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SUMMARY:The Green Skills Opportunity for a Just Transition
DESCRIPTION:Join Business in the Community (BITC) and OVO to explore the role of business and government in empowering employee climate action at work and home.\n \nThis is an in-person event.\n\n\nAudience\nAttendance is open to members and non members of Business in the Community (BITC). \n\n\nAbout the event\nDuring the event\, participants will: \n\nHear how OVO is investing in current and future workforce development\, to achieve net zero by 2035 through its Green Skills Fund and employee benefits.\nMeet people on the frontline of developing skills needed to deliver the UK’s ambitious climate targets and supporting communities to upskill and reskill themselves.\nExplore the role businesses\, government and educators can play\, the opportunities to collaborate to mobilise employees behind a rapid\, just transition to net zero and climate resilience. Along with take away ideas that you can implement in your organisation.\n\n\n\nBackground\nThe impacts of climate change are increasing rapidly. The UK experienced the wettest winter for 130 years\, with February being the hottest month on record and eight named storms causing havoc for businesses and communities between July and December 2023. We must act now to minimise these impacts. But we currently lack the knowledge and skills to deliver the pathways to accelerate the UK’s progress to net zero and climate resilience. \nBooking\, contact details and further information\n\nContact Annette Ettarh\, Events Manager 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
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/ovo-energy-x-bitc-empowering-employee-action-with-decarbonisation/
LOCATION:6 Langley Street\, London\, WC2H 9JA
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SUMMARY:Employer Standards: BITC and CEC Webinar 2
DESCRIPTION:Join us to hear more about how to increase the impact of your education engagement and increase your talent pipeline.\n \nAudience \nThis event is open to both members and non-members of Business in the Community (BITC).  \n\n\nAbout the webinar\nThe Careers and Enterprise Company developed the Employer Standards to support businesses to engage in education in an impactful way. This joint event from the CEC and Business in the Community (BITC) will educate employers on the Standards\, as well as providing insight and information on how your business can get involved and what support you can expect. \nThis is the second in a three-part webinar series\, with each focusing on a different pillar of the Employer Standards. This session will focus on the second pillar: “Prepare Young People to be Career Ready.” \n\n\nGuest Speakers\n\nTBC\n\n\n\nContact details and further information \n\nFor more information\, contact Cormac Healy\, Social Impact Manager\, BITC. \nFull joining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\n\n\nFind out how your organisation can become a member of Business in the Community
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/employer-standards-bitc-and-cec-webinar-2/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Let's Care Together - Programme Introduction (for Employers)
DESCRIPTION:This webinar is for employers and wellbeing leads to introduce our new virtual befriending initiative to support carer’s wellbeing. \n\n\n\nAudience \n\n\n\nThis is a virtual event open to employers\, wellbeing leads and employee carer networks. \n\n\n\nBackground \n\n\n\nBusiness in the Community (BITC) and leading healthcare provider Simplyhealth\, have come together to co-create the Let’s Care Together programme. \n\n\n\nResearch shows that unpaid carers have worse wellbeing outcomes than non-carers\, and are likely to be time-poor due to their caring responsibilities*. The programme aims to support carers by streamlining access to resources and providing practical support across the four pillars of wellbeing: Physical\, Mental\, Social and Financial. This support will include helping people with caring responsibilities to connect with friends and family\, community groups and wider support\, find wellbeing information and gain financial confidence. \n\n\n\nOur volunteer befrienders will work on a one-to-one basis with each carer on one or all of the following\, depending on their preference: ​ \n\n\n\n\nIncreasing connection to their local community\, improving overall social wellbeing and reducing any feelings of isolation. ​\n\n\n\nSupporting financial independence and knowledge of financial tools/support available.​\n\n\n\nAccess to practical support and tools for their physical wellbeing. ​\n\n\n\nBeing a regular listening ear and friendly face to offer support and guidance.​\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\nIn this webinar you will learn how our Let’s Care Together programme can support unpaid carers (over 18) with their wellbeing\, through pairing them with an online befriender. \n\n\n\nJoin this session to learn more about how your beneficiaries\, or colleagues with caring responsibilities could benefit from the programme. \n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\nUsha Manojkanth – BITC Programme Manager \n\n\n\nSimon Walters – BITC Programme Manager \n\n\n\nMichelle Brannen – BITC Programme Manager \n\n\n\nBooking\, contact details and further information\n\n\n\n\nEmail care@bitc.org.uk\, for any further questions.\n\n\n\nThe session will take place on Teams.\n\n\n\nJoining instructions will be sent before the event.\n\n\n\n\nAbout Business in the Community \n\n\n\nBusiness in the Community is the largest and longest-established movement dedicated to responsible business in the UK\, formed in 1982 and with HM The King as our Royal Founding Patron. Together with our network of businesses we are leading the UK to create a fair and sustainable world in which to live and work. \n\n\n\n*Carers UK 2022 – Unpaid carers continue to suffer poorer health- with some groups adversely affected.
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/lets-care-together-programme-introduction-for-employers-3/2024-05-21/
LOCATION:Online webinar
CATEGORIES:Health and Wellbeing
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SUMMARY:Peer Learning Forum: Psychological Safety
DESCRIPTION:Join this Peer Learning Forum to explore the key concepts of psychological safety and identify ways to create a psychologically safe environment at work.\n\n\nAudience\nOur Peer Learning Forums are now open to all Business in the Community (BITC) members who have advisory in their membership package. Hosted by our issue experts\, there are 20 forums a year\, covering a range of responsible business areas and enabling our members to discuss challenges\, solutions and ideas. \nWe particularly encourage those in a wellbeing\, health and safety\, EDI\, or HR role to attend this event. \nBackground\nPsychological safety is a team concept in which it’s OK to take risks\, to express ideas and concerns\, to speak up with questions\, and to admit mistakes — all without fear of negative consequences. \nOriginally coined by Amy Edmondson in 1995\, the concept of psychological safety has become part of workplace culture; there is growing evidence* to indicate that higher-performing teams actually make more mistakes than lower-performing teams. Furthermore\, the higher performing teams were admitting more mistakes\, whilst the lower performing teams were more likely to hide theirs. \nPsychological safety is therefore imperative to positive group performance; via this honesty and openness\, risks are reduced\, new ideas are generated\, the team can execute those ideas\, and everyone feels included. Building psychological safety not only improves organisational outcomes\, but it’s the right thing to do. \n\n\nAbout this event\nThis Peer Learning Forum for BITC members will explore some of the key concepts of psychological safety\, as indicated by Dr. Timothy Clarke\, as well as the risks and opportunities to business\, when psychological safety is embedded within organisational culture. \nWe will: \n\nMake the case for why psychological safety should be adopted at all levels of organisational culture;\nExplore why psychological safety is a driver for positive individual and workplace wellbeing and inclusion outcomes;\nUncover the benefits to businesses and individuals as experienced in other organisations;\nDiscuss how organisations have embedded psychological safety across their organisation\, within teams and peer-to-peer and manager relationships.\n\nGuest speakers \n\n\nChris Garrow\, Head of Safe\, Sustainable and Wellbeing\, VVB Engineering\n\n\nBooking\, contact details and further information\n\nContact Jessica Hart\, Events Coordinator 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\nReferences \n*Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/peer-learning-forum-psychological-safety/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Cross Organisational Mentoring Circle 12th Cohort Close
DESCRIPTION:Join mentors and mentees of the 12th Cohort to celebrate success together.\n\n\nThis is an online event. \nAudience\nOpen to all Business in the Community (BITC) members and non-members who have participated in the 12th Cohort of the Cross Organisational Mentoring Circle (COMC) programme. \n\n\nBackground\nBITC’s Cross Organisational Mentoring Circle (COMC) programme connects mentees from racialised groups with mentors from other organisations. The programme provides personal development opportunities\, facilitates the expansion of professional networks and encourages shared learning with peers and leaders from other participating organisations. \nThe six-month programme comprises monthly meetings with a regular mentor. In addition\, there is access to BITC’s network of guest mentors who can provide masterclasses on topics ranging from networking and relationship management to public speaking and personal branding. \n\n\nAbout the event\nThis event will bring together mentors and mentees of the 12th cohort of the Cross Organisational Mentoring Circles\, which is now drawing to a close\, to celebrate success\, share best practices\, and network across all circles. \nAttendees will engage\, reflect\, and share with peers\, and thank those who have supported them along the journey. They will also hear from fellow mentors and mentees about their experiences in the mentoring circle programme. Our Race Equality Director\, will share practical top tips to build capacity and racialised groups colleague’s progression. \n \n\n\nBooking and contact details and further information\n\nContact Florence Hughes\,Events Manager 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
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/cross-organisational-mentoring-circle-12th-cohort-close/
LOCATION:Online
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