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Valuing carers in the workplace

Posted by: Kevin Oliver, Posted on: 9 February 2016 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Man and woman seated behind red-clothed Carers UK stand at exhibition, flanked by display stands.

Kevin Oliver, a carer himself, says working carers have exactly the qualities many organisations are looking for - they just want to be treated fairly.

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#GivingTuesday - make it the start of helping others

Posted by: Rob Wilson, MP, Minister for Civil Society, Posted on: 16 November 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders

Minister for Civil Society Rob Wilson encourages us to support #GivingTuesday and considers all the ways we can get involved in giving and volunteering.

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Domestic violence: how partnership working is quite literally saving lives (2)

Posted by: Judith Smith, Posted on: 18 September 2015 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Corporate Alliance Against Domestic Violence

In the second part of a two-part blog about a partnership that supports victims of domestic violence, Judith Smith looks at how one civil servant was helped to stay safe and in work.

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Domestic violence: how partnership working is quite literally saving lives (1)

Posted by: Judith Smith and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 27 August 2015 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Photo of a woman recoiling after being hit by a man (staged)

...were experiencing domestic violence, to be kept safe and in work. Individually, the change they could have affected would be limited. Partnerships are a win-win situation for all If you’re...

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Supporting carers in the workplace

Posted by: Nick Lodge, Posted on: 11 June 2015 - Categories: Our Civil Service

To mark Carers Week, Nick Lodge uses his experience as HMRC Carers' Champion to show how departments can support carers in the workplace - an initiative backed by Head of the Civil Service Sir Jeremy Heywood.

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Supporting staff to be happy and healthier

Posted by: Sue Owen, DCMS Permanent Secretary, and Civil Service LGB&TI Champion and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 13 March 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
Logo of the The Charity for Civil Servants

...to develop the services it offers our Civil Service community. I met many more enthusiastic people at the charity’s Volunteer Awards, which saw a fantastic group of people publicly lauded...

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