At our recent Night Club Consortium event, leaders from across sectors came together with researchers and practitioners to tackle a shared challenge: how do we design night work that works for both people and operations?

This World Sleep Day – on Friday 13th March – is the perfect opportunity to give your night working staff some extra support, with our advice.  

If you’ve ever wondered how to sleep when working nights or how to sleep when you work the night shift, the key lies in understanding your body clock and building habits that support rest, energy and overall wellbeing.

We’re offering you direct access to Catherine Muirden – Chief People Officer, Board Chair and one of the UK’s most experienced leaders in designing people strategies for 24/7 organisations.

A simple leadership commitment to better night work – sign the Night Club Leadership Pledge. This isn’t about inspection or performance management. It’s about showing leadership presence, building understanding, and seeing the realities of night work first-hand.

January is the perfect time to review current practices and plan for the year ahead. For organisations that rely on night working teams, it’s also an ideal moment to pause and ask an important question: are we really doing enough to support the people who keep things running while the rest of the workforce sleeps?

In today’s 24/7 world, work doesn’t stop when the sun goes down. From healthcare professionals keeping hospitals operational to delivery drivers ensuring goods reach their destinations, millions of people perform critical tasks outside standard working hours. While shift work allows modern life to continue without pause, it comes with significant hidden costs – particularly when it comes to health.

Working shifts can be very difficult for the body and mind. Night workers often speak about finding it difficult to sleep during the day or on their time off. So how can we improve the experience of work? Here we share a bite-sized version of the advice we give to night workers, based on evidence from sleep and circadian science. 

A fun, easy-to-follow sleep guide created to help night workers rest and restore their energy over the festive season, when they can face extra challenges.

New reports highlight worker voices, health concerns and the growing need for better support after dark.

Sir Charlie Mayfield’s Keeping Britain Working review has been published, and it resonates strongly with Night Club’s ongoing advocacy to improve outcomes for nighttime workers.

As the clocks go back and the darker days of winter draw in, many of us look forward to an extra hour in bed and cosy evenings indoors. But for millions of people across the UK who work through the night, this time of year brings added challenges.

Sysco GB, the UK’s largest foodservice supplier, launched a full rollout of Night Club’s interactive sleep support programme earlier this year and is already seeing the benefits.

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.