Category: Family | Your Employee Wellbeing

Preventing loneliness at Christmas

Written on 27th November 2020. Posted in Blogs, Eldercare, Family.

Preventing loneliness this christmas This year, more than ever loneliness is going to be felt by the our elderly loved ones. Covid restrictions mean many will be facing time alone, or at least may be in a smaller group than they’d like. Guest blogger Ella Hendrix has some advice for us all on preventing loneliness this Christmas. Most years,...

A dad’s experience of lockdown

Written on 26th August 2020. Posted in Blogs, Family, Parenting, Work life balance, Working Dad, Working Families.

A dad’s experience of lockdown Statistically, mothers have been more affected by children not being in school, lack of childcare and generally ‘keeping house’ during lockdown. How did the dads cope? We haven’t heard much in the press, so we thought we’d ask a few. Here is first of two articles by Joe Young (aka www.dadonspl.co.uk). ...

Employees at breaking point?

Written on 6th May 2020. Posted in Blogs, Family, Parenting, Wellbeing, Work life balance, Working Dad, Working Families, Working from home, Working Mum, Working Parents.

Employees at breaking point? There are plenty of articles in the media talking about women bearing the brunt of childcare and home schooling while juggling working from home. Some have taken precious holiday to cope, many will be taking unpaid leave, but how long can they afford to do that for? Some have had to give up work or be furloughed without...

‘Quaranteed’ – teens and tweens in lockdown

Written on 17th April 2020. Posted in Blogs, Children, Family, Parenting, Working Parents.

Quaranteened! Our personal experience Since lockdown started in earnest there have been a wealth of resources circulating on social media for parents of younger children, from painting rainbows and baking cakes to the highly popular PE with Joe Wicks. However, there are far fewer tips in circulation when it comes to helping teenagers (and even...

Celebrating a child’s birthday during Coronavirus

Written on 15th April 2020. Posted in Blogs, Children, Family, Parenting.

Celebrating a child’s birthday during the coronavirus outbreak Birthday parties are incredibly important for children, especially if you put on a party for your children each year. However, with the current coronavirus crisis and social distancing, you will not be able to invite your child’s friends around for a party, and of course, this...

Work, keep healthy & fit with kids at home

Written on 14th April 2020. Posted in Blogs, Career, Children, Family, Flexible Working, Parenting, Wellbeing, Work life balance, Work Life Integration, Working Dad, Working Families, Working from home, Working Mum, Working Parents.

How to work and keep healthy & fit with kids at home The struggle to stay on top of what we need to get done on any normal day for a working parent is real…. And then when you throw in new full-time responsibilities like stay-at-home-parent and educator, the struggle becomes overwhelming. Like everything about this uncertain and unfamiliar...

Is childcare stopping for keyworkers?

Written on 3rd April 2020. Posted in Blogs, Childcare, Children, Family, Nanny, Nursery, Parenting, School, Working Families, Working Parents.

Is childcare stopping for keyworkers? Key workers are doing an amazing job in keeping the country moving during the coronavirus crisis. Our heroic NHS staff are putting the health of the public above their own safety, delivery drivers and shop workers are still working hard to provide us with essential shopping and binmen are still making sure...

Elders keeping in touch while social distancing

Written on 3rd April 2020. Posted in Blogs, Eldercare, Family, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Working Families.

Ways to stay in touch with elders during social distancing People aged 70 and over have been urged to self-isolate for 12 weeks as the government bids to prevent the NHS from being completely swamped from coronavirus cases. Pensioners will effectively be cut off from friends, family and loved ones while health officials desperately try to limit...

Taking care of children who are shielded patients

Written on 3rd April 2020. Posted in Blogs, Children, Family, Parenting, Wellbeing, Working Families.

How do we take care of children on the shielded patient list? The coronavirus crisis has brought out the best and worst of us as a society. On one hand we have seen multi-billionaires ask the Government to bail out their businesses or refuse to pay their staff, while some members of the public and shops tried to exploit the public by flogging...

Being an expat during the Coronavirus crisis.

Written on 1st April 2020. Posted in Blogs, Family, Relocation.

Being an expat during the coronavirus crisis Moving overseas is a highly stressful experience at the best of times but the coronavirus crisis has increased many expats’ difficulties considerably. Straight into isolation? It’s hard to imagine how you’d feel if you had only just arrived in a new country, with very little idea about how everything...