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How to be a mental health friendly workplace

20 May 2016
By 
Jessica Rose

On Tuesday our workplace is closing early.  Staff, trainees and volunteers will be joining with other Bootstrap tenants and organisations we work with for an afternoon picnic on the roof.

It’s not that we’re not busy on Tuesday. We are! But we recognise the need to stop sometimes, get out of the office and make time to build our working relationships in a social way.

Relationships at work are some of the most significant in our lives and they can have a dramatic affect – positive and negative – on our mental health and wellbeing.

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How to Amp Your Social Impact - infographic

13 Mar 2016
By 
Jessica Rose

How do you make the most of the social impact you generate and report on? This handy infographic is the ultimate guide.

Produced at Poached Creative by Jessica Rose and young designer Elizabeth Clayden, it was part of the #ampyourimpact campaign to share tips and examples of great practice.

Poached Creative sadly closed at the end of 2016 but we hope to continue to share the knowledge gained during its seven years under the banner of Co-relate.

 

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Five steps for marketing your social enterprise

20 Nov 2014
By 
Jessica Rose

Make no mistake, marketing is hard work. It's  time consuming , it takes planning, and it takes tenacity. In the social sector, you've got twice as much to shout about but which do you put first, your products and services or your social value?

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Why measure social impact?

10 Jul 2014
By 
Jessica Rose

The majority (68%) of social enterprises now measure their social impact, according to Social Enterprise UK's State of Social Enterprise 2013 Survey. Social enterprises Poached Creative and Iridescent Ideas recently teamed up to find out why.

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Buy Social showcased to PR industry

12 Jun 2014
By 
Jessica Rose

The City of London Guild of Public Relations Practitioners and the PRCA held their first ever “Buy Social” forum, on 10 June, which aimed to persuade agencies and in-house teams to buy from social enterprises. The event, hosted by Lloyds Banking Group, was attended by members from across the PR spectrum and featured a panel discussion and a showcase of social enterprises and networking.

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