Corporate Social Responsibility / Work Life Balance (care, flexible working etc)
Activities underpinned by a business philosophy which holds that institutions have a responsibility to consider social factors in their business plans and make explicit both the business and personal imperative for establishing mechanisms to achieve an appropriate balance between career development, work responsibilities, and family, social and community responsibilities, to the mutual advantage of individuals and employers.

Ability to Work: Employing people of different abilities - a guide for employers in Newport >>This directory contains information for local employers on how to support employees with disabilities.

Active Learning Companies Evaluation >> Evaluation of the Active Learning Companies project, which aimed to encourage employers in the West Midlands to adopt a ‘work/life balance’ approach to workforce development by focusing on their employees’ health and fitness as learning and personal development issues.

Balancing Act Workshops >>A series of workshops on a variety of topics which offer expertise, support and networking opportunities.

Balancing Business Project Interviews >>A selection of brief clips from interviews with beneficiaries and staff involved with Balancing Business and The Balancing Act.

Championing CSR Materials >>A case study on Championing CSR and further information on Corporate Social Responsibility, demystifying some of the common misconceptions surrounding it and investigating the business benefits and how these can be obtained.

Changing Corporate Cultures Forum >> An investigation of the ingredients for a positive corporate cultures through the analysis of case studies: Citigroup, Microsoft, BBC News Interactive and West Dunbartonshire council.

Committed to Work: - session 4 >> Below are the responses given by delegates during the second interactive session of the conference.

Computer Supported Healthy Worklife >> The aim of this project was to investigate the extent to which technology could improve the health of work-life.

Corporate Social Responsibility >>Corporate Social Responsibility posits the human being at the centre of the economic system.

Employer of Choice Annual Launch and Networking Event >>Networking Event which featured winners and finalists from previous awards who talked about their work-life balance policies.

Employer of Choice Awards >>Event designed to recognise excellence in the development of work-life balance policies and to promote the benefits of work-life balance policies to businesses in Warwickshire.

Employers Forum for Work Life Balance >>The Employers Forum for Work Life Balance agenda includes age discrimination, carers issues, stress management, equality and diversity, recruitment and retention.

Empowerment Workshops >> Empowerment Programs is an organisation which specialises in the psychological development of individuals.

Equality at work workshops >>Information targeted at Kirklees based SME’s around good employment practices.

Equilibrium policies and practice >> Key messages fron Equilibrium Transnational Partnership for the Lisbon agenda.

