Our Mission
Zest People have a clear social aim for improving peoples' health and wellbeing.
Working at both strategy and delivery level on a range of health agendas, Zest People encompass all elements of evidence based research.
A strategic health improvement specialist who provides impartial strategic advice for both public and private sector clients with a cost effective, best value approach.
Rachel has been Co-Director at Zest People since 2004. Her career spans over 20 years working on public health projects for the NHS (Guys & St.Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, NHS West Sussex), National Organisations (Sport England, Department of Health), Local Authorities (East Sussex County Council, Brighton and Hove County Council) and Leisure Trusts (Fusion Lifestyle, Freedom Leisure). MI trained by Kendelle Bond (Zest Consultancy) and Dr Tim Anstiss, Rachel specialises in brief motivational interviewing and evidence based programmes for weight management, exercise referral and falls prevention services.
An experienced project manager and business leader with a true social objective. I co-direct Zest People and ReferAll, a software and development organisation which brings efficiency and clarity to the management of lifestyle programmes such as smoking cessation, health trainers, exercise referral and weight management services.
Key experience: Business management, Leadership and development, Partnership building, Problem building and system mapping, Strategy and finance, Governance and corporate/voluntary structure
Zest People Ltd (T/A Zest People) is a limited company registered in England and Wales | Registered number: 6131853 | 2004-2016
Who we are
Zest People is a public health and wellness consultancy. We are a professional team of wellbeing specialists working with both the Public and Private Sectors, community and workplace settings. Our focus is behaviour change for all things wellbeing - physical activity, weight management, falls prevention and well at work services.
Are you a manager, employer or business owner? You care about your staff and are keen to reduce the risk of aches and pains that could lead to sickness absence?
We provide face-to-face Display Screen Equipment (DSE) risk assessments to help you comply with employer legal obligations and create healthy workplaces for an enjoyable day in the office - every day.
The cost of absenteeism continues to rise, however it can be successfully managed. Zest People provide Holistic Workplace Advice to help you and your team create a healthy working environment - no pressure!
Provide businesses with three key benefits; a standardised system, a recognition and motivational tool of achievement for all staff and a means to assess the effectiveness of the programme against baseline and normative data through regular monitoring and evaluation.
Let us help you climb to new heights!
Within the leisure industry there is a tendency for Health and Wellbeing Services, for example, Exercise on Referral, Community Physical Activity and Weight Management Schemes to be delivered at a site level. This can often lead to an under valuation of the organisations overall Health and Wellbeing strategy. Operationally, inconsistent delivery mechanisms and processes can further impact the overall strategy and at the same time provide a confusing entry point for the customer and stakeholders, such as referring professionals and funders.
We build on the idea of the cultural web to show how mapping culture in services can provide an understanding of barriers to change; and identifying the re-mapping required to deliver your Health and Wellbeing Services at their most efficient, highlighting ways of managing strategic change.
We'll provide:
our sister company's SaaS provide a secure online platform for our team to receive, process and provide KPI data for clear and transparent evaluation.
In partnership with Dr Tim Anstiss, Zest People's wellbeing and weight management programme re:balance is a 12 week course for Adults.
NICE compliant, it is scientifically designed to help people lose weight and keep it off. It is not a diet.
Zest have over 3 years experience of managing Tier 2 weight management in East Sussex, if you would like to discuss how we can help you with a tender or
Our community based falls prevention service for the frail elderly at risk of falling provides a 'step down' service for existing NHS falls prevention services or a step up for people unsteady on their feet wishing to prevent a fall.
Our service offers a 30-minute DSE workstation assessment which ensures your company is providing computer workers with a safe, ergonomic workspace and is meeting the requirements of Health and Safety regulations.
Zest People is changing the direction of it's services to focus on workplace DSE assessments and referral management.
We are delighted say WellBalanced is continuing with a new provider. Mid Sussex Wellbeing Service have commissioned the service to
Although having exceeded targets, the commissioners have changed their offering for falls prevention to a much more low key project that they can deliver, some themselves in house and signpost on to local providers of strength and balance type classes. The current service ended on 31st March 2017. For further information please contact us on 01903 660070.
We're usually available from Monday - Friday 9-5.30.
