Sheree Whetren

• Represented colleagues experiencing mental health challenges, ensuring their voices influence local and company‑wide decisions.
• Challenged policies and procedures to improve fairness, wellbeing, and operational effectiveness.
• Lead and supported volunteers across the Mind Network, ensuring consistent delivery of wellbeing support.
• Managed the network’s annual budget, expenses, and resource allocation.
• Planned and delivered the annual mental health conference, including workshops, speakers, and engagement events.
• Raised the profile of the network through campaigns, communications, and strategic engagement.

• Designed, launched, and delivered a full CPR and defibrillator training programme for colleagues across SWR.
• Qualified as an instructor, including BSL‑accessible delivery.
• Personally trained over 1,000 colleagues, improving emergency preparedness across the business.

Managed all logistics, scheduling, materials, and evaluation independently.

• Demonstrated exceptional communication skills when conveying complex concepts in simple terms.
• Facilitated open discussions during sessions, encouraged active participation from attendees.
• Brought about positive change in employee attitudes towards continual professional development.
• Collaborated with management to create personalised development plans for employees.

2022 – Present

• Provide wellbeing, emotional, and crisis support to colleagues and customers, ensuring safe and appropriate interventions.
• Respond to welfare incidents, safeguarding concerns, and emergencies, working within safety guidelines and escalation procedures.
• Raised the profile of the Wellbeing Team by organising internal events, coordinating with stakeholders, and leading wellbeing initiatives across the network.
• Led the annual flu vaccination initiative, increasing colleague participation year‑on‑year and contributing to reduced sickness levels.
• Coordinated staff availability and nurse scheduling to ensure smooth delivery of the flu campaign.
• Worked closely with external partners to deliver health campaigns, wellbeing events, and specialist support programmes.

Promoted a positive safety and wellbeing culture across the network

• Maintained colleagues confidentiality by adhering to strict privacy regulations.
• Fostered effective communication among team members enabling smoother operations within the department.

• Key contributor to the defibrillator rollout across all SWR stations, supporting installation, awareness, and staff confidence.
• Involved in the naming of an SWR train after a charity, strengthening community partnerships.
• Supported charity initiatives across the network, coordinating events, fundraising, and awareness campaigns.
• Acted as a positive ambassador for SWR’s charity partnerships.