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SUMMARY:Keep Britain Working Review Launch Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Business in the Community is delighted to host a review launch discussion in partnership with the review’s authors\, exclusively for members.\n\n\nAbout the event\nFollowing the launch of the Keep Britain Working review\, led by Sir Charlie Mayfield\, former Chairman of the John Lewis Partnership\, Business in the Community is delighted to host a Review Launch Discussion in partnership with the review’s authors\, exclusively for our members. \nThis session offers BITC members a unique opportunity to hear directly from those involved in leading the review\, gain first-hand insight into the recommendations\, and explore how your organisation can play a pivotal role in shaping the future of workplace health and wellbeing through the first stage of implementation. It’s also a chance to position your organisation as a visible leader in driving national reform in this critical space. \nBusiness in the Community’s Leadership Teams – alongside our Wellbeing and Education\, Employment and Skills campaigns – have supported shaping the review\, drawing on nearly two decades of evidence-based leadership in workplace wellbeing. We anticipate this to be a defining moment for the UK’s approach to workplace wellbeing – ushering in bold\, forward-looking change. \nKeep Britain Working is an independent review\, commissioned by the Secretaries of State for Work and Pensions and Business and Trade in November 2024\, to explore the role of employers in tackling health based economic inactivity and promoting healthy and inclusive workplaces. \n\n\nAudience\nThis event is open to BITC Member organisations. This event is designed for senior leaders\, and is also highly relevant for HR\, wellbeing\, and ED&I professionals who want to stay ahead of emerging trends and help shape the future of work. \nPlaces are limited to two people per organisation. \n\n\nBooking\, contact details and further information\n\nContact Events@bitc.org.uk 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/keep-britain-working-review-launch-discussion/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Opening Doors to Good Work: Partnerships to support early talent
DESCRIPTION:Join Business in the Community (BITC) and the Greater London Authority (GLA) for an energising event on opening doors to early talent.\n\n\nThis is an in-person event \nAudience\nThis event is open to members and non-members of BITC and designed for HR Directors\, HR Managers\, Responsible Business leads\, EDI Leads. \n\n\nBackground\nOpening Doors is BITC’s flagship inclusive recruitment campaign. Free and open to all employers\, the campaign aims to make 2 million jobs more accessible by building a supporting network of businesses committed to fair and inclusive hiring. \nThe Mayor’s Good Work Standard aims to improve working lives for Londoners by bringing together best employment practice\, setting the benchmark for excellent employment practices and helping businesses support and value their staff. \n\n\nAbout the event\nIf the UK was made up of 100 employers\, 22 would close their doors to disabled people\, 35 would close their doors to school leavers and 55 would close their doors to ex-offenders. For employers\, opening their doors to diverse talent and creating inclusive workplaces creates social and economic value. \nInclusive recruitment is more than a moral imperative; it’s a strategic business priority. Good jobs and inclusive working environments significantly improve staff retention and performance. Yet only 1 in 8 employers have recruitment\, training or retention strategies for young people under 25 years old (British Chamber of Commerce). \nAs part of Good Employment Week\, Business in the Community and the Greater London Authority are hosting an event for Employers\, HR\, Inclusion and Recruitment professionals who want to understand how to build effective partnerships to attract and retain untapped future talent. \nAt the event\, we will hear from the Deputy Mayor for Business and Growth on London’s Inclusive Talent Strategy ambitions\, share BITC’s Opening Doors Progress Report 2025 findings\, host an employer panel to highlight leading practice. Attendees will take part in breakout sessions facilitated by expert organisations such as Youth Employment UK\, LTSB\, Generation UK and GoodWork. Sessions will include youth voices to ensure lived experience and diverse perspectives are heard. The facilitated sessions will focus on ‘what works’ in creating impactful partnerships. Attendees will have the opportunity to network and connect with expert partnership organisations in a ‘marketplace’ zone. \nConfirmed speakers include: \n\nHoward Dawber OBE\, Deputy Mayor of London for Business and Growth\, GLA\nOla Kolade\, Employment and Skills Director\, BITC \nAnastasia Fernandes\, Head of Supply Chain and Operations\, Ingeus\n\nEvelina Ditkute\, Social Impact Talent Acquisition Lead\, Sodexo \n\nShaquil Leurs\, Former Business in the Community Intern\n\n\n\nRefreshments\nThe event will include light refreshments \n\n\nBooking and contact details and further information\n\nContact events@bitc.org.uk with any 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/opening-doors-to-good-work-partnerships-to-support-early-talent/
LOCATION:London
CATEGORIES:Employment and Skills
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SUMMARY:Peer Learning Forum: Future proofing your business to 2050
DESCRIPTION:Join us to discuss the future outlook and how to prepare the business for the future\, whatever that holds.\n\n\nThis is an online event taking place on Microsoft Teams \n \nAudience\nBusiness in the Community (BITC) members\, as well as non-members who have an advisory package with us. 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. \n\n\nAbout the event\nResponsible business is about looking ahead\, planning for the unplannable and ensuring that you’re ready to stay in business\, continuing to provide good work to employees and good products and services to customers long into the future. However\, the paradigms are shifting\, a Net Zero economy where robots and AI hold all the jobs\, seems like something out of a film rather than reality\, but times they are a changing and businesses need to be prepared for seismic shifts over shorter periods of time. The previous industrial revolutions happened across centuries\, whilst this one is happening in a decade (if that?!) \nBITC frameworks built on member company experiences\, regulations and leading practice consider megatrends\, risks and opportunities and responsible decision making and innovation to support companies to prepare and pivot. In these times of uncertainty and major global change\, is it even possible to future proof your business to 2050? Well\, we hope so. Join BITC member companies to discuss the future outlook and how to prepare the business for the future\, whatever that holds. \n\n\nAbout Business in the Community’s Peer Learning Forums\nBITC’s Peer Learning Forums provide a confidential environment to discuss common issues\, solutions\, and good practice. There will be an emphasis on discussion and sharing experiences. All contributions from businesses will be confidential within the group and won’t be shared externally by BITC. \n \nBooking and contact details and further information\n\nContact Jessica.hart@bitc.org.uk \, Event Coordinator\, 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/peer-learning-forum-future-proofing-your-business-to-2050/
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