Social Issues Spotlight: What is causing the rise of in-work poverty in the UK?

Currently one in eight UK workers is in poverty. According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, in the mid-1990s 37% of those in relative poverty (living below 60% of median net income) lived in a working household. In 2019 that reached 58%. With the government reporting record levels of employment, why are more people who are in work experiencing poverty?

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How to bring purpose to life – 11 things we learned from our 2019 Forum

At Three Hands, we are inspired by the idea that companies have a purpose beyond profit and have spent the last 15 years helping them to create business value and social value hand in hand. Today, everyone is talking about purpose, but has it led to the changes in businesses that society needs?

 

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Social Issues Spotlight: 5 key issues that affect carers in the UK

In the UK seven million people are carers; that is one in ten people or almost one tenth of every customer base or workforce. It is likely that most of us know a carer. But what are the biggest issues that carers face and what does that mean for businesses?

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Three Hands Forum 2019: Bringing Purpose to Life

Our forum brought people together to hear from purpose-driven leaders, explore whether purpose is all talk and no action, and learn from great case studies in leadership development, community engagement and product & service development.

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Newsletter, August 2019

Our occasional newsletter is a brief update on how we’ve been pursuing our purpose to create business value and social value hand in hand. Here’s one big highlight from each of our three areas of focus– social insight, leadership development and citizenship.

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Impact Report 2018

From getting young people fired up about tech, to developing future leaders and engaging senior leaders in the toughest social issues, 2018 was a high impact year at Three Hands.

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What is experiential learning anyway?

Friend of Three Hands, Research Consultant Nicole Dulieu, shares her insights on the benefits of experiential learning.

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Newsletter, May 2018

Our occasional newsletter is a brief update on how we’ve been creating business value and social value in the worlds of learning & development, corporate responsibility and innovation.

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Employee volunteering for small businesses

Employee volunteering is a brilliant way for businesses to have social impact, but it can feel like the domain of big corporates, so how can SMEs get involved? What kinds of support are smaller businesses well-placed to provide? In this article for Heart of the City Natalie shares three tips for SMEs.

 

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Employee volunteering research

The launch of new research into employee volunteering shows that whilst the demand for business support is increasing, charities often aren’t getting the kind of help that they need.

 

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