Key takeaways for businesses looking to respond to loneliness and isolation amongst employees, customers and in communities

Last week we brought together three charity experts for an online conversation on loneliness and isolation – you can view the discussion here. This note captures the key, practical takeaways for those in businesses looking to respond to this important issue amongst their employees, customers and in communities.

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Online discussion on ‘Connected Leadership’

With the help of brilliant panellists from Balfour Beatty, Imperial College Business School and William Hill, our discussion on leadership and talent development through social impact projects looked at why it is valuable to get people out of their comfort zones, the relevance of social and environmental issues to leadership development and what makes a ‘connected leader’.

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Social Issues Spotlight: Loneliness and isolation

With self-isolation measures in place, people across the UK are paying particular attention to those who may be left isolated by the lockdown. There has been a surge in befriending activities with volunteers signing up through Mutual Aid Groups and NHS volunteering schemes, but loneliness doesn’t just exist in crises and it isn’t always caused by being alone. 

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Business and Charity Relationships Report 2020

What would charities say about their relationships with businesses if they could be totally honest…? Well you need wonder no longer. Over 200 charities from across the UK took part in our in-depth survey and interviews, providing rich insight into how they are working with businesses and what could make these relationships even better.

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Social Issues Spotlight: Unaffordable, insecure and unsuitable housing

Across the UK 8.4 million people are living in unaffordable, insecure or unsuitable homes. This issue is less reported and visible than homelessness, but has a huge impact on the financial security, mental wellbeing and access to education of nearly 7% of the population. Here are five ways in which negative housing affects people across the country. 

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Newsletter, February 2020

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 some highlights from across all three of our areas of focus– social insight, leadership & talent and citizenship.

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Impact Report 2019 – 2020

Connecting business leaders with social issues and business purpose, to developing customers strategies by learning from lived experience…read more in our Impact Report 2019 – 2020.

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Social Issues Spotlight: Gambling-related harm – an issue for all businesses

The Gambling Commission estimate that over 400,000 people in Britain have a gambling disorder, with over 1.7 million people “at risk”. With recent regulation on fixed odds betting terminals and a ban on the use of credit cards for online gambling, the government is paying particular attention to this topic. It is evident that a change in the industry itself is vital to addressing the issue, but what do all businesses need to know about this growing problem? 

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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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