{"id":4410,"date":"2022-08-18T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/?p=4410"},"modified":"2022-08-18T14:10:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T13:10:42","slug":"immediate-media-becomes-the-first-media-company-to-launch-balance-to-its-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/news\/immediate-media-becomes-the-first-media-company-to-launch-balance-to-its-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Immediate Media becomes the first media company to launch balance+ to its staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

balance+ is the world\u2019s first medically approved menopause health and wellbeing companion for perimenopausal and menopausal women<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immediate Media Co<\/a>, the special interest and content platform company, has become the first media business to make the balance<\/a>+ menopause app available to its staff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

balance+ <\/a>is the world\u2019s largest menopause app in the world, with users in 215 countries, with a mission to empower women with evidence-based medical knowledge about the perimenopause and menopause to help support diagnosis and access to treatment. balance+ is focused on removing barriers to menopause support, especially in the workplace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making the balance+ app available for all Immediate people, will provide access to specialist medically approved content and live sessions to help optimise their mental health, nutrition, sleep, physical health, sexual health and skin and hair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

balance+ has been designed to put the power into women\u2019s hands, to help provide them with the relevant knowledge when seeking medical treatment, as well as supporting their family and friends during this time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recent research from balance shows that, since downloading the app, 74% of users agree that they feel more comfortable talking about menopause at work, 87% have been able to self-diagnose their perimenopause or menopause and 72% have managed to gain access to treatment after using the app. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/strong>Jo Brandl, Chief People Officer, Immediate says: “<\/strong>We\u2019re delighted to partner with Balance+ as part of our strategy to build awareness and support to help women at Immediate who are experiencing challenges around the menopause and peri menopause to continue to live and work healthily. Going through the menopause or perimenopause comes with a variety of symptoms, some well-known and some less so.  We want to raise awareness of what going through menopause involves and support those experiencing it. By offering balance+<\/em><\/strong>, we’re committed to looking after our people, driving the diversity agenda, and ultimately empowering our people with evidence-based knowledge and tools, to help them thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaele Lalahy, COO of balance<\/strong>, said: \u201cWe are delighted to be partnering with Immediate, home of some the UK\u2019s best loved media brands. Immediate recognise what it means to be a menopause confident employer and have committed to break long-standing taboos around menopause and protect their valued female talent. Through the distribution of our evidence-based balance app, Immediate\u2019s people will have access to much needed evidence-based medically approved resources and tools to take charge of their future health and we hope this sets a precedent for other organisations to follow suit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The balance app is the only menopause app certified by ORCHA and recognised as safe, accredited, compliant, and trusted to feature in digital health libraries for the NHS and other national health bodies around the world.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Molly Hunt <\/strong>molly@borkowski.co.uk<\/strong><\/a> | 07947439714<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Immediate Media Co:<\/strong>\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immediate Media Co is the special interest content and platform company, home to over 1,000 people across\u202fthree business units, based in London and Bristol. We own and operate some of the best-loved brands in the UK. And we only focus on special interest markets, engaging over 75 million people globally each month,\u202fwith\u202fworld-class content,\u202finnovative new products and services and live events.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immediate operates over 70\u202fconsumer brands and sells\u202fover\u202f51 million magazines each year. With over 1.2\u202fmillion active subscribers,\u202fwe are the UK\u2019s leading publisher by subscribers.\u202fImmediate is\u202fthe\u202fmarket leader\u202fin many of the sectors we operate in, including food, gardening and children\u2019s publishing.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our\u202fwholly-owned\u202fbrands include Radio Times, olive, Girl Talk, Homes & Antiques, Cycling Plus,\u202fMadeForMums, and Mollie Makes. We publish BBC Good Food, BBC History\u202fmagazine, BBC Gardeners\u2019 World magazine, BBC Science Focus and the CBeebies portfolio, under licence from BBC Studios, BBC Top Gear on behalf of BBC Studios and children\u2019s titles for LEGO and Disney.\u202f\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immediate Live, our live events business,\u202fis the UK\u2019s leading organiser of unmissable consumer events.\u202f We create premium events and experiences that connect and inspire our audiences, including\u202fBBC Gardeners\u2019 World Live, the Good Food Show, London Art Fair,\u202fThe Cycle Show, Move\u202fIt, The Festival of Quilts and\u202fthe Hampton Court Food Festival.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the last year, Immediate\u202fhas\u202fwon over 27\u202findustry awards, including Digital Consumer Publisher of the Year at the 2021 AOP Awards. In January 2022, Immediate was named the UK\u2019s 4th<\/sup> best place to work in the Glassdoor Employees\u2019 Choice Awards 2022<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>andwas the highest ranked media company in the list confirming its position as the leading employer in the sector. Immediate\u2019s IM Community project also won Best Health and Wellbeing Initiative at the Management Today DE&I Leadership Awards 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About balance<\/strong>\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founded by Dr Louise Newson, balance app is the only menopause app certified by ORCHA and recognised as safe, accredited, compliant, and trusted to feature in digital health libraries for the NHS and other national health bodies around the world.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Created with a single mission in mind, to make menopause support inclusive and accessible to all, balance app provides evidence-based and unbiased information to help you become better informed, prepared and empowered during the perimenopause and menopause.\u202fbalance was recently awarded \u2018Product of the Year\u2019 at the Bionow Awards 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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