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SUMMARY:Windrush 76th Year: Leaders' Inspiring Progress
DESCRIPTION:Join this event to recognise the contributions of the Windrush Generation as part of the 76th Anniversary.\n\n\nAudience\nOpen to all Business in the Community (BITC) members and non-members. This event is designed for HR and people management managers/practitioners\, diversity and inclusion managers/practitioners and senior managers. \n\n\nBackground\nWindrush Day takes place on 22 June every year\, to tribute the HMT Empire Windrush ship which arrived at Tilbury Docks\, Kent in 1948. It carried people from across the various British Commonwealth Caribbean islands\, who had been invited to work in the UK to help rebuild its infrastructure and provide their expertise\, following the devastating impact of the second world war. This migration was to span 20 years. \n\n\nThe importance of Race Equality\nAt Business in the Community\, we mark this day every year. This is part of our ongoing campaign championing Race Equality in the workplace. \nAction by employers could boost the UK economy and lead to increased productivity and returns in the workplace.* \nHowever\, these potential gains are stifled by the barriers faced by ethnically diverse talent in the workplace. ‘At this rate\, it would take over 50 years to reach proportional representation of Black talent in finance and professional services’. Moreover\, representation figures from 2022 Office of National Statistics UK population data show that the pace of change has slowed: 50 years could become up to 70 years.’** \n\n\nAbout the event\nFollowing on from last year’s successful event\, which marked the 75th-anniversary celebrations\, we spoke to three fantastic women and BITC Race Leadership Team that descended from the Windrush Generation. They are in the top table of key industries in the UK in our Windrush at the Top: The Black Talent Scorecard event. \nThis year’s event will have an all-male panel of senior leaders\, who are in the top table of key industries in the UK. By joining this event you will: \n\nLearn practical tips on increasing the rate of recruitment\, retention\, and progression of talent from diverse ethnic backgrounds at senior levels.\nRecognise the contributions of the Windrush generation\, 76 years on.\nHear the stories of senior leaders\, descended from the Windrush Generation\, who have progressed to the top table of key industries in the UK.\nDiscover the early insights of the ‘Leadership\, employees\, and procurement’ survey\, in collaboration with YouGov\, which promotes diverse and inclusive supply chains.\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\nRichard Iferenta\, Partner and Vice-Chair\, KPMG and Chair\, BITC’s Race Equality Leadership Team\nJustin Onuekwusi\, Chief Investment Officer\, St James’s Place (SJP)\, and on BITC’s Race Equality Leadership Team\nRoland Ilube OBE\, SVP Finance – Mobility\, Shell\, and on BITC’s Race Equality Leadership Team\nSandra Kerr CBE\, Race Equality Director\, BITC \n\n\n\nBooking\, 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 \n\n\nReferences\n*Department for Business\, Energy & Industrial Strategy\, (2017) Race in the workplace: The McGregor-Smith Review \n*McKinsey & Company\, (2020) Diversity Wins: How Inclusion Matters \n**Bain & Compant\, (2024) Why We Need to Pick up the Pace of Black Representation in Finance and Professional Services in the UK
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/windrush-76th-year-leaders-inspiring-progress/
LOCATION:Online webinar
CATEGORIES:Race Equality
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SUMMARY:Unlocking Talent Pipelines with Inclusive Recruitment Action
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an engaging workshop where we’ll explore the interconnectedness of various factors and discover how inclusive recruitment strategies and meaningful school engagement can not only boost your bottom line but also foster positive change within your community!This event will promote employment and skills and the importance of business playing their part. \n\n\n\nAbout the Event\n\n\n\nDuring the event\, participants will:  \n\n\n\n\nHear about Business in the Community’s Opening Doors Campaign. \n\n\n\nExplore a new\, free to use\, ‘Employer Standards’ self-assessment tool that provide you with a framework outlining best practice in business education outreach.\n\n\n\nUnderstand how Enterprise Advisers working strategically with schools and colleges are changing the recruitment landscape.\n\n\n\n\nAll these sessions will help your business to become a more inclusive recruiter which can help with your recruitment challenges\, help you to make your school engagement more meaningful and effective and lastly\, we will highlight a great opportunity for your senior leaders to volunteer in schools at a strategic and leadership level\, to help schools develop their careers and employability offer to students. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFind out more about the event on LLEP’s website. \n\n\n\nContact details\n\n\n\nFor more information\, contact Annette Ettarh\, Events Manager at BITC.
URL:https://www.bitc.org.uk/event/unlocking-talent-pipelines-with-inclusive-recruitment-action/
LOCATION:MIRA Technology Park MIRA Technology Institute 1 Eastern Avenue Nuneaton Leicestershire CV10 0UX
CATEGORIES:Employment
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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-3/2024-06-19/
LOCATION:Online webinar
CATEGORIES:Health and Wellbeing
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SUMMARY:The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality: Class of 2024
DESCRIPTION:This session will bring together the top 50 listed organisations for The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2024.\n\n\nAudience\nThis event is by invitation only for those organisations who were successful in making the The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2024 listing. \n\n\nThe Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality\nThe Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality is the UK’s most established and in-depth assessment of UK employer efforts to create workplaces where everyone\, regardless of gender\, can thrive. Open to all\, and highly competitive\, applicants share details of their efforts to seize opportunities and address ongoing challenges when it comes to ensuring an inclusive\, equitable working world. Covering topics ranging from support for working parents to pay transparency\, action to address poor workplace behaviour to ensuring an intersectional approach to the agenda; these events will highlight learning from this year’s awards. \n\n\nAbout the event\nJoin us to celebrate the release of The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2024\, managed and assessed by Business in the Community (BITC). \nThe UK’s most established and in-depth assessment of employer efforts to create workplaces where everyone regardless of gender can thrive\, this event brings together successful list-makers to share best practice\, network and of course – celebrate! \nThe afternoon will start with a panel session ‘Delivering a more equal future – how do we keep momentum’ where delegates will hear from industry leaders on areas of best practice and innovation\, and how this thinking is shaping a future focus on gender equity in the UK. \nAfter a quick toast to celebrate\, there is ample time to network with other list makers as well as members of the BITC Assessment Team who will be able to share further insight into best practice seen in this year’s submissions. \n\n\nBooking\, 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/the-times-top-50-employers-for-gender-equality-class-of-2024/
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