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Employee Wellbeing: Not just a 'nice to have', but essential for business performance!
16 February 2024
Many managers know staff wellbeing is important, but many find it hard to find time or ways to support their teams’ unique wellbeing needs: At Rener Wellbeing, we have surveyed thousands of managers across a range of organisations globally, when developing bespoke wellbeing strategies for their organisations. From the data, we know that most managers understand why employee wellbeing is important and why they should be creating enabling and encouraging environments for their staff. We recognise the challenges that managers face in supporting the wellbeing of their teams - time constraints is the main obstacle, followed by a lack of knowledge on the practical ways to support their teams’ wellbeing.
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When children with SEND can express themselves, the world becomes a better place 6 February 2024 Children can make connections with their teachers and friends, and thrive at school even when they don’t have the words to say how they’re feeling – writes Kim Graham, lead practitioner and specialist teacher, Northumberland High Incidence Needs Team. If you are unable to take part in a discussion, explain what you need or join in with a group activity, life becomes incredibly isolating. Read article
Broaden Horizons with Technology 1 February 2024 While great strides have been made with LGBTQ+ equality in recent years, there is still so much more to be done to improve how these topics are discussed in school. Teaching children about sex education, human relationships and gender identity is vital to creating more accepting and well rounded global citizens. Education plays a fundamental role here and this is an area about which many teachers are passionate. Read article
COP28: The Key Outcomes You Should Know About 22 December 2023 The world's largest annual climate conference of the parties (COP28) was hosted in Dubai this year. COP28 was attended by negotiators from nearly 200 countries. There was a strong emphasis on cutting emissions and increasing financial support to reach the 1.5°C global temperature limit during the conference. It ended with an agreement that signals the "end of the fossil fuel era," underpinned by deep cuts in emissions and increased financing to support a swift, just, and equitable transition. Read article
Government's Autumn Budget Statement 2023 22 November 2023 The Autumn Statement adopts a responsible approach to ensure a decline in debt, lowers taxes for individuals and businesses, implements welfare reforms to facilitate employment, and eliminates obstacles to business investment, promoting economic growth. The government's focus encompasses five key areas: diminishing debt, cutting taxes and rewarding hard work, supporting British businesses, developing domestic and sustainable energy sources, and providing world-class education. With a more robust fiscal outlook, informed policy decisions in the Autumn Statement endorse reduced taxes and foster long-term, sustainable growth. Read article
How to make primary schools work better for autistic children 29 September 2023 Just a few simple yet effective adaptations can create a more comfortable learning environment to help autistic children thrive at school, writes Alison Eason, head of the Additionally Resourced Provision (ARP) at Chalgrove Primary School. Read article
Government announces new NHS strategy to tackle major conditions and diseases 8 March 2023 The UK Government is to launch a new NHS strategy to tackle major conditions and diseases, including cancers, cardiovascular diseases (including stroke and diabetes), chronic respiratory diseases, dementia, mental ill health, and musculoskeletal disorders. Read article
Case study: Reducing waste in the construction industry 13 February 2023 Wastage in the construction industry is widespread and well-studied. While the UK is making strides in reducing waste, there is a need to focus on utilising materials more efficiently to avoid the build-up of waste to begin with. Without proper planning and waste management solutions construction materials are produced, shipped, transported to site and discarded needlessly, and every step in that process has an energy cost and environmental impact. Read article
How to build gender diversity in the technology sector 8 February 2023 Women in Technology (or Women in Tech) is a generic term for efforts to raise the profile of women in technology-oriented roles in the public, private and voluntary/not-for-profit sectors. The movement has been making great strides to break down the barriers women face when entering and staying in the technology sector. Organisations everywhere should appreciate the significance of having women involved in the development of their products and services as means to make them more inclusive and functional to a wider audience. Read article
New data dashboard launched to support tackling violence against woman and girls strategy 1 February 2023 To support the UK Government’s Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy, as well as many other stakeholders involved in VAWG, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) are developing a new data dashboard. The aim of the dashboard is to bring together relevant data from a variety of sources which, for the first time, allows the evidence base to be visualised in a single, easy-to-access location. It is free to use. Read article

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