As part of our work in raising awareness during Learning Disability Week, Claire Cookson, CEO at DFN Project SEARCH shares information about the meaningful employment opportunities they generate and provide for thousands of young people with learning disabilities and autism across the UK.
Starting a new job is an exciting time for employees, you meet new faces and take on new responsibilities, all whilst learning (and adding to!) the culture, attitude and behaviours of your new environment.
The 2022 World Environment Day campaign #OnlyOneEarth calls for collective, transformative action on a global scale to celebrate, protect and restore our planet. To celebrate the day we interviewed Beth Thoren from Patagonia on what is means to be a responsible business, and how they effectively balance purpose and profit.
I’ve worked in this sector for 15 years and I can’t imagine doing anything else. It’s incredibly varied – over the course of my career, I’ve lobbied for more renewables, equal treatment for people with mental health conditions, fair wages…
When I first started working in marcomms, my focus was on the role not the sector. However, as time went by, and my aplomb grew, I became more discerning. My social conditioning made me oriented to people over profit, so while progressing my career I came to realise that my values were non-negotiable.
Rethink Mental Illness has a vision for equality, rights, fair treatment and maximum quality of life for all those affected by mental illness, their carers, family and friends. As one of the largest charitable providers of services for people living with mental illness, they are well placed to make a direct impact on the care people receive.
For Mental Health Awareness Week, we spoke with Josephine Namusisi-Riley, who is currently the Lead for the Parents and Communities Together (PACT) programme at Citizens UK, a Trustee at the Maudsley Charity and Founder of White Allies, an alternative approach to tackling racism.
For Mental Health Awareness Week, we spoke with Linda Bryant, Chief Executive of Together for Mental Wellbeing who shared her thoughts and insights with us on how the conversation around mental distress is increasing but there is still more to be done.
The new Kinship Peer-to-Peer Support Service which received £1mil Government funding (through the Department for Education), the first of its kind, is being developed to provide those carers with emotional support and help them build communities in their local area.
Let’s face it, hybrid working is here to stay. Employees want it, organisations recognise the value of it and technology allows it. This means that many roles no longer need to be advertised or based in a specific location, making the London-centric charity market a thing of the past.
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