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Effectiveness of the Scottish Government staff wellbeing hour pilot: FOI release

Published
2026-04-23
Received
2026-02-23
Responded
2026-03-12
Directorate
People Directorate
Topic
Public sector
Exemptions
None detected

Information requested

Any reports/results published about the effectiveness of the wellbeing hour pilot.

Response

The Wellbeing Hour pilot launched on 3 July 2023 and ended on Friday 27th September 2024. The pilot allowed colleagues working at Bands A-C within the Scottish Government main bargaining (SGM) unit to use up to one hour (pro-rata for part-time staff) of their normal weekly working hours to undertake activities to improve their physical and mental wellbeing. A list of bodies covered by SGM can be found in Annex A.

A staff survey and evaluation of the wellbeing hour pilot was conducted at the midway point of the pilot in February 2024. I enclose a copy of this evaluation as requested

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