Working with employers & carers over 50 to overcome barriers to employment on both sides. An @AfAgeing scaled programme led by @GMCVO, funded by @TNLComFund
Manchester, England
Joined August 2018
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Today we attended Walk Leader training with the chair of Walking Potential, the group will continue to host walk & talk sessions for Carers after the project ends 😊 Thanks @ActiveBolton for the great session & thanks @BoltonCVS for funding the Walking Potential Carers.
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We're working with employers to promote age-friendly workplaces that help more people aged 50 and over to be in fulfilling work.
ageing-better.org.uk/our-wor…
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Are you looking to give out small pots of money in your local community? Our Technical Guidance is a must read. Find out the different methods we used, the different approaches and how you can implement a microfunding model yourself. ambitionforageing.org.uk/mic…
Download @AfAgeing's new report, summary briefing and technical guidance from our website now! ambitionforageing.org.uk/mic…
Thread: Today we launch a suite of documents looking at the conditions needed to get #microfunding right. We’ve been delivering microfunding with @TNLComFund for five years. What have we found out? [1/7]
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Are you a parent/ #carer in Greater Manchester, looking to return to paid work? Are you looking for support to find flexible jobs with #familyfriendly and #carerfriendly employers? #CaringWorkingLiving can help with this, and the cost of job searching. buff.ly/2tuvNSp
The #CaringWorkingLiving team have launched a new toolkit focusing on interview best practice. Whatever your organisation's size or sector, find out more about supporting parents & #carers at interview here: buff.ly/2ZOFOpy #GMReturners #recruitment
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We want to understand how the findings of our research reports have been received and put to use, across a broad spectrum of organisations. Please complete our 5 minute survey to help us find this out! surveymonkey.co.uk/r/afarese…
The #CaringWorkingLiving team have launched a new toolkit focusing on interview best practice. Whatever your organisation's size or sector, find out more about supporting parents & #carers at interview here: buff.ly/2ZOFOpy #GMReturners #recruitment
Interview practices can unfairly disadvantage parents and carers looking to return to work. A new toolkit from @gmcvo project Caring, Working, Living on ensuring interview practices support returners to the workforce is available here gmcvo.org.uk/caringworkingli…
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“More mixing between the generations is the way to build trust and understanding across our communities and our country. To make it happen requires not just vision and ambition, but also political will and leadership locally and nationally.” theguardian.com/society/2020…
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Women are more likely to care and take on larger responsibility for care. We need to ensure that the impact of caring is understood and included in workplace support. #CaringWorkingLiving support #employers to do this. Visit buff.ly/2PrFMQK #flexibleworking #returners
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Congratulations to the fifty-three neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester that have been awarded age-friendly status! Read more about the age-friendly challenge here: ambitionforageing.org.uk/cha…
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Do you have a creative idea to get people out and walking more? If so @GMCVO/we may be able to help fund it Find out more buff.ly/34ORtGx #GMWalking
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"Employers need to invest in their workforce in mid and later life to ensure that they can attract and retain the best talent in an ageing society." @ILCUK ilcuk.org.uk/maximising-the-…
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Amir, who is in his early 50s, talks about his struggles with finding employment after spending the last four years applying for jobs.
ageing-better.org.uk/case-st…
It's great to hear the story of a carer supported by Working Potential in Wigan @WorkingPotentia being shared by Wigan Today. Great work!
Research from @CarersUK shows that two thirds of adults will provide care unpaid for a loved one at some point in their lives.
You can read this crucial research here: carersuk.org/will-i-care
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There's an exciting new post for a part-time Director to lead the Agency, a national organisation that advocates for & supports the cultural sector to become more age-friendly. Full details here: ow.ly/qpoT50xtI46
This four-part Flexible Working toolkit, developed by #CaringWorkingLiving, is aimed both at employers who have not yet considered the benefits of #flexibleworking, as well as those that wish to review their existing practice. buff.ly/2QPpsud #GMFlexibleWorking
