Stretching the City

As Neurodiversity Celebration Week comes to a close, a reminder that supporting neurodiversity at work doesn’t have to be complex.

In fact, some of the most effective changes are small:
– clearer communication
– more flexibility
– different ways of working

Up to 1 in 5 people are neurodivergent, yet many workplaces are still designed around a single way of thinking, focusing and performing.

When organisations move away from “one-size-fits-all”, something powerful happens:
👉 people work in ways that actually suit them
👉 confidence improves
👉 performance follows

If you’re thinking about how to better support your teams, we’d love to help. Click the linkin bio ⬆️ for more on our Neurodiversity at Work training.

✨ What a day at the Women’s Business Forum ✨

There’s something powerful about being in a room full of women having real conversations about leadership, confidence and sustainability.

We were proud to support the IoD with:

💬 A Women’s Confidence session with Isabelle, exploring how women can show up clearly and credibly at work.

🧘‍♀️ An end-of-day unwind session with gentle yoga and breathwork, creating space to reset and recharge.

🎤 And our founder, Sally Lovett, joining a brilliant panel (alongside Mariella Frostrup and fellow speakers) to talk about menopause and wellbeing at work and building careers that are sustainable over decades, not just seasons.

The recurring theme of the day?

High performance should never come at the cost of health.

Grateful to have been part of the day 💛

Blue Monday is coming (19 January)... and HR teams will recognise it well:

📉 Low motivation
🌑 Reduced daylight
💬 Heavier emotional load

This year, instead of just talking about it, we’ve built something practical:

🛠️ A Blue Monday Toolkit with prompts, team rituals & mood-boosters you can use in your organisation.

It lands in inboxes the week before Blue Monday — want it?

👉 Join our newsletter list: https://mailchi.mp/stretchingthecity/nfurhw82gr

We've designed it to be used during team meetings, internal comms, or wellbeing weeks.

Let’s start the year supporting each other — one small, human tool at a time 💙

Planning your 2026 wellbeing calendar?

We’ve created a free PDF with 10 workshop topics that our clients are consistently choosing for the year ahead.

Perfect for HR, People and Wellbeing leads.

📥 Download here → https://mailchi.mp/stretchingthecity/10-high-impact-wellbeing-sessions

🎥 NEW: Bespoke Recorded Wellbeing Training⁠
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Want wellbeing training that feels like your organisation — not generic content anyone could use?⁠
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We now create fully bespoke recorded wellbeing modules, tailored to your people, culture and strategy.⁠
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Perfect for:⁠
✨ Onboarding⁠
✨ Leadership development⁠
✨ LMS learning pathways⁠
✨ Global teams who need always-on content⁠
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We design, script, film and deliver it end-to-end — with your branding and values throughout.⁠
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If you’d love something unique, scalable and “owned” by your organisation, get in touch.⁠

https://stretchingthecity.com/workplace-wellbeing/on-demand-evergreen-wellbeing-workshops/

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👉 Email: [email protected]

📅 The 2026 Workplace Wellbeing Calendar is here!

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Ready to plan ahead for your 2026 wellbeing strategy?

Our latest blog brings together every key workplace wellbeing awareness day, plus workshop ideas and planning tips — to help you map your wellbeing year with ease.

📥 You can also download the full 2026 calendar directly inside the post to share with your team.

💡 Early-bird bonus:
Book your 2026 wellbeing sessions before 15 December 2025 and receive 10% off your first 2026 booking.

Plan your 2026 wellbeing year → https://stretchingthecity.com/blog/wellbeing-awareness-days-2026/

📅 Planning your 2026 wellbeing calendar?
We’ve rounded up the Top 5 Workplace Wellbeing Awareness Days you won’t want to miss — from Blue Monday to World Menopause Day.

Each one’s a ready-made opportunity to:
💡 Start conversations
💬 Engage your teams
🌿 Build wellbeing into the rhythm of your year

Swipe through for inspiration ➡️ then download your free 2026 Wellbeing Awareness Calendar before it goes live:
✨ https://mailchi.mp/stretchingthecity/2026-wellbeing-calendar

Because the best wellbeing strategies aren’t last-minute — they’re planned with purpose. 💚

🧠✨ Productivity isn’t just about doing more.

It’s about working with your brain, not against it.

Our Positive Productivity workshop helps your team:

🧠 Understand why procrastination isn’t laziness (it’s self-protection)

🔁 Harness your natural focus rhythms (hello, 90-minute cycles)

🖊️ Swap burnout for brain-based productivity strategies that actually stick.

Let’s help your team work smarter, not just harder.
🔗 Search ‘productivity’ at stretchingthecity.com.

“What’s it like working with your sister?” We get asked this a lot… and the answer is: It’s great!

We balance very different skills (creative strategy vs operational detail), we’ve learned to air disagreements kindly, and yes, sometimes work calls drift into gossip! But sharing the joys (and challenges) of running Stretching the City as a family business is one of the best decisions we’ve made.

It’s not for everyone, but it works for us ❤️

👉 Swipe through to see our story.