• Barclays – Winner 2018, Cityparents Best Family Network Award

  More than 3,200 employees are members of Barclays’ Working Families Network, which hosts a multitude of support sessions and fun events throughout the year. Covering mass appeal topics and niche areas, parents are able to utilise their work place and colleagues to support family life.  Key Points 3,258 members of Working Families Network 40% membership…

• Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield – Finalist 2018, Best Large Private Sector Employer Award

  Between three quarters and 100 per cent of employees work flexibly.  Coaching is offered to parents as well as a Family Buddy scheme. Parents can also access a Working Families Network of employees and use parental leave guides to navigate options.   Enhanced maternity, adoption and Shared Parental Leave include three months full pay and three…

• Santander UK – Commended 2018, Cityparents Best Family Network Award

  Santander know that many of its colleagues are parents and carers with responsibilities outside their roles at Santander. They also know it can sometimes be challenging to successfully manage everything, without making compromises and difficult choices. 

• Centrica, Finalist 2011, The Legal & General Best for Carers Award

  A highly developed and long established carer’s policy extends across the organisation to all people. This is backed up with a thriving carer’s network which has run since 2004. Dependents are widely defined, maximising the likelihood of being able to take the carer’s leave. Additional leave is at the discretion of the line manager, and…

• Lloyds Banking Group, Winner 2017, Best Large Private Sector Employer

  Enhancements offered for all family leave Proactive support for flexibility in recruitment processes Launched a colleague network for parents and carers Lloyds Banking Group puts flexible work at the heart of its business, focusing on agile workers, parents and carers. Agile working is key to the Group’s strategy. Over a third of employees work in…

• NHS Lothian – Highly Commended 2017 Scottish Top Employers

  Carers are actively encouraged to discuss their caring responsibilities with their line manager, and managers are asked to consider who in their team may have a caring role out-with the workplace and offer appropriate support.

• Lloyds Banking Group – Winner 2017 Scottish Top Employers (large private sector)

  Family friendly working is in Lloyds Banking Group’s (LBG) DNA.

• Ministry of Justice, Highly Commended 2016, The Carers UK Best for Carers and Eldercare Award

  Key features A wide ranging set of initiatives to make being a carer compatible with a career in the Ministry of Justice and the wider Civil Service. Asking carers to identify themselves has enabled the Ministry of Justice to track the performance outcomes, career development and engagement of those with caring responsibilities, ensuring staff are…

• West Dunbartonshire Council, Winner 2016, The Carers UK Best for Carers and Eldercare Award

  Key features A strategy born out of a need to support the high number of carers employed by the Council while also retaining them and increasing their engagement. A pioneering leave scheme enabling unpaid leave to be spread across a long period of time to minimise financial impact and preserve continuous employment. The development of…

• UK Civil Service, Finalist 2015, The Citymothers Best for all Stages of Motherhood Award

  The Civil Service employs over 400,000 people, 53.3% of whom are women. It believes that to deliver high-quality services every talented individual must have the opportunity to progress. Becoming a mother should not be a barrier to career success. Currently 37.9% of the Senior Civil Service are women. The Civil Service is committed to co-ordinated…

• Hogan Lovells, Finalist 2015, The Citymothers Best for all Stages of Motherhood Award

  Hogan Lovells is dedicated to supporting its talented female employees at all stages of motherhood.  In order to do this it has increased focus on gender diversity throughout its talent pipeline as part of its Global Diversity Business Plan.  Hogan Lovells offers mothers generous benefits to help them achieve a greater work–life balance and provides…

• London School of Economics and Political Science, Finalist 2015, The Citymothers Best for All Stages of Motherhood Award

  The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) wants to ensure that it provides a work environment that allows mothers to focus on both their career and their family. For the LSE this makes good business sense and has a positive effect on gender equality. To meet the aim, the organisation offers a comprehensive…