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Our principles
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Men's Health Week
The 13th - 19th June 2022 was Men's Health Week,
so we shared blogs and interviews with senior male
leaders in our business opening up about their own
physical and mental health and the importance of
regular health checks on our employee intranet. It's
well documented that men are significantly less likely
to seek advice from their GP than women, so it was
great to see these stories shared so openly. They will
hopefully encourage more of our male employees to
be proactive about their wellbeing.
During this week, we also invited employees to join a
men's health group, to help shape the future of
men's health in the business. So far, the group has 8
volunteers and with the huge amount of stigma
around men's health, this is a great step forward in
being open and honest about what improvements
need to be made.
Finally, we linked with a charity fundraiser for
Hospitality Action, where we encouraged everyone
in the business to take part in physical activity and
for every mile covered, the business would donate
£1 to the charity. We raised £5,000 for the charity
and with Men's Health Week coinciding with the
event, we also provided a free private health check
to the three men who took part in the most minutes
of exercise.
Diversity, inclusion and belonging
In April 2022, we started work on our ED&I strategy,
following the release of the report we'd helped fund,
which acts as a roadmap for hospitality businesses
wanting to improve their performance in this area.
Click the link to find out more. Time to deliver on
ethnic diversity - Foodservice Footprint
Founding partner of Plan B
mentoring conference
Plan B was launched five years ago as a not-forprofit
organisation that provides mentors for
women who want to move into C-level and board
roles. Their ultimate aim is to help create diverse
boards which, in turn, foster more inclusive working
environments. We're proud to be a founding partner
of the first Plan B Conference on 23rd November
2022. The aims of Plan B directly address one of
the main problems highlighted in Footprint's report
on diversity in hospitality; ethnic representation is
great at entry level in the industry but significantly
drops at more senior levels. This is a DICE certified
and recommended conference, and tickets include a
free "plus one" to be shared with an up-and-coming
talented colleague from any under-represented group,
that may not typically be invited to attend
such an event.
Encouraging
men to be
proactive about
their wellbeing