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Working shifts can take a toll on your mind and body in ways that aren’t always obvious at first. Whether you’re working through the night, rotating between early and late shifts or managing irregular hours, your sleep pattern is often the first thing to suffer. And when sleep is disrupted, your mental health can quickly follow.
Working nights is essential for many industries, but it can take a serious toll on health and wellbeing. Unlike day workers, those on night shifts are fighting against their body’s natural circadian rhythm, which is tuned to be awake in daylight and asleep at night. Studies show that almost half of night workers regularly get less than six hours of sleep a day, and poor sleep is linked to fatigue, lower concentration, and long-term health risks.
While most of us sleep, more than 8.7 million people in the UK keep hospitals running, stock grocery shelves, patrol the streets and ensure the wheels of modern life never stop turning. This “hidden army” of night shift workers is essential – but often invisible. And the cost of their service? A growing body of research reveals the toll is steep, with serious consequences for both physical and mental health.
Sleeping during the summer can be difficult for everyone – but for the UK’s 8.7 million night workers, it’s a particular challenge. Here, we share our top tips for helping night shift workers get better sleep in summer.
MPs, Peers and parliamentary staffers were asked to assess their own sleep health in a pilot survey, and the results illuminate the critical need for sleep to be a priority on the public health agenda.
We’re sharing the highlights from the survey of HR professionals we conducted earlier this year (via YouGov) to inform our Bright Nights guide, which is packed with information about the effects of shift work, and inspiration and practical guidance for employers to better support healthy, engaged and productive night workers.
Ella Reynolds and Ben Lumley, Co-Heads of Night Club, answer five key questions on why things need to improve for shift workers, and how your business can benefit.
We’ll share with you the highlights from our latest employer guide ‘Bright Nights’, which is packed with information to motivate employers of night workers.
Our latest publication is packed with information and inspiration for employers to better support healthy, engaged and productive night workers.
We’re taking Night Club to Multimodal 2025 – the UK’s leading transport, logistics and supply chain expo. Will we see you there?
Our lead sleep scientist Professor Russell Foster is back to help you support your shift workers, this time answering a question about improving nutrition in canteens…
We’re supporting MQ Mental Health Research and Virgin Unite on an exciting project to tackle the root causes of poor workplace mental health.
A free downloadable resource with practical steps you can take as a leader to boost your team’s nutrition, including an informative digital flyer for distribution to your staff.
We recently delivered our Night Club offering to the resource and waste management company at their EcoPark in North London.
The most compact iteration of our sleep support programme has had a shiny new makeover.
This World Sleep Day – on Friday 14th March – is the perfect opportunity to give your night working staff some extra support, with our advice.
An insight into the running of our sleep support programme and the impact it has had on one of our partners.
Downloads our free resource to unlock ten simple things you can do to ensure the wellbeing of your staff this winter.
Our lead sleep scientist Professor Russell Foster is back to help you support your shift workers. Today he’s answering a question about tiredness.
We’re launching the Great Parliamentary Sleep Survey this month and we’re inviting MPs, Lords and their teams to tell us, in confidence, about their sleep.
The Observer has taken a deep dive into the impacts of nighttime working.
We were delighted to be invited to speak to a mixed audience of shift workers and day workers at the rail company's recent health and wellbeing event.
Over 180 participants joined us for Wake Up Call, our live webinar in partnership with Make A Difference (MAD), to find out how best to support the health and wellbeing of their night workers.
Our founder Sarah Douglas was invited to speak at the launch of the IPPR’s ‘Our Greatest Asset’ report about the importance of placing people at the centre of a health-led economy.
We take every opportunity we can to pick the brain of world-renowned sleep scientist and Night Club special advisor Professor Russell Foster.
Our new report brings together fresh research and interviews, sharing what we’ve learnt while delivering our unique initiative across the UK.
A new survey ranks the UK cities by their percentage of night workers. Can you guess which city tops the list?
Meet Ben Lumley and Ella Reynolds, who are taking over the reins of Night Club as Co-Heads of Programme.
We all know our rubbish gets collected every week. We put it in the bin, a big truck comes and takes it away and we never see it again. But have you ever wondered what happens to it afterwards? What’s it like to be responsible for collecting all of the waste from 2000 people’s homes every week?
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and Night Czar Amy Lamé visited a Night Club intervention last night to learn about the emotional and physical effects working nights has on the Capital’s 1.3m night shift workers.