The Churchill Group appoints Julie Hollins as head of social value Posted on January 23, 2023 by adrian We are delighted to announce the appointment of Julie Hollins as the Group’s new social value lead. Julie is a social value professional who will develop our policies and programmes, particularly involving the covenants we are committed to within our local communities. Julies’ remit will include supporting our employees to engage with social value initiatives […] Continue Reading
Churchill joins Tent Partnership for Refugees network Posted on November 8, 2022 by adrian We are proud to announce that we have joined the Tent Partnership for Refugees (Tent) network. This is the latest commitment we have made to supporting refugees, as we recently partnered with the Refugee Employment Network. Tent was founded in 2016 and mobilises the global business community to improve the lives and livelihoods of more […] Continue Reading
Churchill awarded Gold Medal for sustainability by EcoVadis Posted on October 20, 2022October 20, 2022 by adrian We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a gold medal by EcoVadis, a global sustainability accreditor. This is an improvement on the silver that we were awarded last year and puts the business in the top five percent of companies assessed for sustainability. EcoVadis is an online measuring tool for a company’s […] Continue Reading
Today is World Values Day Posted on October 20, 2022October 20, 2022 by adrian Values matter to us. They motivate and guide us and shape the way we do the things. Our three core values are: Always seek better Always do right Always put people first Creating employment opportunities As part of doing the right thing, we strive to build teams from the areas people live in so that, […] Continue Reading
A Moment To Remember Posted on October 14, 2022 by adrian We were excited to meet British long-distance runner and double Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah when we sponsored Oasis Community Learning’s annual fundraising night – An Oasis Audience With Sir Mo Farah – recently. OCL has 21 school sites across London and we have been providing a range of services for them since April. We […] Continue Reading
New covenants and a new diversity and inclusion manager Posted on September 5, 2022 by adrian We are delighted to announce that we have signed the Care Leavers Covenant (CLC) and the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant (EDAC). Care Leavers Covenant The CLC is a national inclusion programme that helps care leavers aged 16-25 live independently. It aims to provide support for those leaving care which supplements that statutorily provided by local authorities. The […] Continue Reading
Churchill signs pledge to support care leavers into the workplace Posted on August 16, 2022August 30, 2022 by adrian We are delighted to announce we have signed the Care Leavers Covenant. The covenant is a national inclusion programme that helps care leavers aged 16-25 live independently. It aims to provide support for those leaving care which supplements that statutorily provided by local authorities. The covenant team works with organisations to build bespoke opportunities, structured across five key […] Continue Reading
Churchill signs pledge to help victims of domestic abuse into the workplace Posted on August 4, 2022August 4, 2022 by adrian The Churchill Group is delighted to announce it has signed up to the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant. The covenant is a pledge taken by businesses to support women affected by domestic abuse to enter, remain or re-enter the workplace. It is one of three introduced by the UK government and follows on from the Care […] Continue Reading
Helping our frontline staff to help others Posted on July 22, 2022 by adrian Ahead of Samaritan’s Awareness Day on July 24, a total of 38 colleagues so far have completed the Samaritans’ Managing Suicidal Contacts course. The course is tailored to meet the needs of frontline rail staff and aims to boost their ability to deal with distressed or vulnerable people at railway locations. Our Amulet security colleagues […] Continue Reading