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Designing work around people

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25 Oct 2022

Nick Bacon Mark Howard Fergus Grierson

We have inclusive design standards for buildings. Why can't we have them for work? The RSA Inclusive Work, Disability and Ageing Network Steering Group propose a system that works for everybody.

We need intergenerational future of work dialogue now

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21 Sep 2022

Bob Jeffery Farheen Khan Ashok Pandey Tim Whitaker

A radical new policy agenda is required to support multigenerational workplaces as they become the new normal.

A toolkit for workplace wellbeing

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30 Jun 2022

Kevin Daniels Helen Fitzhugh

Many employers realise wellbeing in the workplace promotes good mental health AND productivity, but don’t know where to begin. Kevin Daniels and Helen Fitzhugh talk about a new, free, online toolkit to get them started

Democracy at work

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15 Jun 2022

Jeremy Fox

Hand the company over to the workers? Madness said the critics. But Jeremy Fox’s exercise in democracy grew the business and made his former employees richer. The only problem? They had to be persuaded to take holidays

Off the streets and into a job

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24 May 2022

Christy Acton

Christy Acton, founder and CEO of Birmingham non-for-profit Standing Tall, says businesses can make a huge difference by creating stable jobs for people who’ve experienced homelessness

RSA Fellows – Do you want to help young people realise their ambitions?

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23 Feb 2022

For ten years, Driving Ambition has helped young people in Oxfordshire realise the opportunities open to them once they leave school. But, says Peter Jordan, FRSA, we can do a lot more, and he wants your help

Decent work and the experiences of young ethnic minorities in Vietnam

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17 Feb 2022

Tony Wall

Young people are rarely included in the policies that affect their futures. In fast-growing Vietnam, with many ethnic groups at the back of the queue for decent, secure and well-paid jobs, most are never heard at all. Tony Wall and Ann Hindley explain how Re-WORK aims to redress the balance

A healthy hybrid

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14 Sep 2021

Alan Lockey

A flexible working model is the way forward, writes Alan Lockey.

Inclusive work: what are we learning?

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16 Aug 2021

Ben Harvey FRSA Liz Sayce FRSA Simon Lydiard FRSA

RSA Fellows Ben Harvey, Simon Lydiard and Liz Sayce discuss, along with their own findings, how governmental and employer action could improve work access for people with disabilities.