Humansolutions Bulletin - August 28th 2024
- Spotlight - New edition of Managing Stress Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Don’t reply in anger
- Human rights watchdog calls on governments to address major disparities faced by some ethnic minorities in England and Wales
- Seth Godin's blog - Multiple choice
- Closing the gender pay gap
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Humansolutions Bulletin - August 13th 2024
- Spotlight - New edition of Managing Stress Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Why here? Why now?
- Handling tragedy: HR’s role when an employee or their loved one dies
- What is social prescribing?
- Using emotional intelligence and respect to resolve conflict in the workplace: An Executive Coach's perspective
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Humansolutions Bulletin - July 30th 2024
- Spotlight - New edition of Managing Stress Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Start your own book of the month club
- People manager guide: How to tackle sexual harassment
- Ready, set, pretend: Ideas for imaginative play
- Safe to speak up? 4 ways to build psychological safety at work
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Humansolutions Bulletin - June 18th 2024
- 60 online courses for less than £2 each available now
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Don't let forms shape your practice
- The power of touch can ease depression and anxiety
- The racialised harm of police strip searches in England and Wales
- A new era of well-being: A comprehensive public health approach to workplace mental health
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Humansolutions Bulletin - June 4th 2024
- 60 online courses for less than £2 each
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Everyone has 24 hours in their day
- E-learning modules from The National Autistic Society
- Older people still invisible in care, says leading academic
- Eight ways to give yourself a pep talk when you feel stuck
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Humansolutions Bulletin - March 12th 2024
- 60 online courses for less than £2 each
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - There’s no need to shout
- How learning outside improves wellbeing
- When faced with deadly events, leaders react differently to their own fears and grief
- Race and inclusion in secondary school art education
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Humansolutions Bulletin - January 31st 2024
- 60 online courses for less than £2 each
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Tolerate silence
- Spain elects first parliamentarian with Down’s syndrome
- Addressing inequalities: The role of staff race networks
- Tackling sexual harassment in the workplace - Employer toolkit
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Humansolutions Bulletin - August 2nd 2023
- Spotlight - Anti-racism for Beginners
- Neil Thomspon's Lessons for Living - Don’t rely on common sense
- Children's Society - Children's stories in their own words
- Burned out and stretched too thin: Tips to re-engage your team
- New data from Fawcett shows 95% of local councils are male dominated
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Humansolutions Bulletin - July 4th 2023
- Spotlight - The Values-based Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Invest time to save time (sharpen your axe)
- National Autistic Society - Vision to Reality strategy 2023 to 2026
- Pride month: How to celebrate working with pride authentically and stamp out discrimination
- Seth Godin's blog - Which team?
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Humansolutions Bulletin - June 22nd 2023
- Spotlight - The Spirituality and Religion Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Give yourself thinking time
- Beyond ‘toughing it out’: Mental health in the social change workplace
- The ‘work hard and you’ll get a good job’ mantra is no longer true – so what do I tell my kids?
- Navigating leadership challenges: Lessons from top industry leaders
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Humansolutions Bulletin - June 7th 2023
- Spotlight - The Problem Solver’s Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Believe in yourself
- Work Matters 2023: The UK labour market in an international context
- Seth Godin's blog - Who cares?
- Gingerbread - Why is our mission to support single parent families?
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Humansolutions Bulletin - April 18th 2023
- Spotlight - The Managing People Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Beware of cloning
- Cracking the harassment code: Strategies for a safe workplace
- Seth Godin's blog - Foibles
- Physicians cry too: 6 tips for coping with death and grief as a health care worker
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Humansolutions Bulletin - April 5th 2023
- Spotlight - The Loss and Grief Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Capitalize on crisis
- The secret world of imagination hidden in autism
- No child should be punished because their parent is in prison
- Employer briefing: Financial wellbeing during the cost of living crisis
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Humansolutions Bulletin - February 15th 2023
- Spotlight - The Learning from Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Direct concerns to where the power is
- Advice for helping Ukrainian refugees with Autism
- UK Poverty 2023: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK
- The football mascot showing how local politics works
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Humansolutions Bulletin - January 31st 2023
- Spotlight - How to Survive in Social Work
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Make it happen – carpe diem
- Seth Godin's blog - Boundaries are levers
- Supporting disabled people at work
- Talking about wellbeing early on can help us all cope better with life's challenges
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Humansolutions Bulletin - October 11th 2022
- Spotlight - Anti-racism for Beginners
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Accept what you can't change
- How to talk about race at work
- Autistic children with imaginary friends have better social skills
- Environment sector has failed to become more inclusive, study suggests
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Humansolutions Bulletin - September 27th 2022
- Spotlight - Your Social Work Journey
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Don’t assume you are wrong
- British Youth Council - Who we are and what we do
- Social Farms and Gardens - Growing well together
- The rise of cyberbullying - How to address harassment in the remote workforce
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Humansolutions Bulletin - September 12th 2022
- Spotlight - The Values-based Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Projects are gardens not buildings
- Go ahead and contact that old friend – they’ll probably appreciate it more than you think
- ‘Warm banks’ in Birmingham to try to save people abandoned by government
- Seth Godin's blog - And when we disagree...
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Humansolutions Bulletin - August 2nd 2022
- Spotlight - The Problem Solver’s Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Be prepared for conflict
- The influence and participation toolkit
- Confronting injustice: Racism and the environmental emergency
- Bereavement and the workplace - Digital conference 28/9/22
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Humansolutions Bulletin - July 19th 2022
- Spotlight - The Neil Thompson Academy
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Define the problem
- Broken ladders: The myth of meritocracy for women of colour in the workplace
- 4 Mental health myths that are harming your workforce (and what to do differently)
- Prioritizing employee wellness: How to foster employee health and well-being at work
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Humansolutions Bulletin - May 27th 2022
- Spotlight - The Learning from Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - The importance of feedback
- Researchers asked older adults about the strategies they use for combatting loneliness. Here's what they said
- Seth Godin's Blog - Possibility is fragile
- Street children are some of the most vulnerable children on the planet
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Humansolutions Bulletin - May 17th 2022
- Spotlight - How to Survive in Social Work
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Don’t assume you can’t make a difference
- Look closer to spot and report signs of exploitation
- Let's Play Fair: Inclusive playgrounds
- Six misunderstood concepts about diversity in the workplace and why they matter
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Humansolutions Bulletin - March 9th 2022
- Two free e-learning courses and 50% off 'The Social Work Finishing School'
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Assess don’t assume
- Experts welcome new Acas guidance on supporting bereaved employees
- 7 ways you can be an LGBTQ+ ally at work
- Trussell Trust campaign to reverse the biggest overnight cut to social security since the Second World War.
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Humansolutions Bulletin - February 24th 2022
- Spotlight - The Spirituality and Religion Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Don’t allow other people’s pressures to distort your priorities
- 3 Best practices for accurate and inclusive visuals around workplace mental health communications
- Plan to change social housing rules to help domestic abuse victims
- UK Poverty 2022: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK
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Humansolutions Bulletin - December 13th 2021
- Spotlight - The Neil Thomposn Academy
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Negotiate your workload
- Researchers want to create safe, inclusive virtual reality hangouts for teens
- Lived experience influencing policy – How we did it
- 5 checks to see if you've been greenwashed by a 'sustainable' product
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Humansolutions Bulletin - November 30th 2021
- Spotlight - The Managing Stress Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - There’s no point rushing
- Seth Godin's Blog - Books unread
- Trussell Trust - Research and Advocacy
- Rising poverty among children and pensioners shows why Covid inquiry must consider its impact
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Humansolutions Bulletin - November 18th 2021
- Spotlight - The Spirituality and Religion Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Allow time for recovery
- How to return to work with grief
- People are more likely to misread a black child as angry when they believe the child is older
- ‘Without what made me “me”, I’d be a shadow of myself’ – Portraits of life on the autism spectrum
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Humansolutions Bulletin - November 2nd 2021
- Spotlight - The Managing Stress Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Make best use of your best time
- Seth Godin's Blog - Making a difference (making a point)
- If Javid expects families to do all the work, social care is not being ‘fixed’
- School steps in to give classes to Afghan children living in hotel
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Humansolutions Bulletin - October 13th 2021
- Spotlight - The Care of Older People Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Be open to learning from mistakes
- How creativity has been key for social workers in safeguarding adults during Covid
- ‘Revolutionary in a quiet way’: The rise of community gardens in the UK
- Understanding inclusion in your organisation - CIPD Health Checker Tool
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Humansolutions Bulletin - September 28th 2021
- Spotlight - The Social Worker’s Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Why helps with how
- WeThe 15 - 'Game-changer' plan for 1.2bn disabled people
- Seth Godin's blog - Defending change (or the status quo)
- Basingstoke MP Maria Miller calls to stop companies silencing victims of abuse in the workplace
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Humansolutions Bulletin - September 14th 2021
- Spotlight - The Learning from Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Use touch appropriately
- Why climate change is an inequality issue
- When bosses are respectful, young people are more resilient at work and enjoy their jobs more
- My working week: ‘I wonder who buys sex from the vulnerable women I try to help’
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Humansolutions Bulletin - August 3rd 2021
- Spotlight - Anti-racism for Beginners
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Manage your own learning
- Hybrid and remote working in the North of England: Impact and future prospects
- Seth Godin's Blog - “I did the thing that was…”
- The liking gap - We tend to underestimate the positive first impression we make on strangers
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Humansolutions Bulletin - June 22nd 2021
- Spotlight - Survive in Social Work
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Save face
- Book review - Outlanders: Hidden Narratives from Social Workers of Colour from Black & Other Global Majority Communities
- Seth Godin's blog - Five useful questions
- More tailored support services needed to ensure older people being abused can get the help and support they need
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Humansolutions Bulletin - May 18th 2021
- Spotlight - The Care of Older People Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Fail to plan and you plan to fail
- Diversity and inclusion: Research and commentary
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation Spring Budget 2021 analysis
- Adapting our work: How we will weather the financial toll of coronavirus and still keep delivering for autistic people and families
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Humansolutions Bulletin - May 4th 2021
- Spotlight - The Social Worker's Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Need to know not nice to know
- Good time management seems to have a bigger impact on wellbeing than work performance
- How does body image impact young people's mental health?
- Useful resources for Carers Week (7-13 June 2021)
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Humansolutions Bulletin - April 20th 2021
- Spotlight - The Learning from Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Keep your records up to date
- Stereotypes damage us all
- Theme of Refugee Week 2021: We cannot walk alone
- Brain fog: How trauma, uncertainty and isolation have affected our minds and memory
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Humansolutions Bulletin - April 6th 2021
- Spotlight – Have you joined the Neil Thompson Academy yet?
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Set out your stall
- New UK partnership to improve Adult Social Care
- The experience of being 'tolerated' rather than accepted, leads to lower wellbeing among ethnic groups
- What is a Dementia Friends champion?
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Humansolutions Bulletin - March 23rd 2021
- Spotlight – Have you joined the Neil Thompson Academy yet?
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Don’t speak (or write) officialese
- Ending women’s homelessness: The next chapter
- Seth Godin's blog - Three types of kindness
- The history, state and strategic implications of the psychological contract
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Humansolutions Bulletin - March 9th 2021
- Spotlight - Have you joined the Neil Thompson Academy yet?
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Don't be a rescuer
- What do we mean when we talk of allyship?
- How to create a healthier organizational culture in a world of ‘viral’ conflict
- Austerity is alive and well, and giving public services a kicking
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Humansolutions Bulletin - February 23rd 2021
- Spotlight - The Learning from Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Failure is part of success
- The road to enlightenment: Work and mental health in the pandemic
- The 'learning styles' myth is still prevalent among educators - and it shows no sign of going away
- Developing an anti-racism strategy
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Humansolutions Bulletin - January 26th 2021
- Spotlight - How to Survive in Social Work
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Use reframing
- Building a better workplace starts with saying “thanks”
- Call on UK Government to bolster bereavement support in the workplace
- UK Government proposal to change mental health law in relation to autism
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Humansolutions Bulletin - January 12th 2021
- Spotlight – The Values-based Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Recognize warning signs of aggression and potential violence
- OpenLearn launches hub to offer fresh perspectives on race, racism and ethnicity
- Better Care Network - Key initiatives
- The painful collision between work life and pregnancy loss
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Humansolutions Bulletin - October 20th 2020
- Spotlight - The Social Worker's Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Aim for adult-adult
- Adults put off crucial conversations about race because they mistakenly think young children won't understand
- Managing and supporting employees experiencing domestic abuse
- The Trussell Trust - What we do
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Humansolutions Bulletin - July 21st 2020
- Spotlight – The Care of Older People Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Don’t try to do the impossible
- Developing an anti-racism strategy
- The Trussell Trust - Research and advocacy
- Government tells sector ‘not to prioritise’ Liberty Protection Safeguards preparations
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Humansolutions Bulletin - June 23rd 2020
- Spotlight – The Learning from Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Dress for the part
- Study suggests need for UK employers to offer employee mental wellbeing support
- Advice on supporting each other at work following the death of a colleague
- Seth Godin's blog - The dominant culture
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Humansolutions Bulletin - May 28th 2020
- Spotlight - The Social Worker’s Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - I-Thou, not I-it
- The colour of money: Race and economic inequality
- Three steps to avoid a post-lockdown homelessness crisis
- 'They remind me of my twins': How lifelike dolls are helping people with dementia
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Humansolutions Bulletin - May 14th 2020
- Promoting Resilience: Responding to Adversity, Vulnerability and Loss
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Live to fight another day
- Coronavirus response must include digital access to connect us all
- Unpaid carers were isolated even before lockdown – now we're invisible
- 50 years is long enough: gender inequality and the fight for equal pay
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Humansolutions Bulletin - April 30th 2020
- Promoting Resilience: Responding to Adversity, Vulnerability and Loss
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Clarify boundaries
- Everyday Inequality
- Britain’s lockdown diaries expose gulf in wellbeing between rich and poor
- Three ways social workers can support children in care
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Humansolutions Bulletin - April 16th 2020
- Promoting Resilience: Responding to Adversity, Vulnerability and Loss
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Choose the right communication method
- If you’re burning out, carve a new path
- Windrush: We need a review into Home Office's institutional racism
- Seth Godin's blog - Calm also has a coefficient
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Humansolutions Bulletin - April 2nd 2020
- Promoting Resilience: Responding to Adversity, Vulnerability and Loss
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Say thank you
- Coronavirus brings fear but also hope for change
- Covid-19 needs our attention right now, but recovery measures could be part of the solution for the climate emergency
- A chance to focus on the beauty around us
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Humansolutions Bulletin - March 19th 2020
- Lessons for Living – 101 Tips for Optimal Well-being at Work and Beyond
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Don’t reply in anger
- Deep listening: Finding common ground with opponents
- Hardly hard to reach - The case for refugee-led mental health services
- Centre for Welfare Reform Manifesto
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Humansolutions Bulletin - March 5th 2020
- Lessons for Living – 101 Tips for Optimal Well-being at Work and Beyond
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Why here? Why now?
- Bibliotherapy - The power books have to heal you
- The power of chunking - Making more time for what really matters to you
- Self compassion: The secret to keeping the promises you make to yourself
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Humansolutions Bulletin - February 20th 2020
- Lessons for Living – 101 Tips for Optimal Well-being at Work and Beyond
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Start your own book of the month club
- 2020 Vision: The importance of focusing on accompliceship in the new decade
- Effectiveness kills creativity: 7 steps to help strengthen your innovative thinking
- New advice issued to prevent workplace harassment
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Humansolutions Bulletin - February 6th 2020
- Lessons for Living – 101 Tips for Optimal Well-being at Work and Beyond
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Make a note of important ideas
- ‘You never stop grieving’: Why bereaved parents need more than two weeks off work
- Managing conflict in the modern workplace - CIPD Report
- Seen & Heard: 100 Poems by Parents & Children Affected by Imprisonment
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Humansolutions Bulletin - January 23rd 2020
- Lessons for Living – 101 Tips for Optimal Well-being at Work and Beyond
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Question routines
- Is your workplace autism-friendly?
- Race Matters Blog - Do you want to write on race equality issues?
- Over 75% of adult directors not fully confident about delivering new deprivation of liberty system
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Humansolutions Bulletin - December 12th 2019
- Lessons for Living – 101 Tips for Optimal Well-being at Work and Beyond
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Everyone has 24 hours in their day
- How to help people with dementia: A guide for customer-facing staff
- Grieving the loss of a work identity
- Coming together to fight inequality
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Humansolutions Bulletin - October 24th 2019
- Lessons for Living – 101 Tips for Optimal Well-being at Work and Beyond
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Find the right pace
- UK Government: Build memorial to remember the victims of the slave trade
- 2020 Call for concurrent or poster proposals - Ambiguous Loss and Grief, La Crosse, Wisconsin
- Building a culture to address workplace stress
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Humansolutions Bulletin - October 10th 2019
- Lessons for Living - 101 Tips for Optimal Well-being at Work and Beyond
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Customer Care: Get it right
- World Mental Health Day 2019: Focus on suicide prevention
- Homelessness a ‘major issue’ for employers, new figures suggest
- Black history month
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Humansolutions Bulletin - September 26th 2019
- The Managing Stress Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - There's no need to shout
- Call for 1m people to join UK's biggest mass tree-planting campaign
- Race, class and institutional prejudice
- 'To be recognised nationally was incredible': How it feels to win a Guardian public service award
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Humansolutions Bulletin - August 29th 2019
- The Managing Stress Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - You don't know how I feel
- How a new technology is fighting workplace discrimination in Germany
- G7 leaders told to scrap discriminatory gender laws from statute books
- Creating a dementia-friendly generation
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Humansolutions Bulletin - July 11th 2019
- The Managing Stress Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Who is being awkward?
- Sex and dementia: The intimate minefield of consent in a care home
- More disabled people opt for self-employment
- Making a sustainable community: Life in Derwenthorpe, York, 2012–2018
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Humansolutions Bulletin - June 27th 2019
- The Managing Stress Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Head and heart work at different speeds
- The power of music: Vicky McClure's dementia choir
- Steps you can take to support LGBTQ colleagues this Pride Month
- The Acas framework for effective leadership
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Humansolutions Bulletin - January 10th 2019
- Discount on Neil Thompson's books extended
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Confront issues without being confrontational
- Removing the workplace stigma attached to Mens' mental health
- Workshops pave the way to bringing young and old together
- Fat Cat Friday 2019
- How the best leaders resolve workplace conflicts
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Humansolutions Bulletin - December 6th 2018
- Two new practice manuals published
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Have a ‘Not to Do’ list
- Ways to support LGBT staff in the workplace
- James Clear - How to get motivated when you don’t feel like it
- Statement on Visit to the United Kingdom, by Professor Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
- New performance management research
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Humansolutions Bulletin - November 22nd 2018
- 25% off Neil Thompson titles with code THOMPSON25
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Don’t get trapped in a saying
- Mental health: Firms ask PM to deliver on pledge
- Standing ovation for Youth Parliament Commons speech
- Seth Godin's Blog - If what you’re doing isn’t working
- What are human rights?
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Humansolutions Bulletin - November 8th 2018
- 25% off Neil Thompson titles with code THOMPSON25
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living: Beware of single cause explanations
- Email Charter: Save our inboxes
- Policy and politics: Why care for the terminally ill needs to be a higher priority
- Mental capital and wellbeing at work
- The Why of work: Purpose and meaning really do matter
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Humansolutions Bulletin - October 25th 2018
- The Social Worker's Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Develop recovery strategies
- Aspirations among ethnic minority children
- Seth Godin's blog: We are not the enemy (if we try)
- Social worker distress ‘not taken seriously enough by employers’
- CIPD and Mind launch guidance for managers to support mental health at work
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Humansolutions Bulletin - October 11th 2018
- The Social Worker’s Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Beware of cynicism
- Failing the Future - Childhood in an Unequal World by Professor Kate Pickett (29th November 2018)
- UK Working Lives - The CIPD’s first comprehensive survey of the UK workforce under our new Job Quality Index
- Aging employees may be a blessing, not a curse
- Numbers of elderly in 24-hour care set to double by 2035
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Humansolutions Bulletin - September 13th 2018
- The Social Worker's Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Be proactive. Make things happen
- Five reasons why emotional intelligence is essential in effective leadership
- Volunteers befriend newly discharged patients to keep them out of hospital
- Employee Benefits Live 2018 partners with Mind
- Podcast on the challenges of homelessness to social work
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Humansolutions Bulletin - August 30th 2018
- The Social Worker's Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Balance stability and change
- It’s time to stop parenting your team
- Why is it so hard to stick to good habits?
- The guide dog that spies on people who ignore its owner
- Award for North Wales woman leading fight against child slavery
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Humansolutions Bulletin - August 16th 2018
- The Social Worker’s Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Do a hassle audit
- ‘Give a homeless person a camera, and they will look at the city in a new way’
- Seth Godin's blog - The motor
- Tips to help autistic people on public transport
- Improve wellbeing by becoming ‘conversationally intelligent’
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Humansolutions Bulletin - August 2nd 2018
- The Social Worker's Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Don’t confuse experience with learning
- Why UK doctors are doling out 'social prescriptions' to treat mental health
- Eldercare is the new frontier of work-family balance
- How social supermarkets are filling a gap in austerity Britain
- UK Working Lives: The CIPD’s first comprehensive survey of the UK workforce under our new Job Quality Index
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Humansolutions Bulletin - June 14th 2018
- The Avenue Professional Development Programme
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Define your own rules of success
- 'A&E is no place for a crisis': Bradford leads the way in mental health care
- Untold stories from the Grenfell Wall
- Seth Godin's blog - Stretching without support
- Integration strategy must focus on tackling poverty for BME families
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Humansolutions Bulletin - May 31st 2018
- The Avenue Professional Development Programme
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Find the right balance when it comes to risks
- Shelter - Our impact
- Elderly cycle ride rolls across Scotland
- Stress in public services: How do you unwind?
- The good, bad and indifferent: How an ex-resident is trying to improve residential children’s homes
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Humansolutions Bulletin - May 17th 2018
- Important notice regarding the humansolutions BULLETIN
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Don’t criticise what you don’t understand
- Hidden crisis: Autistic people four times more likely to be lonely than general public
- Politics at the margins
- How to teach your children to be happy
- Public Concern at Work - The whistleblowing charity
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Humansolutions Bulletin - May 3rd 2018
- The Social Worker’s Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Consider what your legacy will be
- A prosecutor's vision for a better justice system
- How training our managers to ‘listen’ reduced absence
- #WalkTogether piece on inequality in UK
- Older women are victims of domestic violence, too
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Humansolutions Bulletin - April 18th 2018
- The Social Worker's Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living: Don’t lose sight of the little things that can make a big difference
- Artificial intelligence and racial bias: Can robots be racist?
- Forget about GDP: It’s time for a wellbeing economy
- I've worked with young people for 50 years. Here's my advice for Amber Rudd on knife crime
- The Goldilocks rule: How to stay motivated in life and business
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Humansolutions Bulletin - April 5th 2018
- Now available! The Social Worker’s Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Focus on communication
- Giving homelessness a home in social work, education, training & practice
- Workplace wellbeing: Our impact so far
- The barber helping men with dementia
- Underpaid disability claimants to receive up to £20,000
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Humansolutions Bulletin - March 22nd 2018
- Now available! The Social Worker’s Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Don’t let fear of failure hold you back
- How HR can combat workplace loneliness
- I volunteer to help vulnerable people the jobcentre lets down
- The best way to help is often just to listen
- How a terminally ill man is leading the fight against inhumane universal credit
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Humansolutions Bulletin - March 8th 2018
- Now available! The Social Worker’s Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Don't Understimate Yourself
- Young Carers Awareness Day 2018
- Disabled actors on prime-time TV? No wonder I cried at Silent Witness
- Managing an autistic employee
- How to grow from conflict: Respect, second chances and diversity of ideas
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Humansolutions Bulletin - February 22nd 2018
- Spotlight - Half-price DVD sale ends 28th February!
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Don't believe everything you read
- Using a time diary to stay on top of your workload
- How to support transgender employees
- We invited children into our care home to tell stories. The results were amazing
- Helping employers support their working carers
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Humansolutions Bulletin - February 8th 2018
- Coming soon! The Social Worker's Practice Manual
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Feel free to disagree
- Justifying gender discrimination in the workplace
- Challenging disadvantage and marginalisation
- After Carillion, social enterprises must take charge of public services
- Arts based practice in bereavement care masterclasses
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Humansolutions Bulletin - January 25th 2018
- Spotlight - New social work Facebook group
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Reframing negatives as positives
- Loneliness and older people from BME groups
- Seth Godin's blog - Stuck on what's next
- Stress, pressure, and your mental health at work
- 500 shared sites needed to end ‘age apartheid’, think tank says
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Humansolutions Bulletin - October 19th 2017
- Two new books by Neil Thompson
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - You are never too old to learn and grow – intellectually or emotionally
- How is caste discrimination different from racism?
- Workplace wellbeing needs holistic approach
- Three solutions to the challenges faced by ethnic minorities in the labour market
- Seven techniques for helping kids keep calm
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Humansolutions Bulletin - September 21st 2017
- SWU Member benefits: Learn with Neil Thompson
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Feelings are real, but they don’t always reflect the reality
- How to spot a toxic workplace and what to do about it
- Bullying and harassment advice
- Home sweet micro home: sleep-testing a pod for the homeless
- Deaths in custody report 'will not improve trust'
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Humansolutions Bulletin - September 7th 2017
- SWU Member benefits: Learn with Neil Thompson
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - The journey is more important than the arrival
- Book Review – The Psychology of Employee Empowerment
- Expect more stories of slavery - and demand more victim support
- Firefighters' battle with PTSD: "Every day is an anxious day"
- Stonewall Youth
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Humansolutions Bulletin - August 24th 2017
- SWU Member benefits: Learn with Neil Thompson
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Grief and trauma can bring learning and growth
- What happens when you introduce four year olds to an eldercare home
- Shocking BBC pay revelations heralds golden opportunity to model social change
- Supporting children who have an incarcerated parent
- Sexual orientation discrimination at work timeline
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Humansolutions Bulletin - August 10th 2017
- SWU Member benefits: Learn with Neil Thompson
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Look back, face forward
- The art of friendship
- Voice as a fundamental aspect of ‘Good Work’
- An end to workplace taboos surrounding women's health conditions
- We’d all benefit from encouraging children to go outside and take risks
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Humansolutions Bulletin - July 27th 2017
- MSc Advanced Practice in the Human Services
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Suffering can be positive
- The Falkirk student bringing joy to care home residents
- New Acas Guidance On Cyber Bullying
- Theresa May urged to appoint learning disability commissioner
- Calm under pressure? Run your business the mindful way
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Humansolutions Bulletin - July 13th 2017
- MSc Advanced Practice in the Human Services
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Don't run away from conflict
- How companies can shape workplace culture
- Prisons taking role of care homes and hospices as older population soars
- Hidden disabilities: Pain beneath the surface
- Technology convenience vs. Privacy concerns
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Humansolutions Bulletin - June 29th 2017
- Spotlight - SWU/Neil Thompson Collaboration
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Learn from success as well as failure
- Work-around: The disabled people creating bespoke businesses
- Tackling stigma and promoting mental health for employees
- Cities, the social economy and inclusive growth
- What might the workplace look like by 2036?
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Humansolutions Bulletin - June 15th 2017
- Spotlight - Don't Be Your Own Worst Enemy
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Find a balance of challenges
- How to lead a healthier, happier workforce
- Charities must put those we help on the board of trustees
- Making your workplace safe for grief
- What makes a dementia-friendly community? Respect, collaboration and support
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Humansolutions Bulletin - May 18th 2017
- Coping with Cancer ebook
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Connect with Music
- Judge criticises 'inhuman' separation of elderly couples
- CIPD publishes ‘Manifesto for Work’ ahead of General Election
- Autism awareness video - Can you see me?
- Talking about poverty: How experts and the public understand UK poverty
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Humansolutions Bulletin - May 4th 2017
- Coping with Cancer ebook
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Avoid the money trap
- Take action to tackle fat cat and poverty pay NOW
- Love trumps hate: Five ways teachers can build solidarity and inclusion
- It's not about the money: 3 Ways to impact happiness at work
- Disability campaigners to produce guidance for social workers
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Humansolutions Bulletin - April 20th 2017
- Study with Neil online for an MSc in Advanced Practice!
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Give (and allow others to give)
- Overcoming deprivation and disconnection in UK cities
- How big charities can support smaller ones
- Gareth Parry: ‘I knew a lot about mental health but I didn’t recognise it’
- We know social care is in cataclysmic crisis. Now we must find a solution
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Humansolutions Bulletin - April 6th 2017
- Study with Neil online for an MSc in Advanced Practice!
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Slow down
- What can the UK learn from how Finland solved homelessness?
- The health workers that help patients stay at home
- Millicent Fawcett to be first woman statue in Parliament Square
- Groundhog day: UK stuck in rut of high inequality
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Humansolutions Bulletin - March 23rd 2017
- Study with Neil online for an MSc in Advanced Practice!
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living: Avoid drift
- How poverty affects people's decision-making processes
- Race in the Workplace Report (and other recent developments)
- No-one should be denied human rights – scrap the DoLS
- Wrexham’s prison opens – A life changing oppportunity?
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Humansolutions Bulletin - March 9th 2017
- Study with Neil online for an MSc in Advanced Practice!
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Be clear about what you value
- Social Work in 42 Objects (and more)
- NHS tasks are creeping into social care without funding or legal clarity
- Inequality Is Not Inevitable: Our New Guide for Activists
- Care homes can be lonely and cruel places. But they can also be inspiring too
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Humansolutions Bulletin - February 23rd 2017
- Study with Neil online for an MSc in Advanced Practice!
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Celebrate getting older
- Overcoming deprivation and disconnection in UK cities
- Photographer combats gender stereotypes with the idea that ‘boys can, too’
- Stress in public services: How do you unwind?
- These amazing animations show what being LGBT in the workplace is like
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Humansolutions Bulletin - February 9th 2017
- Avenue Professional Development Programme
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Security is the ability to cope with insecurity
- Defeating rumination - How to reduce stress and build resilience
- Equality matters to human rights: We need a socio-economic duty.
- Seth Godin's blog - Missed it by that much
- Who are Learning Disability Voices?
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Humansolutions Bulletin - January 26th 2017
- Coping with Cancer ebook
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Both and, not either or
- Walking the tightrope - Savings and debt inequality in Great Britain
- Senior business leaders unequipped to manage and develop people
- Valuing staff and providing security: Social enterprises in social care
- Stonewall Cymru Workplace Conference 2017
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Humansolutions Bulletin - January 12th 2017
- Coping with Cancer ebook
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Start here and now
- How to approach your employer with a mental health problem
- Vulnerable UK women choosing prison over life on the outside
- Valuing staff and providing security: Social enterprises in social care
- World Autism Awareness Week
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Humansolutions Bulletin - December 15th 2016
- MSc Advanced Practice in the Human Services
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Livinng - Celebrate your successes
- Mental health and stigma
- Lessons from Europe: how projects supporting care leavers are transforming lives
- 5 steps to conflict resolution in the workplace
- 'Just say death!' Plays teach healthcare workers about end-of-life care
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Humansolutions Bulletin - December 1st 2016
- MSc Advanced Practice in the Human Services
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Use mind maps
- We damage Britain by denying its migrant past
- Stonewall research on public attitudes towards LGBT issues
- Children affected by parental imprisonment
- ‘The best social work I’ve seen wasn’t about filling out forms’
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Humansolutions Bulletin - November 18th 2016
- MSc Advanced Practice in the Human Services
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Let go, even if you can’t forgive
- Innocent until proven guilty? Not if you're poor...
- Disability and poverty in later life
- Seth Godin's Blog – Hang in there
- Ten years of tackling age discrimination in the workplace
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Humansolutions Bulletin - November 3rd 2016
- Study at Master’s level with Neil Thompson!
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Be graceful
- 'Black Lives Matter' emerges as controversial force in the UK
- Half of the world's disabled children are out of school
- Potentially useful resources
- Free webinar to help you identify and support trafficked children
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Humansolutions Bulletin - October 20th 2016
- Study at Master’s level with Neil Thompson!
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living: Manage your inhibitions
- Posters berating homeless beggars as frauds far from the truth
- Seth Godin's blog: What would happen if we chose to...
- Another study shows the discrimination women face in the workplace
- "Close libraries and you'll be forced to build more prisons"
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Humansolutions Bulletin - September 22nd 2016
- Dealing with Stress E-Learning Course
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Connect with people and places that matter to you
- Local and Equal: Does local government work for women?
- Using music in care for the dying
- An employer's guide to tackling bullying and harassment at work
- Housing crisis ‘driving younger and older generations apart’
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Humansolutions Bulletin - September 8th 2016
- New editions of Neil Thompson’s books
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Get perspective: Look up at the stars
- Damning UN report: The state of race equality in the UK
- Seth Godin's Blog: The paradox of the flawless record
- The Autism Friendly Award
- Rail against the system: How our transport system entrenches inequality
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Humansolutions Bulletin - August 26th 2016
- New editions of Neil Thompson’s books
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Be clear about your goals
- Two thirds of lesbian and bisexual women experience discrimination at work, research finds
- Sense responds to workplace disability discrimination research
- Dementia toolkit to help patients, carers and healthcare workers
- 10 ways to foster kindness and empathy in kids
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Humansolutions Bulletin - July 27th 2016
- New editions of Neil Thompson’s books
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - There’s no such thing as willpower
- How the U.N.'s new LGBT expert will make the world safer for LGBT people
- Workplace climate, not women's 'nature,' responsible for gender-based job stress
- Feminist alternative to old people’s homes opens in Paris
- Seth Godin's blog - What have we become? (And what are we becoming?)
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Humansolutions Bulletin - July 14th 2016
- New editions of Neil Thompson’s books
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Take control
- Do you want an autism-friendly high street?
- Study explores emotional intelligence and stress in social work
- British ethnic minorities differing views on immigration and Europe explored in new report
- Mary Seacole statue unveiled in London
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Humansolutions Bulletin - June 9th 2016
- Anti-discriminatory Practice – New edition
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Turn weaknesses into strengths
- Seth Godin's blog - Transformation tourism
- TED Talks - A broken body isn't a broken person
- Women (and men) don’t enjoy the full wellbeing benefits of flexible working
- 11th Autism-Europe International Congress
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Humansolutions Bulletin - May 26th 2016
- Anti-discriminatory Practice – New edition
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Magical thinking
- Vulnerable people regularly refused access to GPs, says charity
- How this global company is setting up a domino effect of happiness
- Workplan for 2016/17 Social Servuces and Well-being (Wales) Act unveiled
- Employers need to step up support to retain valuable older workers and working carers
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Humansolutions Bulletin - May 12th 2016
- Spotlight - Social Aspects of Death, Dying and Bereavement one-day conference
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Listen to both sides
- No child should be exposed to hazardous substances, says Human Rights Watch
- Do not resuscitate orders placed on patients without consent, says study
- Seth Godin's blog - On being treated like an adult
- How data science is helping charities to fight hunger in the UK
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Humansolutions Bulletin - April 12th 2016
- Spotlight - You are your learning
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Don't disempower yourself
- Supporting young carers and their families
- Treating workers like people really does improve engagement levels
- Seth Godin's Blog - More powerful than you know
- New guide to help combat sex discrimination
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Humansolutions Bulletin - March 17th 2016
- We're on kindle!
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - If it doesn’t work, stop doing it. If it works, do it more
- How serious is Cameron’s commitment to tackling racial inequality?
- Practice the change you wish to see in the world
- Dying Matters: Raising awareness of dying, death and bereavement
- The relationship between poverty, child abuse and neglect: An evidence review
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Humansolutions Bulletin - March 3rd 2016
- Half-price DVD offer ends next Monday
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Be Lucky
- Everyone should have friends and support - Social care has a role in tackling isolation
- Why don't we talk about dying?
- Challenging retail companies and what they consider the norm
- Poor communities are being taken for a ride by our transport system
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Humansolutions Bulletin - February 18th 2016
- Spotlight - Procrastination: Putting things off and how not to do it
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Don't Procrastinate
- Social work in 40 objects – Request from Professor Mark Doel
- Motivational interviewing: “Now I listen more before jumping in with a possible solution”
- House of Lords votes to keep income-related child poverty measures
- Older people talk about love lost and found
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Humansolutions Bulletin - February 4th 2016
- E-learning courses for only £1 each! Hurry - offer ends soon!
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Count your blessings
- How BME voters see EU referendum - Why we need to hear their voices
- Short home care visits 'plague system'
- Working for better mental health - Results from a survey of employees
- Ted talks - 'If I should have a daughter...'
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Humansolutions Bulletin - January 7th 2016
- Spotlight - Time and Workload Management E-Learning Course
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Don’t confuse motion with action
- UNICEF - Child Rights Partners
- Reducing poverty by promoting more diverse social networks for disadvantaged people
- Examining The Class Divide: Inequality Today 2015
- Seth Godin's Blog - Is it too little butter, or too much bread?
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Humansolutions Bulletin - August 13th 2015
- We're on Kindle!
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - Get the Balance Right
- NICE publish new guidelines on the health and wellbeing of employees
- How a music venue made my son with autism feel included at a concert
- Seth Godin's blog - The other kinds of laziness
- Tackle inequality & poverty where you live
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Humansolutions Bulletin - June 18th 2015
- Spotlight – The neil thompson Bookshop
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Extend, Recover, Renew
- When a co-worker is bereaved – food for thought from one writer’s perspective.
- ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ report
- Highlighting a useful site for social workers, social care practitioners, foster carers and advisers working in Wales.
- Changing employers’ perceptions of people with down’s Syndrome
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Humansolutions Bulletin - June 4th 2015
- Spotlight - The neil thompson Bookshop
- Neil Thompson's Lessons for Living - Be realistic
- Sherry Turkle on how technology is affecting our modern relationships
- The toy industry shuts out children with disabilities. We want to change that
- Access to resources on stress and more
- The Queen's speech must not treat social care as the poor cousin of the NHS
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Humansolutions Bulletin - May 21st 2015
- Spotlight - The neil thompson Bookshop
- Neil Thompson's Lesson for Living - To thine own self be true
- What is Mindfulness?
- Challenging gender stereotyping in the armed forces – Mixed responses
- 'Stop punishing the poor': What social care wants from the government
- Seth Godin's blog: Are you certain that you're trapped?
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