RedR Talk: Practical wellbeing strategies for humanitarians

Tuesday 20 October • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM GMT+1

Overview

Humanitarian work places exceptional demands on staff, volunteers and leaders. Long hours, exposure to crisis, growing operational pressures and limited opportunities for recovery can contribute to stress, burnout and declining wellbeing, affecting both individuals and organisations.

In this joint webinar, RedR and The Pandora Project will explore practical, trauma-informed approaches to strengthening wellbeing and resilience across the humanitarian sector. Combining RedR’s experience of supporting humanitarian organisations worldwide with The Pandora Project’s specialist expertise in wellbeing, safeguarding and resilience, the session will examine how organisations can create healthier working environments while helping individuals sustain their own wellbeing.

The webinar will introduce The Pandora Project’s ‘House’ model, which recognises that sustainable wellbeing depends on both organisational foundations and individual practices. Participants will explore topics including burnout prevention, stress management, psychological safety, compassionate leadership, safeguarding, peer support and resilience-building.
Attendees will leave with practical tools and ideas that can be applied immediately, whether they are seeking to strengthen team culture, support volunteers and staff, improve safeguarding outcomes or build healthier personal habits for long-term effectiveness in humanitarian work.

Who should attend?

This webinar is designed for humanitarian and development professionals who want to strengthen wellbeing, resilience and sustainable performance within their organisations and their own practice.

It will be particularly relevant for:

• Leaders, managers and trustees seeking to create healthier, more supportive and effective organisational cultures.
• HR, people, safeguarding and volunteer management professionals responsible for staff and volunteer wellbeing.
• Programme, operations and field managers supporting teams working in demanding or crisis-affected environments.
• Humanitarian practitioners, consultants and volunteers looking to strengthen their own resilience and wellbeing.
• Organisations seeking practical ways to improve retention, engagement, safeguarding and duty of care.

Whether you are responsible for supporting others or looking for strategies to sustain your own wellbeing, this session will provide practical insights that can strengthen both individual resilience and organisational effectiveness.

How to join

If you would like to attend, please register through Eventbrite. You will receive instructions on how to join after registration.