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Community
THE CIPD SIGNS UP TO THE EMPLOYERS’
DISABILITY CHARTER
The Guernsey branch of the
CIPD has signed up to the
Guernsey Employment Trust’s
‘Employers’ Disability Charter’.
The CIPD Guernsey branch
has over 220 members from
a variety of businesses across
the island and is committed
to working with organisations
to shape the future of people
management in the Bailiwick.
Alison Hawkins from the CIPD
said, ‘As the major representative
of HR practitioners on the
island, the local CIPD branch
felt it natural to demonstrate,
as a body, our support of and
commitment to the charter, and
to encourage employers locally
to engage in disability matters,
particularly in light of proposed
legislative change.’
The Charter is designed to help
all businesses improve their work
place practices, cultures and
attitudes. It also helps to allay
fears regarding the forthcoming
disability discrimination legislation
and any concerns around
reasonable adjustments and
associated perceived costs
involved. It offers specific and
realistic objectives that employers
can be working towards.
Nikki Ioannou-Droushiotis, the
Chief Executive of GET, said ‘The
Charter is aimed at employers
on the island so having an
organisation like the CIPD sign
up is fantastic as they are not
an employer in their own right,
this is going the extra mile to
help disabled and disadvantaged
people in Guernsey.’
RELATE GUERNSEY TO GET
BOOST FROM LLOYDS BANK
FOUNDATION
Relate Guernsey has benefitted
from a two-year grant from the
Lloyds Bank Foundation for the
Channel Islands which will support
the charity’s core operating costs.
This funding will be vital in enabling
the relationship service to continue;
helping with the administrative and
running costs of the charity; and
assisting with the training costs of
the counsellors. This allows the
service to be offered at a minimal
charge. In addition, Relate Guernsey
has seen a growing need for
specialist services for young people
who may be affected as a family
member, as well as adults being
referred from medical professionals
for psychosexual therapy.
Simon Wood, Relate Guernsey,
said: ‘We are delighted to receive
a grant from the Lloyds Bank
Foundation for the Channel Islands,
which will be a great help and will
boost our ability to provide support
and assistance to those who are
experiencing relationship problems
of one kind or another.
CHARITIES BENEFIT FROM CAREY OLSEN
STAFF SWIM AT BELLE GREVE BAY
Staff from Carey Olsen took part
in a lunchtime swim at Belle
Greve Bay to raise money for
the law firm’s two nominated
charities - the Guernsey Cardiac
Action Group and the Guernsey
Child Contact Centre LBG.
The 18 partners and staff who
took part in the swim helped raise
a total of £588 for the charities.
It was the second year in a row
that Carey Olsen had held its ‘Big
Chill Challenge’, which sees staff
members take to the chilly waters
provided their colleagues can raise
the necessary funds to take them
from a ‘volunteer’ to a ‘swimmer’.
If they have been nominated but
would rather spectate then they
have to pay a buy-out.
Carey Olsen Senior Associate Adrian
Sarchet, who is chairman of the
firm’s Guernsey charities committee
and someone who took part in the
swim earlier this month, said: ‘The
swim was a great success last year
so it was an easy decision to repeat
it. We tried to make it a little more
daunting for our swimmers this
time around by doing it a few weeks
earlier in the year but were blessed
with even better weather. Perhaps
next year we’ll have to hold the
event in January!
Carey Olsen’s Guernsey office
has committed to support
both charities through various
fundraising events for a two-year
period up to June 2019.
LE MURIER VILLAGE
PROJECT TO BENEFIT FROM
SKIPTON SWIMARATHON
The Skipton Swimarathon
Committee has selected Le Murier
School’s Village Project to be
the main beneficiary of the 2018
event. Money raised from the
Swimarathon will go towards the
building of four log cabins, designed
to help the students of the school
learn independent living skills.
Le Murier School devised The
Village after identifying that some
of their students were not fully
prepared for life after school. It’s
designed to simulate the real world,
giving all students from the school
and those in the community the
opportunity to develop valuable life
skills to prepare them for running
their own home or to live within a
supported living setting.
Nick Guillemette, Chairman of the
Skipton Swimarathon, said: ‘We
were overwhelmed by the number
of worthy applications but felt that
The Village project was one that
the whole community would really
get behind to support.’
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