The online health and wellbeing festival for people working in rail is back.

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Rail Wellbeing Live is on 5–7 November this year and will be as big as ever.

A new headliner joins the line-up: former Special Forces soldier and director of StrongMen mental health charity, Ollie Ollerton, who is known for starring in Channel 4's SAS: Who Dares Wins. Since his exit from the armed forces, and inspired by his experiences of depression and alcoholism, Ollie now guides others to reach their full potential through various mental strategies. 

Other headliners are Olympian Dame Kelly Holmes, football manager and former player Stuart Pearce MBE, and the author, presenter, and campaigner Katie Piper OBE.

Choose from 40 inspirational sessions. Highlights include:

  • MasterChef’s Amar Latif (‘Being limitless’)
  • Robert Hobson (‘Ultra-processed food’)
  • Dr Supriya McKenna (‘The narcissist next door’)
  • Dr Hannah Critchlow (‘The power of collective thinking’) 
  • Dr Sophie Mort (‘A manual for being human’)
  • Joshua Fletcher (‘Untangle your anxiety’)
  • Prof Sam Wass (‘How the modern world is changing children’)
  • Dr Gemma Newman (‘Get well, stay well’)
  • Alex Holmes (‘Time to talk: how men think about mental health’).

The opening session will focus on mental wellbeing in challenging times.

Evening sessions taking place on 6 November will focus on footcare for the rail industry and the mental health toll of being on the road. This will be hosted by former Boo Radleys lead singer and guitarist Dr Simon Rowbottom.

New for this year: peer-to-peer sessions. Help each other learn skills, including how to support a colleague through grief, how to be an empathetic listener, and how to spot if a colleague’s struggling with mental health. 

The Wellbeing Hero Award is back too. This is your chance to nominate a colleague! The winner will be announced on 5 November.

Register, and you’ll also be able to play everything back for two weeks after the event.

Anyone in rail can register at rwl24.co.uk from early September. If you register and attend, you could win a £200 Decathlon voucher in a draw.

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