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Housing Associations

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Bron Afon Community Housing

Bron Afon Community Housing is a place where employees can feel proud to work, contributing to the mission of building strong communities through initiatives like the Helping Working Families Project, which positively impacts both employees and the residents they serve.

Bron Afon supports personal growth through its High-Level Learning & Development Plan, offering tailored training in regulatory compliance, safeguarding, and professional development, ensuring that employees feel their skills are utilised and advancement opportunities are available.

Connectfest encourages team spirit and a sense of belonging by providing opportunities for employees to connect, collaborate, and socialise, strengthening bonds among colleagues.

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Business Services

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Wanstor

Wanstor fosters personal growth through its fast-track training programmes and mentoring schemes, allowing employees to advance their careers and maximise their potential. The company also offers bonuses for passing beneficial exams, further promoting development.

Wanstor promotes a strong team spirit through initiatives like 'take over days', encouraging employees to socialise and form meaningful connections. Regular team-building events further instil a sense of camaraderie and belonging.

The company prioritises employee wellbeing with initiatives such as Chair Yoga, bike to work week, and Fit Feb. It also advocates for mental health awareness and provide resources like Headspace and Togetherall to support employees' mental wellbeing.

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Financial Services

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Marsden Building Society

Through colleague nominations and bi-monthly awards, the organisation celebrates its people. The colleague who wins gets a £100 voucher, 2nd place gets a £50 voucher, with runners up each getting chocolates. All colleagues who have been nominated receive a copy of their nomination, including the detailed comments sent in to support it.

To support employee wellbeing, all colleagues have access to Lifeworks, an online wellbeing platform that offers resources and tools to support wellness and an Employee Assistance Programme which is anonymous, confidential, and available 24/7. The organisation has also introduced an annual leave purchase scheme to enable colleagues to buy five additional days leave per year.

Teams at Marsden Building Society are brought together through a range of activities, including: Halloween treasure hunts around the office, sending photos through once sweets have been found; seed growing competitions; “Rate my plate” competitions where colleagues can send in photos of their food to compare with their peers, and much more.

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Education & Training

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Aspiration Training

Employees at Aspiration Training have access to an Employee Assistance Programme that is available for their whole family to use. Furthermore, all People Managers receive Mental First Aid Training and the organisation also offers Occupational Health support. Discounted fitness related benefits are available for all.

In order to build relationships between team members, Aspiration Training provides an allowance of £75 per person to go towards team building activities of each team’s choice. Moreover, the organisation holds an annual ceremony to celebrate its team members of the year.

Aspiration Training offers a range of growth opportunities to its people. Employees have access to coaching and mentoring programmes with monthly one-to-one feedback and a focus on career aspirations. Employees can also access internal and external training programmes and receive qualifications.

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Consultancy

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Veramed

Recent staff socials have ranged from a Ukrainian cookery class to scavenger hunts, with some wine and chocolate tasting thrown in. The events were run remotely using funds ring-fenced early in the pandemic. Exercise hasn't been forgotten and a professional yoga instructor and personal trainer run classes online at lunchtime.

Daily stand-up virtual meetings allow teams to discuss the day ahead while enjoying their morning coffee. These 15-20 minute calls also provide the opportunity to start the day with a human connection and the chance to ask colleagues for advice on work issues.

An environmentally preferred purchasing policy encourages employees to be mindful of the way in which they manage their travel, purchase office equipment and stationery and manage their home office. Company offices have been equipped with energy trackers, all waste is recycled and use of recycled and non-toxic products is encouraged.

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Financial Services

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Sedulo Group

To foster strong relationships between employees, each December the organisation takes all its staff on an all-expenses paid weekend away with recent locations being Marbella, Estepona and Benidorm. This provides the opportunity for all team members across the four offices to socialise, celebrate the years successes and bond with one another.

Sedulo Group supports employee developed through its annual leadership programme, "Sedulo Accelerator Scheme". This programme consists of full day training sessions run by an external trainer, access to external and internal mentors, and business change projects which challenge and equip team members with the skills they need to progress in their careers.

In 2023, the organisation established its Sedulo Foundation as the result of years of working with local communities to alleviate the devastating effect of poverty on children and young people across London and the north of England. The Sedulo Foundation focuses on 3 main campaigns: Toy Appeal, Period Poverty, and its Back to School campaign.

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Accountancy

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Rickard Luckin

Last year’s social calendar saw Romford Dogs evening, a Summer Team Building event and a Christmas Party. Peppered around these large events were regular football sessions, and payday breakfasts and lunches.

At the annual Rickard Luckin Awards, the organisation provides an opportunity to celebrate the team’s successes. Anyone can nominate anyone else within the firm, and an independent ‘nominations panel’ decide who is the winner. As well as the team-wide recognition at the awards ceremony, award winners receive a trophy and a £250 gift card.

Through the Rickard Luckin Development Academy, the organisation provides a blend of technical, business and soft skills development content. At the heart of this is the RLPDP, its Learning Management System, which provides a blended learning environment with learning tools and resources.

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Recruitment

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Operam Education Group

Operam Education Group is committed to fostering innovation and maximising potential. It offers personal growth opportunities through its 'Career Journey' programme, which is bespoke to roles within the business. In addition, there's an 'Inspiring Leadership' course, Graduate program, and interdivisional mobility to support career development.

Operam Education Group encourages team spirit and a sense of belonging through several initiatives. These include competitions, virtual meetings, coffee mornings, away days, and team dinners. The company also introduced a 'Day in the Life' feature to promote interdepartmental understanding and camaraderie.

Operam Education Group values fair treatment of its employees, offering a range of support for personal circumstances. It provides private healthcare and implement the 'Step Up' sales competition, which offers a range of prizes for reaching set goals, demonstrating OEG’s commitment to rewarding its colleagues.

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Recruitment

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gap personnel group

Every year, the organisation hosts its annual awards ceremony. All employees are invited to this event and provided with accommodation, a three-course meal and an open bar, all funded by the company. Awards winners are provided with an engraved trophy with their name and winning category as well as £1000 cash.

Gap personnel group has partnered with training platform provider, Go1. This offers all employees a rich library of existing online courses on a variety of topics, as well as allowing the organisation the opportunity to create its own company specific training materials and making them available to its employees via the platform.

The organisation offers a Management & Leadership training and development course. The topics covered include: Inspirational leadership, Management vs. Leadership, Situational leadership, Strategic business planning, Excellent execution, Managing performance, Sustainable Growth & Driving Efficiency, Sales management, Strategic relations and commerciality, and more. Employees are able to achieve a Level 3 Team Leader & Supervisor qualification.

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Not For Profit Body's

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Association for Project Management

Association for Project Management organises a range of team building activities, including quizzes, face-to-face training, and fundraising events (which always involve cake!). Employees are also regularly invited to departmental away days, wellbeing coffee mornings, and team volunteering opportunities to encourage team bonding and creative thinking.

Creating clarity has always been a priority for the Leadership Team. Town hall meetings, CEO open door sessions, intranet updates, away days, knowledge share events, departmental meetings, and CEO monthly emails are all effective and popular ways of communicating utilised by Association for Project Management to create clarity for staff.

Association for Project Management has a performance related pay scheme (PRP) open to all staff upon completion of their probationary period. PRP rewards employees for achieving their personal objectives which have been cascaded down from corporate objectives thereby contributing towards the aims of the organisation.

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Team Cohesion = Performance

Bron Afon Community Housing

Wanstor

Marsden Building Society

Aspiration Training

Veramed

Sedulo Group

Rickard Luckin

Operam Education Group

gap personnel group

Association for Project Management

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