Dementia Action Week
Join us throughout Dementia Awareness week to hear from speakers on how people living with Dementia and our carers are affected.
Carers Week 2020 - Sharing stories across the Civil Service
Today I want to reflect back over the thoughts through the week, and give an insight into a couple of stories from Civil Service Colleagues who are happy to share their experiences around caring. Hopefully these little blogs have prompted …
Carers Week 2020 - It's good to talk at work
2020 is the Civil Service Year of Inclusion - an opportunity for us to celebrate our achievements to date and to think about how to continue making the Civil Service a great place to work. In this Carers Week mini-blog …
National Caring Week 2020 - Making Caring Visible
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A National Spotlight, Cymru Wales, East, South East & London, Midlands, North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, North West England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South West England
Making Caring Visible, that’s the message for National Caring week 8 – 14 June this year, and the focus is to raise the visibility of carers and caring, why not take a look on the carers week website https://www.carersweek.org/ Carers play …
Are you ready to Get Yellow?
'Get Yellow' is an event by The Charity for Civil Servants. This year their annual fundraising event is called Get Yellow and will be held during the week of 30 September to 4 October.
There’s still time to nominate a colleague!
There's still time to nominate someone for the Charity for Civil Servants’ Community Awards. Closing date is 23 August.
The Charity's Digital Resource for carers
Together with Carers UK, The Charity for Civil Servants have developed a new Digital Resource for carers.
Are you ready for The Million Mile Challenge?
Get your team together now to sign up for this year's Charity for Civil Servants Walking Challenge to improve your wellbeing, your health and your fitness and fundraise for your community.
Mental Health: it does not have to be a difficult conversation
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A National Spotlight, Cymru Wales, East, South East & London, Midlands, North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, North West England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South West England
In October The Charity for Civil Servants launched a chatbot, ‘DogBot’ and their Wellbeing Hub. These tools brought together their most popular wellbeing self-help resources, enabling users to identify, choose and receive information direct to their inbox. Additional and refreshed …
Christmas Jumper Day
Dig out your festive woollies (yes the one hidden in the back of your wardrobe) to support The Charity for Civil Servants’ Christmas Jumper Day on Thursday 13 December
#TalkMoney – Your Guide to Financial Capability
Today (12 November) the Charity for Civil Servants is launching ‘JaneBot’, a fun, interactive, virtual money advisor. JaneBot has access to a host of information, digital tools, calculators and downloads to help you make the most of your money.
Get yellow
There is still time to ‘Get Yellow’ ‘Get Yellow’ is The Charity for Civil Servants’ annual community fundraising week, which has been taking place this week, 29 October to 2 November! This year the annual fundraising event coincided beautifully with …
Mental Health: It doesn’t always have to be a difficult conversation
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A National Spotlight, Cymru Wales, East, South East & London, Midlands, North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, North West England, Scotland
On 17 October The Charity for Civil Servants is launching a Wellbeing Hub and Chatbot, affectionately known as ‘Dogbot’.
Carers Week 2018
This week is National Carers Week. There are over 6 million carers in the UK, 1 in every 8 of the working population, providing essential support to a relative, partner or friend in need. Many people are carers without even knowing it and many are unaware of the help that’s available.
Working on Your Wellbeing
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A National Spotlight, Cymru Wales, East, South East & London, Midlands, North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, North West England, South West England
It's Mental Health Awareness week when we are all being encouraged to think about not only our own wellbeing but how we can help others
Mental Health First Aid Training - Leeds
At some point in our lives mental health issues have affected us all. This can affect how we feel, how we think and also how we behave, but do we recognise the symptoms in order to manage and deal with …
The Walking Challenge is Back
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A National Spotlight, East, South East & London, Midlands, North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, North West England, Scotland
Ever wondered how much exercise you get in an average day? It might be a lot more (or a lot less) than you think! What we do know is that keeping active improves our wellbeing.
It’s Your Money – Make it Matter
The Charity for Civil Servants has a new animated learning toolkit which helps you focus on financial capability and how to make the most of your money.
Do You Know a Carer?
If you think you might be a carer but you’re not sure check out the Carer’s Test designed to ask a few key questions to determine your caring role and how the Charity for Civil Servants can help.
Christmas Jumper Day
It’s time to dig out your festive woollies, dress up for Christmas and support The Charity for Civil Servants’ Christmas Jumper Day on Thursday 14 December.