Community is good for our mental health and wellbeing. That’s the message behind this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week, 12th to 18th May. Run by the Mental Health Foundation, the campaign seeks to explore the many ways that feeling part of a community can support and nurture improved mental health. Of course there are many […]
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Jun
Jun
Volunteering is now a mainstream activity, with many options available for people to do their bit. To mark Volunteers’ Week, 1-7 June, we look at the benefits of volunteering, the forms it can take and how to go about getting into it.
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Nov
Nov
Thursday 11th November is Social Enterprise Day 2021. We run Cordell Health as a social enterprise, committed to reinvesting profits to create positive social change. Our business is driven by a social mission, changing the employment focus from disability to ability.
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Sep
Sep
It is too easy to make the topic of diversity and inclusion one centred around what organisations, their leaders, their managers and their diversity champions ought to be doing. We are missing the point. Inclusion has much less to do with organisational initiatives and much more to do with a personal commitment to action which each and every one of us should be making.
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Nov
Nov
Imagine if money were no object, what sort of business would you run? Would you pay someone to do the jobs you hate or spend it on a big budget ad? Would you invest in the best staff benefits money could buy; duvet days, flexible working, free lunch, gym memberships, and unlimited annual leave? Imagine […]