Financial services organisation FinTru has delivered a Lunch and Learn session focused on Menopause Awareness in their south Belfast office.
The one hour Menopause Awareness training workshop by Womens’ Health Nurse and Menopause Awareness Trainer Anne McGale of Menopause Wellbeing NI was delivered in hybrid fashion and engaged employees at the chief executive level as well as staff members from as far away as Portugal as well as the teams right across Northern Ireland.
FinTru are a dynamic company and very forward thinking in relation to the value of their employee wellbeing. A company who value inclusiveness and take diversity to the next level they have committed to working alongside Menopause Wellbeing NI to roll out Menopause awareness training right across their global organisation.
Trainer Anne McGale found it encouraging that the Menopause Awareness lunch and learn session delivered in-person in their offices in Ormeau Gasworks had an audience of around 65% male in attendance. Menopause Wellbeing NI assert that male awareness, understanding and advocacy is a critical aspect of effectively managing Menopause in the workplace.
The hybrid set up of the training delivery enabled additional employees to sign into the educational session online and Menopause Wellbeing NI look forward to working in partnership with FinTru for further outreach across their team of 1,300 people in the UK, EU and US as they work towards increasing Menopause awareness in the workplace.
About Menopause Wellbeing NI:
Founded by Womens’ Health Nurse RGN Anne McGale Menopause Wellbeing NI offer a wide range of services to help women improve their health and wellbeing. This includes the provision of workshops for organisations and community groups such as
- Menopause Awareness sessions
- Menopause in the Workplace
- CBT for Menopausal symptoms (6 Week workshop)
- One to one Menopause awareness and assessment session
Practice Nurse Anne McGale RGN has created and delivered over 100 menopause-focused workshops to many groups in the corporate, charity, third sector/voluntary and public sectors.
Menopause Wellbeing NI Trainer Anne McGale is available to deliver these sessions in person, via Zoom or in hybrid fashion. These programmes and services on menopausal education cover all aspects of the menopausal transition so that women can maintain their working lives and careers and attend their GP with the information and make an informed decision on how they wish to proceed with their transition into the menopause.
About Anne McGale, RGN, Womens’ Health Nurse and Menopause Awareness Trainer:
Anne has worked as a Practice nurse nurse in the local community for the last 40 years. She is also a freelance facilitator delivering Menopause awareness workshops in person across Northern Ireland, Ireland and online, reaching individuals committed to understanding menopause better from right around the world.
Experienced working with all age groups and with individuals with a variety of different health conditions Anne has completed a certificate, diploma and degree in health promotion and values the importance of sharing health education within the community.
Menopause Wellbeing NI has delivered workshops in menopause awareness, stress management and health programmes to many organisations such Allstate, Translink, Concentrix, Northern Ireland Electricity, Inspire, Ulster University, Omagh Council and PHA, adoption and fostering carers and women’s groups in the community such as NIRWN.
Having dealt with her own menopause, Anne found the experience frustrating and confusing and she realised that there was a lack of readily available evidence-based information out there on the menopause and how to manage the symptoms.
Following this she committed to offering practical and educational help so no other woman would go ignorantly through the issues that she had personally experienced. She began to explore other holistic options to manage the range of menopausal symptoms and invested in creating and delivering educational seminars, workshops, training and awareness sessions to hundreds of individuals via local community, public, charity and third sector and corporate organisations and also on a one to one basis.
Anne has carried out a wide range of research into all things relating to the menopause and made contacts with other disciplines such as the Equality Commission to look at legal aspects and discrimination in the workplace. She ran “the Big Pause” event and developed her own series of workshops including:
- Menopause Awareness sessions
- Menopause in the Workplace
- CBT for Menopausal symptoms (6 Week workshop)
- One to one Menopause awareness and assessment session
She has delivered these menopause-focused workshops to many groups in the corporate, charity, third sector/voluntary and public sectors.
Anne is available to deliver these sessions in person, via Zoom or in hybrid fashion. These programmes and services on menopausal education cover all aspects of the menopausal transition so that you can attend your GP with the information and make an informed decision on how you wish to proceed with your transition into the menopause.
A member of British Menopause Society Anne has also trained in CBT for Managing menopausal Symptoms with the British Menopause Society and has also completed The Foundations in the Menopause Care, Principles and Practice of Menopause both delivered through the Menopause Society. She is passionate to help individuals in this area.
About FinTru:
Established in December 2013 by Darragh McCarthy. The founder and CEO originally from Cork now lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland. FinTru have offices in Belfast, Letterkenny, Dublin, Derry/Londonderry, London, New York, USA, Maastricht, Netherlands and Porto, Portugal.
Want to positively address Menopause wellbeing in your workplace or community?
To discuss the needs of your organisation or to book a Menopause Awareness training session with experienced facilitator Anne McGale RGN contact Menopause Wellbeing NI today.