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Churchill has joined the Tent Partnership for Refugees (Tent) network.
This is the latest commitment the company has made to supporting refugees, as it has recently partnered with the Refugee Employment Network.
Tent was founded in 2016 and mobilises the global business community to improve the lives and livelihoods of more than 36 million refugees who have been forcibly displaced from their home countries. There are more than 300 companies in the Tent network, including major international brands such as BP, Sysco, and Workday.
Churchill’s aim is to remove the barriers that refugees may face in entering the FM industry. As a member, the soft services provider has committed to directly hiring refugees as employees and providing training and mentorship for them. Churchill will support refugees throughout the UK by offering a range of activities to help them integrate into the workforce, including providing language and professional skills training where required.
Churchill’s Group HR Director Melanie Taylor said: “We are passionate about supporting refugees into employment and the transition to life in the UK.
“The Tent network will give us access to other companies, charities and NGOs that can share best practice and help us overcome some of the common barriers to supporting refugees.
“The FM sector has so much to offer refugees and we’re determined to offer all the support we can.”
Gideon Maltz, Executive Director at the Tent Partnership for Refugees, commented: “Businesses have a unique role. When they hire, train, and invest in refugee talent, they are helping refugees put down roots in their new communities, provide for their families and regain their dignity – at the same time, our workplaces and communities are stronger for it.”
According to Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index, worldwide parcel volume is likely to double in the next five years, with the UK showing the highest increase in carrier revenue of all 13 countries in the Index.
Alongside a huge uptake in the volume of parcel volume and spend, post pandemic, the adoption of hybrid working patterns means that FMs need to find ways to enable staff to book / host collaborative meetings in available workspaces and to find desk, office and parking spaces by utilising automation and data capture to enable site governance.
Yet a recent survey by FMJ in partnership with Pitney Bowes found that 20 per cent of recipients are still using manual paper-based visitor systems, which doesn’t fit with their top priority – to maintain a safe and operational environment.
This overwhelming reliance on paper-based systems is causing many respondents bottlenecks, resulting in a lack of efficiently in logging and tracking packages and people coming into the organisation.
In this webinar, Gary Abbott Director of Business Development and Stuart Bushaway, Head of Dealers Operations and FM Relationships at Pitney Bowes will outline the main findings of the two surveys and what this could mean for FMs, followed by a discussion, chaired by FMJ Editor Sara Bean with a panel of thought leaders into the solutions available to meet these challenges.
Register for the webinar here.
