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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We’re recruiting!

We’re on the hunt for an Autumn Intern – someone who is keen to develop their understanding of the CSR / sustainability sector and to take responsibility for a major project in our small, dynamic team.

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Three Hands Insight launches today!

We’re launching a way for businesses to gain first-hand insight on vulnerable and underserved customers – and to innovate with empathy

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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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Newsletter, October 2018

It’s been a while since our last update on what’s been keeping us busy in the world of creating business value and social value hand in hand, so here’s a brief update – from our work with senior leaders all the way down to the talent of the future.

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Three Hands Connected Leadership Model

Our Connected Leadership model takes the well-established development focus areas of ‘self’, ‘others’ and ‘business’ and adds a fourth element: Society.

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