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Implement Leading Practices

Build a Healing Environment

Go beyond basic legislative requirements to create the place, space and time for people to connect and build healthy working relationships.
Allow grass-roots ideas to be brought to life to support this in a participatory approach.
Ensure a solid foundational support for safe and secure physical working conditions (see activity A).
Include health and safety personnel (including an ergonomist) and staff who will be working in the area in design decisions when renovating or building new spaces.
Pay attention to lighting, temperature, air quality, colour and flow of movement through the space to maximize healing potential of the environment.

The "ambience" of a space has an effect on people using the space. The hierarchy of environments range from simply non-toxic to safe (both physically and psychologically) to providing a positive context to being actively healing (promote calmness, reduce stress and strengthen coping resources and healthful processes).