Webinars

On Thursday 24 October, Compassionate Employers Lead Faith Holloway, in discussion with Nasrin Oskui, Global Head of Wellbeing at Deutsche Bank. 

This included:

• How to adjust support for different ages, cultures, and career stages
• How to develop your own leadership voice 
• Real examples and success stories from Deutsche Bank 
• Plus lots more! 

If you’re in HR, a wellbeing role, or part of leadership, this conversation will give you practical ideas and real-life examples to take back to your own workplace.

On Wednesday 12 June, Compassionate Employers hosted a session for Carers Week featuring employment lawyer Shadia El Dardiry. The session covered carers rights in the workplace, workplace adjustments for carers as well as where to access further support and signposting. 

Important timestamps: 

• Support for employees: 5:04
• Question and answer session: 22:55
• Tips for line managers on making workplace adjustments: 38:49

You can watch the recording to learn practical ways to support carers better at work.

Click here to download the slide deck from the day. 

On Tuesday, October 10th, Compassionate Employers hosted an insightful panel featuring Nick Speight MBE, Dr Kara Davey, and Charlie King. These experts came together to share professional and personal insights for providing gold-standard support for baby loss in the workplace.
 
Watch the replay to gain access to best practices and walk away with tangible actions to improve your confidence supporting colleagues as well as your overall employee support offer.

Click here to download the Pregnancy Loss Policy from Co-op.

On Thursday 11 May, Compassionate Employers hosted a webinar on 'How to talk about death at work' for Dying Matters Awareness Week.  

The session featured Simon Blake, CEO Mental Health First Aid England, Aongola Victor Simuyemba, Bereavements Lead at Monzo and Faith Holloway, Compassionate Employers Programme Lead at Hospice UK and provided practical advice, tips and tricks on how to start workplace conversations on this often taboo subject.

On Tuesday 22 March, Compassionate Employers hosted a webinar with Andy Whalley, UK People Advice Consultant at Aviva, to share their death in service guide, as well as tips, guidance, and best practice for supporting your organisation through a death in service. 

Aviva is the first recipient of the Compassionate Employers Gold Award.

Click here to download the Death in Service template guide. 

On Tuesday 6th December 2022, Compassionate Employers hosted a Bereavement at Work Experts Panel to mark National Grief Awareness Week.

The panel included:

• Laura Barrett Bereavement Support Worker at St Oswald's Hospice.
• Daniel Callaghan Employer Branding at Capital One 
• Harley Cunningham Internal Bereavement Consultant at Virgin Media 02
• Samantha Langford MSc Bereavement Lead at Let's Improve Workplace Wellbeing
• Faith Holloway Compassionate Employers Programme Lead at Hospice UK