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WELLxOct26: What Makes Well-being Strategies Work?

21 Oct 2026 Forum Past Event Mental Well-being , Total WSH

  • Date:

    20 Oct 2026

  • Time:

    9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

  • Location:

    Lifelong Learning Institute

  • Spots Available:

    260

  • Event resources:

    Not Added Yet

To mark World Mental Health Day, the Well-being Champions Network (WCN) brought together leaders, Well-being Champions, peer supporters and workplace practitioners at WELLxOct26 to explore a key question: What makes well-being strategies work?

Opening the event, Ms Charis Cheng, Member of WSH Council and Chairperson of the WSH Council (Mental Well-being) Committee, highlighted that effective well-being strategies go beyond programmes and policies. They depend on committed leaders, empowered champions and peer supporters, and colleagues who look out for one another, supported by a workplace culture of trust, respect and care.
 
During his address, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Finance and Manpower, Mr Shawn Huang, spoke about building broader understanding, deeper capabilities and stronger professional partnerships. He announced 400 new fully subsidised places in the Well-being First Responder training, following the take-up of all 500 places from the initial tranche. The training equips employees to recognise distress, start supportive conversations and connect colleagues to appropriate help.  

SPS Huang also witnessed the signing of two Memoranda of Understanding involving Kaleidoscope Labs, the operator of the WCN: 

  • Kaleidoscope Labs and Ngee Ann Polytechnic will jointly develop a suite of Continuing Education and Training programmes in workplace mental well-being, spanning first response, programme design and organisation-wide implementation.  
  • Kaleidoscope Labs and the Singapore Psychological Society will work together to strengthen workplace education and pathways to professional mental health support, connecting workplace-level support with professional psychological expertise.  

The rest of the programme explored the event theme from different perspectives. A plenary by Mr Gerald Tan, Executive Director of WorkWell Leaders, examined the role of leadership in shaping organisational well-being and performance. Role-play scenarios also presented workplace situations where well-being strategies can fall short in practice.  

Across three panel discussions, speakers explored the gap between strategy and practice, reflected on three years of the WCN and what comes next, and discussed who supports the peer supporter. Participants also took part in a workshop on measuring psychosocial risk with PRISM, which explored how organisations can identify gaps and translate findings into prioritised actions. 

Participants gained practical insights into what makes well-being strategies work, and how these can be translated into action in their workplaces.

Find out more about the Well-Being Champions Network.