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Fragomen – Finalist 2024, Best for Fathers sponsored by Rolls-Royce
Fragomen are proud of their position at the forefront of culture change for fathers and partners, and their aim is that the enhanced policy offering and additional support will not just benefit their own employees but lead the way for others to follow.
Forward Carers – Finalist 2024, Best for Mental Health & Wellbeing, sponsored by ILF Scotland
Forward Carers have been on a journey that has seen the introduction of fundamental changes in ways of working that has embedded wellbeing into working culture and allowed their people to be present and productive.
ClwydAlyn – Winner 2024, Best for Mental Health & Wellbeing, sponsored by ILF Scotland
ClwydAlyn go to considerable lengths to foster the wellbeing of their people, organisation, and the communities they work within, and their person-centred approach demonstrates that they are both living and leading with their values of Trust, Hope and Kindness.
British Heart Foundation – Finalist 2024, Best for Fathers, sponsored by Rolls-Royce
The British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) pursuit of equality has driven them to introduce policies that advances parity in parenting and recognises the need for support at different stages of parenthood.
British Heart Foundation – Finalist 2024, Best Family Network sponsored by BlckBx
The British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) Parent and Carer Affinity Group is open to parents at all stages on the journey, as well as guardians and carers, with a focus on empowerment and bettering the lives of members.
Notting Hill Genesis – Finalist 2024, Best for Carers and Eldercare
Notting Hill Genesis are committed to helping carers navigate the significant challenges they face in balancing work and care. Their range of initiatives are designed to bolster carers so they feel valued and empowered and can achieve personal and professional goals.
Forward Carers – Commended 2024, Best for Carers and Eldercare
Through listening to carers and implementing innovative measures, Forward Carers are breaking down barriers that stop carers self-identifying and are constantly striving to improve the lives of carers in their own organisation and beyond.
Natalie Quilter, Notting Hill Genesis – Finalist 2024, Family-Friendly Champion, sponsored by Arnold Clark
Having founded the Carers Network four years ago, Natalie Quilter is its Chair alongside her role as the HR Operational Lead, where she oversees Notting Hill Genesis’ People Strategy. Her role outside work is as a carer for her mum who has Multiple Sclerosis and several mental health conditions, whom she has cared for since she was nine.
Louise Haffenden, URW – Finalist 2024, Family-Friendly Champion, sponsored by Arnold Clark
Louise Haffenden is the People Director at Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW), whose top-down approach and passion to drive positive change, combined with a determination to deliver results, has made a tangible difference to the culture and people of the organisation.
Anna Homewood, Aldermore Bank – Winner 2024, Family-Friendly Champion, sponsored by Arnold Clark
Upon joining Aldermore Bank, Anna Homewood, Director of Finance, recognized the need for a robust support system for working parents and carers. Her unwavering passion and leadership were instrumental in establishing the thriving Family and Carers Network – a testament to her dedication to employee well-being. Since its launch in July 2023, the Family & Carers Network has flourished under Anna's leadership, boasting over 100 members and a dedicated team of 25+ volunteers.
Royal Air Force – Winner 2024, Best for Mothers
The Royal Air Force (RAF) recognises the unique and extensive skills in their workforce and sees it’s people as essential to their continued success. To help mothers thrive, the RAF are working holistically to create an environment where all women have the ability and choice to return to work through measures that make people feel valued and their families supported.
HSBC – Finalist 2024, Supporting Different Pathways to Parenthood, sponsored by Adoption UK
HSBC recognise that journeys to parenthood can be challenging and so have implemented measures to support their people in times of need, and are raising awareness to get ‘comfortable with the uncomfortable’ and ensure no-one feels alone.
BNP Paribas – Winner 2024, Supporting Different Pathways to Parenthood, sponsored by Adoption UK
BNP Paribas are taking impressive steps to recognise the importance of the journey to parenthood and the challenges many face, and are helping to alleviate some of the impact on mental and physical health, and family finances.
Bank of England – Finalist 2024, Best for Supporting Different Pathways to Parenthood sponsored by Adoption UK
The Bank of England are doing impressive work to break down the stigma associated with baby loss and fertility and has put measures in place to holistically support people on different and challenging pathways to parenthood.
Bank of England – Finalist 2024, Best for Fathers, sponsored by Rolls-Royce
For the Bank of England, supporting fathers is a crucial building block to ensuring individuality is valued and potential is reached. A robust family leave allowance enables families to make their own decisions about a child’s care in the first year and gender-neutral policies promote equality.
University of Strathclyde – Finalist 2024, Best for Carers and Eldercare
The University of Strathclyde have implemented progressive policies and embedded a culture of support in response to the unique challenges faced by carers, and in their pursuit to ensure carers can successfully balance work and care.
Hand in Hand International – Finalist 2024, Best Small Employer
Hand in Hand are putting their values into action with policies designed to advance the gender balance as well as creating a working environment where employees feel valued, trusted and supported, so they can be an employer of choice in the sector.
Grant Thornton UK LLP – Winner 2024, Best for All-Round Flexibility, sponsored by enei
Grant Thornton UK LLP has put people at the centre of its business strategy and key to their culture is the embedding of flexible working, showing a clear commitment to enabling diverse talent to thrive and growing an inclusive environment.
Microsoft UK – Finalist 2024, Best Family Network, sponsored by BlckBx
Everyone is part of a family of some sort and life events happen to us all. We believe that we should support our teams to ensure they can do their best work by being a flexible and family friendly employer.
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield – Finalist 2024, Best for Mothers
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s (URW) commitment to enabling women who are at every stage of the parenting journey to achieve the best possible balance between work and home life has resulted in an offer of wide-ranging support that empowers working mothers to evolve their careers and advances URW’s aim to be an employer of choice.
bp – Finalist 2024, Best for Mothers
In the UK, bp’s comprehensive support for mothers at every stage of parenthood reflects their commitment to achieving gender parity and a recognition of the influence role modelling has within the industry. Initiatives help to foster an inclusive workplace that encourages respect for family obligation and understands the potential of diverse teams.
Arnold Clark – Finalist 2024, Best for Mental Health & Wellbeing, sponsored by ILF Scotland
Arnold Clark are exceptional, not just in their tackling of the taboo around mental health, but they strive to be an industry-leader by creating an environment where mental health is understood and next-level support is on offer.
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield – Winner 2024, Best for Fathers, sponsored by Rolls-Royce
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s (URW) holistic approach centres the fatherhood experience, and an understanding of the positive impact of supporting fathers on their parenting journey forms the foundation of a culture where gender balance is valued, demonstrated by an impressive record on take-up.
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield – Finalist 2024, Best Family Network sponsored by BlckBx
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s (URW) Working Families Network strives to be a force for positive change in the day-to-day lives of employees, and to and create an inclusive and welcoming place to work.
bp – Winner 2024, Best Family Network, sponsored by BlckBx
bp’s UK Working Families Network’s goal to support employees through life's challenges has resulted in a broad range of impactful activities, that aims to drive an equitable and inclusive culture where families can thrive.
Phoenix Group – Winner 2024, Best for Carers and Eldercare
Phoenix Group’s vision is to create a healthy and fulfilling work-life balance for carers. This is evident in the scale of support on offer that makes a tangible difference to carers’ lives.
Lloyds Banking Group – Finalist 2024, Best for All-Round Flexibility, sponsored by enei
Lloyds Banking Groups’ (LBG) new initiatives are part of their transformation toward creating an inclusive workplace that works for their people and customers, and that fully supports employees in the moments that matter.
Royal Academy of Engineering – Finalist 2024, Best for All-Round Flexibility, sponsored by enei
The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) is a people-first organisation that supports individual working styles and promotes inclusive ways of working to enable people to thrive and progress.
Kanga Health – Finalist 2024, Best Small Employer
Kanga Health prioritises their people in recognition that a happy workforce will deliver meaningful results for the business, and so have implemented a fully flexible working culture so that everyone can perform at their best.
Independent Living Fund Scotland – Winner 2024, Best Small Employer
Independent Living Fund Scotland (ILF Scotland) have embedded a life-friendly culture where putting their people first has been fundamental to co-creating and delivering impactful policies and delivering outcomes for their recipients.
Hill Dickinson LLP – Winner 2022, Best Flexible Recruitment
With a focus on flexibility and inclusivity, Hill Dickinson’s recruitment strategy makes a career in law more accessible.
Case study library supported by a donation from the Wainwright Trust
The now-closed Wainwright Trust was set up in 1988 in the name of equal pay and opportunities pioneer David Wainwright. Following David’s tragically early death in 1987 the Wainwright Trust raised money, commissioned and published research, funded and helped produce invaluable tools in the fight for equal pay and opportunities and held annual events to bring together and update people committed to and active in the area of equality at work.