by Fern Shaw | Feb 9, 2022 | water boiler, water cooler
Aside from everything else that has occurred over the last two years, possibly one of the biggest changes was the advent of working from home, which brought with it Zoom meetings, Zoom meeting attire – pyjamas on the bottom, work shirt on top. These factors however seemed to snowball into creating a rather sedentary work creature – one of living in sleepwear morning until evening and sadly with that, a serious reduction in exercise or keep fit routines.
All very understandable of course, however, although our daily routines have forever changed, heading back into the office has become the norm for many of us. As has ditching our leisure wear and making a determined effort to dress for work.
The good news is even if you were an exercise powerhouse in the privacy of your home; you are still able to maintain a decent level of fitness while at the office.
If you look online, there are more office exercises than one can extend a desk donkey kick at, but the set from the NHS seems very sensible (and achievable). In part due to their suggestion to:
‘Wear loose, comfortable clothing and keep some water handy.’
We say as much as we know how easy it is to let workplace routines fall aside when you’re not in your usual workspace. Like taking regular breaks. Stepping away from your desk. Refilling your water jug or replenishing your water bottle at the office water cooler.
Taking breaks and exercising (even during working hours) are important, however, maintaining good hydration habits, by drinking water regularly, is vital to your well-being and ability to work smarter and not necessarily harder.
If you would like to install a water dispenser, hot & cold water cooler, hot water boiler or Instant Tap in your office, contact us at AquAid. We’re nationwide for your convenience.
by Fern Shaw | Jan 27, 2022 | bottle fed water coolers, mains fed water cooler, touch free water coolers, water boiler, water cooler, Water Coolers, water dispenser
With 24 January being International Day of Education, we thought it important to highlight an often overlooked yet crucial solution which aids children’s education.
Dehydration in children can be difficult to spot
Most children show no obvious visible signs of dehydration, as symptoms such as lethargy, irritability and lack of concentration may be considered normal during class, more often in the afternoon however, we now know that these signs may be due, at least in part, to the effects of dehydration.
The brain cannot store water
No matter the age of the schoolgoer, learning requires the brain’s engagement. Because the brain has no way to store water, drinking water continually throughout the day is vital. When the body loses more water than is being replaced, dehydration occurs and brain function can be affected.
However, when the brain is operating with plenty of water, children are able to have greater clarity, creativity, focus and quicker thought processes.
Well-maintained hydration can boost learning
When we are thirsty, mental performance including memory, attention and concentration can decrease by up to 15 percent. Children are better able to concentrate as they are not as distracted by dehydration effects such as thirst, tiredness and irritability.
The role of nurseries, schools and learning centres
Children will achieve more when both their health and learning needs are met. Ensuring free access to water and promoting a regular water intake throughout the school day is a vital role for schools in promoting health and providing a healthy learning environment.
For more than two decades, AquAid has been involved in campaigns spearheading the importance of drinking water. We understand a hydrated child is a much happier child. Consequently, we have always encouraged our school customers to provide readily available drinking water for both the children and the entire school contingent.
Drawing from our wide range of high quality water dispensers, we offer a selection of Mains-Fed water coolers for large schools where the water consumption is high as well as Bottle-Fed water coolers for either smaller educational facilities or where there are no water mains available at a drinking water area.
We provide Touch-Free water coolers. Our water coolers are equipped with anti-bacterial taps for increased hygienic water dispensing and various drainage options to reduce overflow and spillage wherever possible.
Moreover, to help create and instil better hydration habits, we also offer free refillable drinking water bottles and free school posters to help keep water top of mind during the school day.
by Fern Shaw | Jan 20, 2022 | water cooler, water dispenser
There is ample information available about refreshment, refreshing, how to refresh. We decided to take a closer look at what exactly refresh means – when pertaining to hydration that is.
Drinking water regularly doesn’t often top the refreshment list – it’s often seen as a chore more than something one does for enjoyment. Which is a pity as making regular visits to your water cooler – whether it be a mainsfed or bottled water dispenser to replenish your water glass or bottle – is just about the simplest and kindest manner in which to refresh yourself.
There are scores of literature and countless research and case studies available that illustrate the refreshment arising from ensuring you have a constant supply of drinking water available throughout your working hours.
A few refreshing facts – drinking water regularly:
- Increases your brain’s ability to better concentrate and focus – aiding all round cognitive function.
- Is one of the best ways to *boost your metabolism; one study* found that people who drank as little as 500ml water had their metabolic rates increase by 30 percent.
- Improves mood and well-being, which in itself creates feeling refreshed.
- Reduces fine lines and wrinkles, plumps up the skin leaving you feeling invigorated and refreshed.
No matter your physical makeup, level of activity, the type of work you do, drinking water is truly the simplest route to feeling refreshed every day. Cheers!
*sources: eatthis.com and Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
by Fern Shaw | Jan 10, 2022 | water cooler, Water Coolers, water dispenser
Irrespective of your take on climate change, radically changing weather patterns year on year or the crucial drop in natural water supply globally, there is no denying that the stats speak volumes:
771 Million people lack access to potable water.*
1.7 Billion People lack access to improved sanitation.
Approximately 60% of the global population lives without access to a toilet.
*stats from Water.org
The ramifications of these statistics and the volume of people it affects can seem quite daunting in terms of how to address this global issue. The good news, though, is that there are multiple organisations that continue, year on year, to provide sustainable solutions to the lack of water and adequate sanitation to those in need.
Sustainability may seem like a 21st century buzzword – bandied about without much meaning, but the truth of it is – sustainability is vital in the provision of water and sanitation to those for who access to water is an ongoing fight for actual survival.
Sustainable water projects are those that include both short term and long-term solutions that pave the way forward by enabling a community to begin water related projects that may provide them with a capacity to earn an income or to trade their produce or services to others.
There’s much truth in the adage, ‘Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime’, but before we implement this philosophy, help is needed to provide water to communities that more often than not, do not have the most basic of infrastructures for a steady supply of water.
That’s why here at AquAid Water Coolers we have, since our humble beginnings over two decades ago, partnered with charities that not only provide emergency relief but also sustainable solutions to poverty around the globe, as is the case with Christian Aid and in the case of The Africa Trust, throughout Africa.
To learn more about the work that these organisations carry out, visit us at our website, and see how your water and water dispenser purchases are making a visible difference to others.
by Fern Shaw | Dec 10, 2021 | water cooler
We may be jumping the sleigh so to speak talking about such festive season topics but hey, when the season grabs you, it grabs you.
Before we sled in (sadly, yes, Dad jokes come with the territory too) let’s establish what exactly wassailing is.
According to whychristmas.com, “Wassailing is essentially an ancient tradition involving the ceremonial preparation and drinking of the wassail to herald either New Year’s Eve or Twelfth Night.
Originally, the wassail was a drink made of mulled ale, curdled cream, roasted apples, eggs, cloves, ginger, nutmeg and sugar. Served from huge bowls, often made of silver or pewter, the bowl was carried into a room with great fanfare, a traditional carol about the drink was sung, and finally, the steaming hot drink was served. From this, it developed into another way of saying ‘Merry Christmas’ to each other.
In some parts of England such as Somerset and Sussex, where apples are grown, especially for cider, wassailing still takes place on Twelfth Night, or New Year’s Eve or even Christmas Eve. It’s also common to place toasted bread, soaked in beer or cider, into the boughs of the trees to feed and thank the trees for giving apples. That’s where the term to ‘toast’ someone with a drink comes from.”
Which leads us to answer the question as to whether you can wassail using your drinking water? In principal, we suppose that’s a given (as every drink has water as its base) although if the question is can water be your wassail drink i.e. water instead of mulled ale etc. – that’s a bit of a cloudy issue (curdled cream and all that). If you’re wassailing while at the office, perhaps a water wassail is the safest bet. If you’re wassailing outside the office, we have no opinion. However, if you dispense your water cooler drinking water to create your wassail outside of the workplace, you’ll find us more tight-lipped than the crew at the North Pole are about what presents you’re getting.
However you choose to celebrate this festive season, we’re using this opportunity to wish you all Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. In the words of possibly the most famous of all Christmas characters:
“God bless us, every one!” ~ Tiny Tim, from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
by Fern Shaw | Dec 7, 2021 | aquaid, bottle fed water coolers, water cooler, Water Coolers
Other than the differing terminology, essentially there is no difference.
Bottled, bottle-fed, bottled water coolers are ideal where portable water or a mains water supply is unavailable. The water coolers provide an efficient method of dispensing refreshing cool and chilled drinking water for any size business, in any industry, including big, medium or small offices, workspaces, construction sites, hotel and catering, schools, colleges and universities.
What is different are the benefits that come standard with every rental, purchase and installation of an AquAid water dispenser, be that a bottled or mains water cooler or water boiler. Benefits that include:
- Free on-site survey to assess your water dispenser requirements.
- 48-Hours delivery and installation of bottle-fed water dispensers.
- With 23 branches across the UK, you have the benefit of an AquAid branch at your convenience.
- Efficiency – whether you need additional bottled water delivered (usually within 24 hours) or you are benefitting from our automatic water cooler sanitisation every three months.
- For every bottle of water we deliver, there is an automatic donation to the charities we support. Charities that implement clean water resources for thousands of communities in need across Africa.
Whatever your bottle-fed, bottled or bottle water preferred terminology, contact us today and benefit from the AquAid difference.
