Template: Sample action plan

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Developing goals, objectives, strategies and activities for your workplace health and wellbeing program helps to create a clear action plan.

Goals identify the overarching aims of the program. Goals are broad statements for achieving your organisation’s priorities and will guide the action plan to ensure that the
desired end point is met.

Objectives are the steps towards achieving the goals—they help break down the goal into processes that are achievable and measurable.

Strategies are detailed ways of reaching each of the objectives—these need to be realistic and achievable. You may have one or several strategies for each objective.

Activities are the actions that need to happen for each of the identified strategies. These are all the day-to-day tasks of the program.

Your workplace health and wellbeing program should aim to include a mix of strategies targeting people, places and policies. Your program also needs to include a range of
strategies and activities for communicating and promoting the program to employees.

Each activity will also require the identification of resources and support, responsible employee(s) who is/are to carry the activity through, a time line and an indication of
how you can measure your success.

The following table outlines some example goals, objectives, strategies and activities across the six focus areas of healthy eating,
physical activity, sedentary behaviour, social and emotional wellbeing, smoking, and alcohol and drug use. You can use these examples
to create an action plan suitable for your own workplace.
Focus area: Healthy eating
Goal: Employees have access to healthier food options within the workplace

Resources & Responsible Measure of Result (how

Objective Strategies Activities Time line
Support employee success did you go?)
 That on-site  To determine  Audit of current  Budget for food {Insert employee {Insert beginning  On-site food
food current levels of food preparation name/s} and end date} preparation
preparation food preparation preparation equipment equipment
equipment is equipment equipment in purchase and is available
provided and all on-site repair and
accessible to kitchens accessible
all employees  Purchase/repair to all
of any employees
equipment that
is missing or
defective
 That 50% of  To include green  Audit of  Eat Well Tas {Insert employee {Insert beginning  50% of
workplace options in workplace HOVER resource name/s} and end date} vending
vending workplace vending vending machines
machines have machines machines have at least
at least 50%  Survey 50% green
green options employees on options
vending
machine
contents
 Engage vending
machine
operator to
make changes
Focus area: Physical activity
Goal: Employees have access to programs and initiatives that increase their physical activity

Resources & Responsible Measure of Result (how

Objective Strategies Activities Time line
Support employee success did you go?)
 That there is a  To increase use of  Provide bike  Budget to {Insert employee {Insert beginning  Bike racks
10% increase active transport to racks in safe, purchase and name/s} and end date} installed
in the number and from work convenient install bike racks  10%
of employees locations  Publish walking increase in
using active  Map out routes on work employees
transport to walking routes intranet or using active
and from work close to the provide maps transport to
workplace and from
work
 That 50% of  To plan and  Research online  Budget to {Insert employee {Insert beginning  50% of
employees promote an online pedometer purchase name/s} and end date} employees
participate in a pedometer challenges and pedometers participate
pedometer challenge to all select most in a
challenge employees suitable pedometer
 Obtain challenge
pedometers  Participants
and distribute report an
to participants increase in
physical
activity
Focus area: Sedentary behaviour
Goal: Employees have access to programs and initiatives that decrease their sedentary behaviour while at work

Resources & Responsible Measure of Result (how

Objective Strategies Activities Time line
Support employee success did you go?)
 That all  To decrease sitting  Incorporate  Mechanism for {Insert employee {Insert beginning  Employees
employees time at work walking employee name/s} and end date} report a
decrease their meetings into communication 20%
sitting time by regular meeting  Budget for decrease in
20% times standing work sitting time
 Add stand-and- station/s
stretch breaks
to meeting
agendas
 Purchase
standing work
station/s
Focus area: Social and emotional wellbeing
Goal: Employees have access to support and resources to promote their individual wellbeing

Resources & Responsible Measure of Result (how

Objective Strategies Activities Time line
Support employee success did you go?)
 That  To assist employees  Hold stress  Seminar {Insert employee {Insert beginning  60% of
employees to manage stress in management presenter name/s} and end date} employees
have the the workplace seminars  EAP attend
capacity to  To be pro-active  Promote work- stress
manage stress towards workplace life balance managemen
in the mental wellbeing messages t seminars
workplace  Engage the  80% of
Employee attendees
Assistance report
Program (EAP) increased
to provide capacity to
resources manage
related to stress stress in the
management workplace
 That  To assist employees  Provide  EAP {Insert employee {Insert beginning  Employees
employees feel to manage mental resources on  beyondblue name/s} and end date} have access
empowered to health issues within mental health resources to and are
manage the workplace issues, such as utilising
mental health anxiety and mental
issues in the depression health
workplace  Promote the resources
use of the EAP
as a resource
for employees,
especially for
managers
dealing with
staff
experiencing
mental health
issues
Focus area: Smoking
Goal: Employees feel encouraged and supported to cut down or quit smoking

Resources & Responsible Measure of Result (how

Objective Strategies Activities Time line
Support employee success did you go?)
 That smoking  To develop and  Obtain  Management, {Insert employee {Insert beginning  Smoking
rates among implement a smoke- management steering name/s} and end date} rates among
employees are free policy approval committee, employees
reduced by  Conduct a mechanism for have
20% needs employee reduced by
assessment communication 20%
 Create a
working group
or committee
 Develop a
policy
 Communicate
policy to
employees
 That all  To provide cessation  Obtain  Quit Tasmania {Insert employee {Insert beginning  Employees
smokers have support for promotional name/s} and end date} have access
access to employees material from to and are
smoking Quit Tasmania utilising
cessation  Engage Quit Quit
support Tasmania to run Tasmania
an information resources
session
 Allow
employees to
use the Quitline
services during
work time
 Focus area: Alcohol and other drugs
Goal: Employees are encouraged to consume alcohol within recommended safe guidelines

Resources & Responsible Measure of Result (how

Objective Strategies Activities Time line
Support employee success did you go?)
 That low-risk  To develop and  Obtain  Management, {Insert employee {Insert beginning  Workplace
drinking implement a management steering name/s} and end date} alcohol
behaviour is workplace alcohol approval committee, policy
the accepted policy  Conduct a mechanism for implemente
culture within needs employee d
the workplace assessment communication
 Create a
working group
or committee
 Develop a
policy
 Communicate
policy to
employees
 That the  To provide  Obtain  Department of {Insert employee {Insert beginning  Employees
number of information and promotional Health and name/s} and end date} have access
employees support for material and Human Services to and are
engaging in employees around resources Drug and Alcohol utilising
high-risk alcohol intake Service resources
drinking  High-risk
behaviour is drinking
reduced by behaviour
10% has reduced
by 10%
Adapted from WorkSafe Victoria’s ‘Healthy Workplace Action Plan’, the National Heart Foundation’s ‘Healthy Workplace Guide’ and Queensland Health’s ‘Workplaces For Wellness’ kit.