Supporting Voluntary and Community Action
With ministerial responsibility for charities already in flux, many in the sector will feel that their ability to influence government has been further downgraded with Nigel Huddleston, who is already sport and tourism minister, now also taking responsibility for charities.
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Diversity has been a hot topic for several years with organisations stating they intend to become more representative and inclusive, but progress hasn't always matched the rhetoric. There is much to be gained from a diverse board with a wide range of lived experience as well as a range of...
Do you and your team have the confidence to respond to workplace sexual harassment?
Every day, people across the UK are being sexually harassed at work. TUC research reveals that 1 in 2 women workers, 7 in 10 LGBT workers and 7 in 10 disabled women workers have experienced sexual...
Do you want to help your organisation take positive climate action but can't find the time or resource to make a start? The University of Bristol can help. ...
Delegates from across the world are gathering in Glasgow next month for Cop26 – the most important climate negotiations for a generation, probably ever. These leaders, based on our votes, have the planet’s future in their hands. Second to voting, however, there’s a strong argument that what we...
Mothers for mothers: happy 40th anniversary
This year the Bristol based charity Mothers for Mothers celebrates 40 years of supporting women living with perinatal mental illness.
Their story began with a group of women in then North Avon who had survived Post Natal Illnesses (PNI...
As employers open up offices again in line with pandemic restrictions easing, some organisations are feeling the need to offer incentives to returning workers. Having provided free snacks, pool tables, table football and cool, casual workspaces in the past, free ice cream and cash bonuses are...
The history of Black History Month
Did you know the UK event was founded in 1987 after the founder Ghanaian-born Akyaaba Addai Sebo, a special projects officer at the Greater London Council, had visited America in the 1970s and experienced the event there?...
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As we mark the start of Black history...
