Charity sector to suffer 60,000 job losses due to coronavirus August 19, 2020 The charity sector has lost more than 25,000 jobs since the coronavirus pandemic began and a further 35,000 could go, according to new data. Analysis of a survey of 455 charities has revealed that there are an estimated five times as many redundancies as the official 5,400 that have been announced. The research from Pro Bono [...]
Power of Inclusion events continue to raise awareness July 1, 2020 | Sponsored In the second of the popular Power of Inclusion events we continued to raise awareness of structural barriers and internal beliefs that stop those from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds progressing in their careers. The session focussed on recruitment and what it looks like to hire the best talent there is irrespective of their background or route into [...]
City of London Corporation donates £200,000 to cancer charity June 24, 2020 The City of London Corporation has donated £200,000 through its City Bridge Trust to a Hammersmith-based charity that helps people cope with the financial impact of cancer. Maggie’s, which has 23 centres across the UK, will use the funds to employ a specialist welfare rights and benefits adviser, to help those diagnosed with cancer seek [...]
Life after lockdown: Returning to the classroom won’t be straightforward for our vulnerable children June 24, 2020 2020 is not the year anyone expected. The coronavirus pandemic has upended the lives of millions: people have lost jobs, been furloughed or taken pay cuts, and purse strings have tightened as a result. The impact has been especially hard on this country’s disadvantaged families — in particular, children’s education. It is a challenge I [...]
How to encourage your employees to their mental health share stories? June 15, 2020 | Sponsored On Thursday 11 June 2020 The Lord Mayor’s Appeal welcomed over 70 people to the second in our This is Me 2020 webinar series. The focus was on ‘How to encourage your employees to share stories’ as part of the programme that supports organisations to create healthier and more inclusive workplace cultures. We know that [...]
An introduction to social mobility: What is it and why is it important? June 8, 2020 | Sponsored On Thursday 4 June over 100 people gathered online to explore the issue and ask the question ‘An introduction to social mobility: What is it and why is it important?’ in the first of The Lord Mayor’s Appeal’s Power of Inclusion series, which this year focuses on social mobility. The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor [...]
Join in the Virtual Big Sing to raise funds for The Lord Mayor’s Appeal May 29, 2020 | Sponsored Recent weeks have seen choirs getting together via Zoom, people from across the country gather together in the BBC Lockdown Orchestra for You Got The Love, and new virtual singing groups popping up. These things bring us together at a time when community and connection is so important. And singing has been shown to have [...]
Telling your mental health story through film May 22, 2020 | Sponsored Over the last few years The Lord Mayor’s Appeal’s This is Me initiative has been encouraging businesses to support employees to share their experiences of mental health at work. This might be an existing mental health issue, a recently diagnosed condition, something exacerbated by work or entirely unrelated. What we do know is that the [...]
The Lord Mayor’s Appeal speaks to Dr Joanna Abeyie on mental health May 21, 2020 | Sponsored The Lord Mayor’s Appeal’s This is Me is committed to changing attitudes around mental health and strives to create healthier and more inclusive workplaces by reducing stigma, dispelling myths, and improving employee wellbeing for good. It helps organisations encourage their employees to open the conversation around mental health by sharing their personal experiences, be of [...]
London comes together to #endthestigma May 20, 2020 | Sponsored Our mental health matters. To amplify the importance of kindness, both to others and to ourselves, and demonstrate a commitment to ending the stigma around mental health, senior leaders from mental health organisations London wide have come together to lend their voice to a common message and offer support and solidarity. In this video they [...]