce are now operating from home, a programme of virtual and online wellbeing sessions has been created so people can still take a break from their improvised offices and desks.

It includes: weekly virtual chair yoga, Friday cyber sing-alongs with the Wellington Place choir; free online wellbeing workshops on how to keep calm and remain healthy and productive during uncertain times, virtual book club, L1 live classes on Facebook and Instagram, Whitehall Clinic virtual GP appointments and video sessions with consultant psychologist, Linda Barker.

Dominique Simcox, Head of Customer Experience at MEPC Wellington Place, said: “Although our usual Wellington Place community may not be together in person at this time, we wanted to ensure that they, along with their families and the wider city, could enjoy some of our most popular community activities.

“Our virtual events are a fantastic way to enjoy some social interaction during times of self-isolation and remote working. We aim to bring people together, raise morale and spread some smiles by providing these virtual sessions.”

Details of how to join sessions can be found at www.wellingtonplace.co.uk/virtual

Wellington Place Factfile

Wellington Place is a business community being built in the heart of Leeds by developer and asset aanager MEPC and funded through a joint venture between Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Hermes Real Estate.

Once completed, the scheme will see 1.5m sq. ft. of commercial, retail, leisure and residential space and be one of the biggest and most prestigious new city centre business quarters in Europe.

The latest building, 3 Wellington Place is 97 per cent let. 4 Wellington Place is currently under construction, due for completion around the end of the year and is 85 per cent pre-let to The Stars Group.

The next phase of the development recently began. Buildings 11 & 12 Wellington Place are available for pre-let and and due for completion in 2022.

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