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NEWS AND EVENTS
SEMINAR
Friday 18th June
12.00-2.00 pm
1st Floor, Downstream Building
1 London Bridge
London SE1 9BG
THINKING OUTSIDE THE EMPLOYMENT BOX
A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE OF FLEXIBLE EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS
Funding issues are now at the top of the agenda for most charities. So should HR professionals and chief executives be considering flexible employment as a key part of the solution?
This seminar will give you practical insights into a range of creative employment practices and answer the most frequently asked questions, such as: can I really get better quality people if I'm more flexible and creative? What legal issues are involved in engaging interim managers? How can I use part-time and job share arrangements in an effective way?
Hosted by Women Like Us and PrimeTimers , not-for-profit social enterprises that specialise in flexible employment and interim executives, the seminar speakers include:
- Iain Herbertson, Special Advisor on Employment, the Mayor's Fund for London , who will share his experiences of the benefits that flexible working brings to business
- Christina Searle , HR Director of Sue Ryder Care , who will share her first hand experience of employing interim managers
- Irwin Mitchell, law firm , who will give you an insight into the impact of future European and UK changes to employment law on flexible employment
Seminar cost: £10 including buffet lunch
Email: dawn@primetimers.org.uk
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Top eco chef and The People's Supermarket
TPOS is a social enterprise company based in Camden, pledging to provide its members with good food at affordable prices, food education, fair trade, community involvement and the chance to have a say in how their store is run. The initiative is being led by top eco chef Arthur Potts Dawson who has ambitions to recruit 3000 people in three years. HR and recruitment support is understandably at the top of their agenda and PrimeTimers member, Rachael Block, has taken on an interim role to develop recruitment, induction and training to its mainly volunteer workforce. The project is being filmed for a four part documentary series by Channel 4.
FUNDING BOOST FOR CIVIL SOCIETY UNIVERSITY - May 2010
PrimeTimers, leading supplier of business expertise to the third sector, has secured initial funding from Esmee Fairburn to progress the concept of a civil society university. Since it was first discussed two years ago, in a series of public debates hosted by Emeritus Professor Martin Albrow, LSE, support for a dedicated university of the third sector has gathered momentum among academics and sector leaders.
PRIMETIMERS WINS MAJOR DOH CONTRACT - December 2009
PrimeTimers is to form a key part of the consortium that has just won a major contract from the Department of Health to manage the Health and Social Care Volunteering Fund. The fund has been set up by the Department to assist organisations that provide volunteers to the NHS...more
CHARITIES MUST USE PRE-ELECTION TIME TO ENGAGE WITH POLITICIANS - September 2009
Charities face a fresh set of challenges in dealing with a new government irrespective of which party is in power, delegates were told at a London seminar this week. "Most charities have poor networking skills with little understanding of the political structure or how to engage with the people who take the key decisions" said Kevin Davis, Conservative parliamentary candidate for Yeovil and guest speaker at yesterday's event hosted by PrimeTimers....more
DEMAND FOR INTERIM INCREASES IN THIRD SECTOR - Sep 2009
As the recession continues to put a constraint on budgets and funding for third sector organisations, the demand for high calibre, short-term expertise to plug staff and skills gaps or to manage a period of change, has increased. With this in mind, PrimeTimers has produced a dedicated guide to interim management within the third sector...more
INTERIM MANAGEMENT SEMINAR: Doing the dirty work or holding the fort? - July 2009
We were delighted to welcome over 60 attendees at our recent seminar on interim management, a combination of nfp organisations, interim managers and those considering interim as a career path. Guest speakers from key charities including Bow Childcare, Sporting Equals and the British Youth Council and their respective interims shed some useful light on the mysteries of when to employ an interim, how it differs from consultancy, how to get the best out of an interim manager and what the pitfalls may be.
In a competitive and challenging climate, where it's crucial to have the right skills in place at the right time, we believe that interim management is going to be the way forward in the third sector over the next few years and our panel of speakers roundly endorsed this view.
PRIMETIMERS STRENGTHENS TEAM - April 2009
Bernice Rook and Jo Simpson have joined PrimeTimers as a job share for the newly created role of Executive Consultant. The new appointment brings a variety of skills to the PrimeTimers team as Jo has formerly worked for Nottinghill Housing trust as a Project Manager for Shelter;Bernice's experience lies in recruitment consultancy, latterly with Randstad as a Resourcing Manager, and the health and social care sectors.
FINANCE EXECUTIVES SWITCH TO THIRD SECTOR - April 2009
As third sector organisations grapple with the challenges of the current economic climate, substantial expertise from the financial sector is becoming increasingly available as city, banking and financial services executives look to the third sector for job opportunities...more
GOVERNMENT'S DEGREE REVOLUTION MIRRORS UNIVERSITY FOR CIVIL SOCIETY - November 2008
Ideas from Higher Education Secretary, John Denham, for enabling thousands more students to study part-time using an accumulative credit system, are strikingly similar to those put forward for a University for Civil Society by PrimeTimers...more
FORMER DEUTSCHE BANK MD ON BOARD WITH PRIMETIMERS
October 2008
Tony Buckland, a former MD at Deutsche Bank ag, has joined PrimeTimers, business skills supplier to the third sector, as a senior non executive director from September 30th...more
PRIVATE SECTOR LOSSES WILL BE CHARITY SECTOR GAINS
October 2008
An opportunity exists for third sector organisations to gain substantial expertise if the executive fall-out from the private sector continues says PrimeTimers, leading business skills supplier to the third sector...more
PRIMETIMERS APPOINTED AS PART OF CONSORTIUM TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND INVESTMENT IN YOUTH THIRD SECTOR
September 2008
A consortium which includes PrimeTimers was recently announced as the successful bidder to act as the managing body for the Government's £100 million Youth Sector Development Fund...more
BARBARA ROCHE GIVES PRIMETIMERS MEMBERS INSIGHT INTO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS - July 2008
At a network seminar for members and selected charity personnel, former government minister, Barbara Roche, gave an insight into government from the inside with a fascinating and highly informative talk at 1 London Bridge. Having held several ministerial offices, the most recent being in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, she was able to explain the diversity of the departments, the different characters and cultures and, consequently, how lines of communication vary from one to another.
EMMAUS UK INVITES RECYCLING AND HOMELESS CHARITIES TO SHARE RESEARCH FINDINGS - May 2008
At a recent seminar, research carried out for Emmaus by PrimeTimers highlighted the key issues that social enterprises involved in recycling and resale should consider if they are planning for growth. ...more
THIRD SECTOR VOICES SUPPORT FOR UNIVERSITY FOR CIVIL SOCIETY AT PRIMETIMERS 'COLLOQUIA' - April 2008
"The idea of civil society through the years has been a driving force all over the world and, in the shape of a university, could provide the intellectual challenge the third sector is currently lacking" said Professor Martin Albrow at the final PrimeTimers debate about lifelong learning and the third sector. Chairing the well attended debate was David Walker, editor of The Guardian's Public Magazine. www.civilsocietyuniversity.org.uk