Workforce Wellbeing charter

The Workforce Wellbeing Charter brings the sector together around a shared approach to supporting the people who deliver free money advice in Scotland.

It translates the Workforce Wellbeing Framework into positive, practical behaviours that individuals, managers, teams, and organisations can apply in their day-to-day work

Signing the Charter is a visible statement of support for workforce wellbeing and a starting point for continued learning and improvement.

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The Charter sets out a shared commitment to protecting and improving workforce wellbeing across the free money advice sector.
It is designed to be supportive and proportionate, recognising that organisations and individuals will be at different stages of their wellbeing journey.
The Charter is not an accreditation scheme or a promise that every wellbeing challenge has been solved. It provides a common direction, encourages honest reflection, and helps turn good intentions into practical action.
The Charter is based on the principle that workforce wellbeing is a shared responsibility. Everyone has a role, but responsibility must be matched by influence and support.
The shared principles encourage people to listen to workforce experience, promote dignity and inclusion, prevent avoidable harm, respond early to concerns, create psychologically safe conversations, use evidence to guide improvement and review progress over time.
Together, they provide a consistent foundation while allowing each workplace to decide how the principles should be put into practice.

Sign the charter

You can sign the Workforce Wellbeing Charter as an individual or on behalf of an eligible organisation.
Before signing, please read the Charter and consider how its principles connect with your role or workplace.
The short online form will ask for your contact details, signatory type, and confirmation that you support the Charter’s positive behaviours.
After submission, you will receive information about next steps and how to access related learning and resources.
Benefits of becoming a signatory

Becoming a signatory demonstrates that you support a positive and collaborative approach to workforce wellbeing.
Signatories can use the Charter to start conversations, review current practice, shape wellbeing priorities, and connect colleagues with relevant learning and tools.
Organisational signatories can also display the signatory badge, take part in the wider community of practice and share learning that may benefit the sector. The greatest value comes from using the Charter as a practical guide rather than treating signature as the end of the process.