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SUMMARY:Aberdeen Responsible Business Network - Cost of Living\, Financial Wellbeing
DESCRIPTION:Addressing the cost of living\, improving financial wellbeing\n\n\nThis is an in person event. \nAudience\nThe Aberdeen Responsible Business Network is open to both BITC members and non-members and is free to join. It is open to all job levels too\, if you are passionate about Responsible Business in Aberdeen you are welcome to join us.  \n\n\nBackground\nBITC set up the Aberdeen Responsible Business Network in 2019\, it was born out of a need for professionals who were tasked with driving Responsible Business activity across their businesses\, often off the side of their desks\, to have a better connection to individuals who were trying to achieve the same impact. \n\n\nAbout the Event:\nLearn what is available to enable employers\, people in the community\, entrepreneurs and young people to address today’s economic environment. \nThe event topic: \n\nRecognises the challenges faced by the most vulnerable in our communities\, those in work\, responsible for their own business and those yet to enter the workforce and\,\nOffers practical insights and examples for you and your business to consider\, support\, implement and/or highlight to others for their benefit\nPutting resources in place\, sign posting related help and supporting programmes all help mitigate the negative consequences associated with the cost of living crisis and strengthen employee and community wellbeing\n\n\n\nRefreshments\nTea/coffee and a light lunch will be served \n\n\nBooking and contact details and further information\n\nContact Evelyn.Rorie@bitc.org.uk at BITC for any further questions.\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community \n\n\nAgenda: \n1230 Networking – light lunch provided  \n1300 Welcome \n\nBusiness in the Community\, Scotland Director\, Louisa Macdonell \n\n1305 Resources for Entrepreneurs \n\nBarclays\, Ecosystem Manager\, Nick Bansal \n\n1312 Financial wellbeing for community groups and young people \n\nSpeaker to be announced\, Barclays \n\n1320 Support for those moving on from homelessness to make sure it is rare\, brief and non-recurring \n\nRoyal Foundation\, Homewards Local Delivery Lead\, Anu Kasim\nSeonaidh Baker\, Development & Public Relations Manager\, Seven Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen \n\n1340  Community funding for Anti-poverty and Inequality measures to mitigate the cost of living crisis – \n\nCommunity Planning Aberdeen\, Strategic Lead\, Prevention and Community Empowerment\, Michelle Crombie \n\n1350 An update on BITC’s programme to reducing poverty for those in work \n\nBITC Scotland Director\, Louisa Macdonell \n\n1400 Close 
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/aberdeen-responsible-business-network-cost-of-living-financial-wellbeing/
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SUMMARY:Volunteer Befrienders - Lunch & Learn
DESCRIPTION: \n\n\nLet’s Care Together- Supporting those who look after others\nA Lunch and Learn session about the volunteer Befriender role in the Let’s Care Together programme. \nBusiness in the Community (BITC) and leading healthcare provider Simplyhealth\, have come together to co-create the Let’s Care Together programme to support the wellbeing of carers through a series of virtual befriending sessions. \n1 in 7 people in the workplace are juggling a caring responsibility and over 5 million people in England and Wales have a caring responsibility. Caring can impact on someone’s mental\, physical and financial health as they deal with a lot emotionally and have multiple responsibilities to juggle. \n\n\nHow does the programme support?\nEmployees volunteers are trained to become befrienders. \n\nBusinesses support the programme by offering employee volunteers the opportunity to become befrienders.\nEmployee volunteers receive comprehensive training on being a befriender and are provided with all the required tools and resources*.\nBefrienders and carers join the programme and create a profile.\nThe carer then chooses a befriender and sends a match request.\nBefrienders and their partnered carer meet virtually for six sessions of 60 minutes over two to four months.\n\n*Guidance and support will be provided throughout the programme. \n\n\nThis Lunch and Learn session will tell you about the role of a Befriender and how to get involved. \n\n\nBooking\, contact details and further information\n\nContact john.riddell@bitc.org.uk if you have any questions about this session.\n\n\nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\n\nFind out more about BITC’s Let’s Care Together programme.
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/volunteer-befrienders-lunch-learn/
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