Citizenship & Wellbeing

Citizenship

Our approach is deliberately open. It recognises that we’re not all the same. There are things we need to do as a firm to maximise our positive impact on the world around us, but if we enable our people to make a difference at the same time then our impact will be far greater. Therefore, we’re saying citizenship is whatever it means to you – it could be environmental responsibility or charity fundraising. We’re determined to be a responsible business, but in a way that truly reflects our people 

5 + 5 Citizenship

Our approach is deliberately open. It recognises that we’re not all the same. There are things we need to do as a firm to maximise our positive impact on the world around us, but if we enable our people to make a difference at the same time then our impact will be far greater. Therefore, we’re saying citizenship is whatever it means to you – it could be environmental responsibility or charity fundraising. We’re determined to be a responsible business, but in a way that truly reflects our people. 

What is our 5 + 5 Citizenship strategy?

• ‘My Action 5’ – we have 5 days for all our brilliant action-oriented activity, for example fundraising, local volunteering, team-giving days 
•  ‘My Strategic 5’ – we have 5 days where we can use our professional skillsets, for example, working with our Track series of companies to solve a societal issue or visiting schools to help with CV writing or interview preparation. 

What are the recent developments?

• We have offered ten citizenship days a year to our employees for the last 16 years and continue to encourage more of our colleagues to use them 
• We are founder members of Access Accountancy which helps young people from low socio-economic backgrounds to gain valuable work experience in professional services 
• We partner with organisations such as The Ahead Partnership, Leadership Through Sport and Business and Tax Aid. 

Wellbeing

Wellbeing is a personal experience, which means that our conversations need to be personal. Building on our People Manager Accreditation we have developed a new module ‘Conversations about Wellbeing and Mental Health’. We recognise that many things can affect our health and wellbeing and people managers need to be equipped to have conversations around these. 

Our Wellbeing module includes:

• 24/7 Employee Assistance
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Local Wellbeing Champions
• A One-Stop Shop
• An Interactive, Clear Framework
• Support from Experts

What are the recent developments?

• In June 2021, we achieved Gold standard accreditation by Mind’s Workplace Wellbeing Index 
• We launched the Wellbeing Champion Hub – a Teams channel featuring daily updates from members to allow resource sharing, event promotion and more.