FREE WEBINAR: 2nd Supporting Employees through the Cost of Living Crisis
Financial wellbeing strategies that address the cost of living crisis
The cost of living crisis has had a major impact on the financial and mental health and wellbeing of your employees; with 70% of employees now worrying more about money and 76% of these suffering with worse mental health as a result. Following on from the success of our sell-out 2022 #CoLCrisis Conference we are running this free follow-up event offering practical initiatives to best support your employees.
HR are uniquely positioned to provide financial and wellbeing solutions to a stressed out and struggling workforce.
Feedback from delegates, thought-leaders and progressive organisations firmly illustrate the need for employers to put time and resources into creating financially healthy workplaces. This free webinar is an information packed hour that will deliver practical solutions to support your employees through the current economic downturn. How do you ensure your employees are getting a fair deal and what smart alternatives can you offer to help retain your workforce through these challenging times ahead?
Delegate feedback from our 1st Conference
“Very good debate about what can be done moving forward, looking forward to implementing some of what was discussed."
"I enjoyed the discussion about alternative incentives, as our organisation had not considered these."
"Highlighted some very key issues and viable practical solutions."
"Great insights into the impacts of financial stress on mental health, the importance of confident managers to have conversations and signpost for help."
"Very high quality of content discussed".
"An excellent and well rounded sessions covering the whole crisis in a nutshell"
Which functions will benefit from attending
- HR, Recruitment and Resourcing, Talent, Training, Policy & Strategy, Legal, Operations, Line Management, Equality, Organisational Development, Engagement, People Development, Learning & Development and all staff with responsibilities in this area
Schedule
Welcome
Guy Otty
Managing Director , Business Forums International Ltd. (BFI)
Following a successful career in media sales and financial recruitment, Guy started Business Forums International Ltd. over 25 years ago with his co-director Elizabeth Smith. Drawing on his extensive international experience in headhunting and senior recruitment, he is enviably placed to predict and respond to key HR challenges, from the 2006 pandemic to Brexit and beyond. Under his leadership, the company has become a leading HR and business management conference and training company looking to address the latest issues and concerns facing organisations.
Prioritising and supporting financial wellbeing and employee mental health
Niamh Nicholson
Partnerships and Helpline Coordinator , Anxiety UK
Starting as a volunteer on the helpline with Anxiety UK, Niamh found the experience so rewarding she was keen to join the team full time and contribute to the impactful work done at the organisation. Niamh is a degree educated biologist who, following a few years working in the biotechnology industry, changed career paths and joined the Anxiety UK team as a staff member in 2020. Her role in the organisation primarily involves management of the national helpline; part of the strong support delivery arm of Anxiety UK which also offers therapy, groups, courses and much more. Niamh also coordinates commercial and charity partnerships alongside delivering workplace training and online webinars. As such, she has experience of delivering talks and training to a wide range of audiences. Niamh is passionate about raising awareness of anxiety and sharing the ways in which it can be managed so that people dealing with anxiety know they are not alone. Anxiety UK is a user-led charity which provides access to services for people with a range of anxiety, stress and anxiety-based depression conditions.
- Overcoming stigma and enabling difficult conversations: key skills for senior and middle managers
- Understanding and reacting to warning signs: essential proactive strategy
- Designing and delivering interventions: five key considerations to maximise effectiveness
- Providing and communicating access to counselling: what are the smart employers doing?
DISCUSSION: Practical initiatives: What works and what doesn’t?
Duncan Brown
Principal Associate at IES & Visiting Professor , University of Greenwich
Duncan has 30 years’ experience working in major HR consultancies and employment institutes, including Willis Towers Watson and IES. He also spent five years as the deputy CEO at CIPD. His clients have included National Grid, the Cabinet Office, the Department of Health, Unicef UK and the Fairtrade Foundation. He has carried out major reviews for the government of the pay determination methodologies for groups including doctors and dentists and the judiciary. He has been on expert panels on topics including employee engagement, fair pay and pensions; and he inputted extensively on the gender pay reporting proposals. He was also a member of the research team that have carried out the gender pay gap in medicine review. Earlier this year, he was confirmed in the top ten HR Most Influential Thinkers list produce by Human Resources magazine.
Katherine Chapman
Director , Living Wage Foundation
Katherine joined the Living Wage Foundation as Director in March 2016. The Living Wage Foundation oversees the Living Wage movement in the UK and accredits employers who pay all direct staff and regular contractors the real Living Wage. Since Katherine joined, the number of Living Wage employers in the UK has grown to 10,000 including 50% of the FTSE 100 and thousands of small firms. The Foundation has also launched a new benchmark Living Hours and is developing a Living Pension. Before joining the Foundation, Katherine was Assistant Director at the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, a public body providing leadership on employment and skills issues in the UK working with industry leaders and policy makers on strategies to boost productivity, wages and social mobility. Previously Katherine was Head of Education and Skills at Policy Connect bringing together business leaders, public bodies and parliamentarians on a range of issues including the gender skills gaps, careers advice and Apprenticeships. Katherine is a trustee of the Good Business Charter in the UK and a Commissioner for the Business Commission to Tackle Inequality for the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
Non-financial solutions and how to communicate them
Carolina de Almeida
Training Manager , Advocacy Focus
Carolina is the Training Manager at Advocacy Focus. She specialises in supporting the creation of happier and healthier workplaces, through the delivery of evidence-based and action-focused training solutions. Carolina has worked with community groups, charities, public and private sector organisations of different sizes to assess their wellbeing needs and by tailoring training and support packages has supported the implementation of impactful mental health and wellbeing, and menopause initiatives. Carolina is a Mental Health First Aid England Instructor and an advocate for accessible mental health care, especially dedicated to having mental health conversations and increasing awareness of poor mental health within marginalised communities. Carolina is the host of Advocacy Focus’ own podcast, FocusAF, which aims to increase awareness of a wide range of advocacy and mental health topics through an informal conversational format with experts in the sector. Managing all aspects of training for the charity, the training delivered by Carolina funds vital community services in Lancashire, Trafford, and St Helens where Advocacy Focus support children, young people, and adults in all aspects of health and social care.
- Staff wellbeing initiatives – what to prioritise
- Flexible and remote working solutions – beyond the four-day week
- Accessible workplaces – who’s your team?
Close of webinar
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Event supported by
Launched back in 2004, Mindful Employer is a UK wide initiative run by Devon Partnership NHS Trust. Providing employers with easy access to professional workplace mental health training, information and advice; our goal is to help empower organisations – large or small – to take a lead in supporting the mental wellbeing of staff.
