Menopause training, women’s mental health, women’s nutrition and the workshops UK employers book to support women through every career stage.
Women navigate workplace pressures that are different in shape and scale from men’s — hormonal health across life stages, the invisible mental load, perinatal and menopausal transitions, and the gendered experience of work that affects energy, confidence and career progression. Our women’s wellbeing sessions are designed for organisations that want to support women through these realities properly — not just mark International Women’s Day with a poster.
This page is the booking catalogue for HR, People and Wellbeing teams. It covers nine workshops spanning women’s mental health, menopause, nutrition and signature keynotes — plus dedicated IWD planning resources and manager-focused sessions.
Running a women’s network or ERG? Our For Women’s Networks hub is the better starting point — it covers multi-session annual programmes and the three typical programme shapes we build with network chairs.
Designed by accredited specialists — Every women’s wellbeing workshop is co-designed and delivered by accredited mental health professionals, qualified nutritionists, BACP-led therapists, or women’s health specialists with corporate experience.
Designed for the audience you’re actually convening — Sessions work for whole teams, women-only networks, ERGs, manager cohorts, or all-hands keynote moments depending on the brief. We tailor scenarios and language to your sector and the specific moment your organisation is marking.
Built for the workplace, not the wellness studio – Our sessions use practical, evidence-based language. We don’t do woo, we don’t do generic “self-care for women” content, and we don’t do clichés about work-life balance. Importantly, we work alongside women’s networks and ERGs to make sure sessions land authentically.
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Specifically looking for menopause training?
We deliver four dedicated menopause programmes:
- Managing Menopause at Work: The flagship employee session, GP-led
- Menopause Training for Managers: Highest-leverage single investment
- Menopause Training for HR Teams: For Equality Action Plan readiness
- Menopause Action Plan for Employers: The strategic build-out
Or read our World Menopause Day planning guide for October activations.
Women’s wellbeing workshops we deliver
Six sessions. Click any to see the full brief and book a discovery call.
Menopause Awareness Training
Managing Menopause at work
A workshop raising awareness for women experiencing perimenopause and menopause, with a manager-focused add-on. Helps organisations retain experienced women through a stage that’s still under-supported in most workplaces. One of our most-booked sessions for World Menopause Day (18 October) and for broader women’s wellbeing programmes. 60–90 min.
Menopause Training for Managers
The dedicated manager-only workshop on menopause. Practical confidence for line managers — what menopause is, how it shows up at work, how to have the conversation, what reasonable adjustments actually look like. The single highest-leverage menopause investment most organisations can make, because line managers shape day-to-day experience more than any policy does.
Menopause Action Plan for Employers
AUDIENCE: HR leads · DEI · Wellbeing programme owners · Employers building a menopause policy
The strategic companion to the workshops. A structured action plan for employers ready to build menopause support into their wider strategy — policy, manager training, awareness, reasonable adjustments, return-to-work pathways. Book this when you’re moving beyond a one-off workshop toward a proper menopause-friendly workplace.
Menopause Training for HR Teams
AUDIENCE: HR & People teams · Equality Action Plan readiness · 2027 strategic preparation · DEI leads
A 60-minute GP-led session built for HR and People professionals — focused on the menopause requirements of the Equality Action Plan under the Employment Rights Act 2025. Explores the natural entry point into a wider menopause action plan rollout — before training managers and the broader workforce.
Women’s Mental Health, Wellbeing & Nutrition
Harnessing Hormones for Success
Understanding, Supporting & Navigating Hormonal Health at Work. In this engaging and insightful session, we’ll explore how your main reproductive hormones—oestrogen, progesterone and stress hormone cortisol influence your emotions, thoughts, actions, and overall success at work. 60 minutes.
Women’s Nutrition workshop
How nutrition supports women’s health, energy, and hormonal wellbeing across life stages. Specifically covers perimenstrual energy, perinatal nutrition, perimenopausal shifts, and the food and lifestyle changes that genuinely help. Often booked alongside International Women’s Day or as part of a women’s network programme. 60 min.
Women’s Mental Health in the workplace
How the gendered experience of work affects mental health — the invisible load, perinatal and hormonal influences, the workplace conditions that disproportionately impact women’s wellbeing. Booked around International Women’s Day, women’s network launches, or as part of a broader women’s wellbeing programme. 60 min.
International Women’s Day
Women in the Workplace keynote
A keynote-format session for IWD, women’s network launches, or all-hands moments. This keynote covers the visible and invisible drivers of women’s wellbeing at work, with audience Q&A. Importantly, this is the format most organisations book for their International Women’s Day all-hands. 30–45 min plus Q&A.
International Women’s Day workshops
Our dedicated IWD planning page, featuring the workshop options most often booked for 8 March moments — the all-hands keynote, women’s network sessions, and mixed-team workshops with an IWD theme. Importantly, this is the natural starting point if you’re planning for International Women’s Day rather than browsing women’s wellbeing more broadly.
Two routes to plan your IWD 2027:
Visit our dedicated International Women’s Day workshops page → The booking-stage destination, featuring the workshop options most often booked for 8 March moments.
Read: International Women’s Day 2027 — supporting women at work → The planning-stage guide, with workplace ideas, themes, and activation frameworks for IWD week.
Planning International Women’s Day 2027?
Notably, International Women’s Day is the single biggest workplace moment for women’s wellbeing — and it’s the moment that drives most of the traffic to this page. Date for your diaries: IWD falls on 8 March every year.
Organisations book IWD workshops 8-12 weeks ahead. Importantly, the immediate-around-IWD slots fill first each year — booking January or earlier is strongly recommended.
Our most-booked IWD sessions:
- Women in the Workplace keynote — the all-hands format, 30-45 min plus Q&A
- Women’s mental health in the workplace — for women’s network sessions during IWD week
- Managing menopause at work — for organisations whose IWD theme touches on women’s health across life stages
Building a Menopause-supportive Workplace
Menopause is one of the most under-supported life stages in modern workplaces. Organisations that get menopause support right see meaningfully better retention of experienced women — and are now moving in step with new UK legislation.
From April 2026, organisations with 250+ employees are encouraged to voluntarily publish menopause action plans, with mandatory publication expected from 2027 under the Employment Rights Act 2025. Read the legislation guidance here.
Stretching the City works with organisations to design and deliver menopause support that’s practical, informed and aligned with workplace realities. A typical menopause action plan combines training, leadership conversations and employee education:
- Managing Menopause at Work — for women experiencing perimenopause and menopause
- Menopause Training for Managers — manager-specific session on supporting team members
- Menopause Training for HR Teams — Equality Action Plan readiness for HR and People teams
- Menopause Action Plan for Employers — the strategic framework build-out
Organisations marking World Menopause Day (18 October) or building a year-round menopause strategy typically book at least two of these. The layered approach — employee + manager + HR — is what creates lasting cultural shift.
Linked to your broader wellbeing strategy. Generally, women’s wellbeing isn’t a standalone topic. Our workshops thread into the mental health hub, the manager training cluster, and the signature wellbeing programmes for organisations building a year-round wellbeing strategy that includes women’s wellbeing as a defined pillar.
Why our women’s wellbeing workshops are different
Three things make our women’s wellbeing sessions distinct from generic women’s-focused providers:
Designed in partnership with women’s networks and ERGs. Our sessions are shaped by the realities women in workplaces actually experience — not by a marketing team’s idea of what women want. We work alongside ERG leads and Women’s Network committees during programme design so sessions land authentically.
Evidence-based, not stereotype-based. Women’s wellbeing content often defaults to clichés — girlboss energy, work-life balance theatre, “having it all.” Our sessions skip the stereotypes and focus on what genuinely shifts behaviour at work: hormonal literacy, manager capability, cultural conditions, and the specific workplace adjustments that actually help.
How delivery works
A few specifics for this category:
- Group size: Women’s wellbeing workshops work well at 20-80 attendees. Women-only sessions (women’s mental health, menopause for women) work best in smaller cohorts under 40. Whole-team and keynote formats work at larger group sizes. Format options: In-person across the UK, virtual to global teams, or hybrid. Women’s network sessions work brilliantly virtually for distributed workforces. The IWD keynote works best in-person for the all-hands moment but adapts well to virtual.
- Awareness day timing: Book IWD slots 8-12 weeks ahead (January at the latest). Importantly, World Menopause Day slots (October) fill from August onward.
- Lead time: Standard two to three weeks from confirmed booking. Note tailoring adds two to three days.
What our clients say about our Women’s Wellbeing workshops
I am now more aware as a manager on how to advise anyone in my team experiencing the menopause or anyone else who relates to this topic.
I just found the whole thing very enlightening. The Women’s Mental Health session felt welcoming, safe and was absolutely wonderful.
It was a great, thought-provoking session for IWD and we really like that the trainer included everyone, not just women.
Frequently asked questions
Are these workshops only suitable for women, or can the whole team attend?
In most cases, format depends on the workshop. The women’s mental health and menopause workshops work both as women-only sessions (women’s networks, ERGs) and as whole-team sessions. Notably, the menopause awareness session is explicitly designed for whole-team delivery. The IWD keynote is typically all-hands. Importantly, we’ll discuss the right audience composition on the discovery call.
What’s the difference between Managing menopause at work and Menopause awareness for everyone?
Yes. We adapt scenarios, language, and the action-plan template to your sector — finance, professional services, tech, healthcare, public sector, charity. Note tailoring adds two to three days to the delivery timeline.
How early should we book International Women’s Day workshops?
Usually 6-8 weeks ahead. Note IWD week (early March) fills first each year — booking January or earlier is strongly recommended. Importantly, the all-hands keynote slots are often confirmed by November of the previous year for January-March delivery.
Can we book multiple women’s wellbeing workshops as a series?
Yes — and notably, organisations marking the full women’s wellbeing calendar (IWD, World Menopause Day, women’s network moments, etc.) often book three or four sessions across the year. Series bookings unlock a discount and let us thread a coherent narrative across the year. Importantly, ask us about a bespoke programme on the discovery call if you’re investing seriously in women’s wellbeing.
How do you measure whether women’s wellbeing workshops have worked?
Every workshop comes with a post-session pulse survey covering takeaway value, intent to apply, and confidence in supporting peers. For series and programme clients, we run a 90-day follow-up pulse measuring whether behaviour change actually stuck — particularly important for menopause-related sessions where the impact is often longer-term.
Do you deliver women’s wellbeing workshops internationally?
Virtual delivery is available globally — we’ve delivered women’s wellbeing sessions to teams in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and APAC. We adapt cultural framing for non-UK audiences. In-person delivery is UK-focused.
Ready to plan your women’s wellbeing activations?
A 20-minute discovery call gives you a tailored quote, a confirmed delivery date, and the chance to brief us on what your team specifically needs — whether that’s a single IWD keynote or a year-round women’s wellbeing programme.
Building a year-round women’s wellbeing programme?
Two paths depending on where you’re starting:
Building an internal wellbeing programme? Our Signature Wellbeing Programmes combine workshops, manager training and pulse measurement into a structured 6-12 month plan across your whole organisation.
Running a women’s network or ERG? Our For Women’s Networks hub covers multi-session programmes specifically for network chairs — with the three typical programme shapes, annual anchor moments, and how pricing works for bulk bookings.
INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING WOMEN’S WELLBEING AT YOUR WORKPLACE?
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