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Northern England 2021 Highlights
cipd.co.uk/north
Review of 2021
We’re delighted to bring you our annual highlights to showcase some of our successes and achievements during 2021. Our hard work and commitment to deliver on our purpose of championing better work and working lives has been supported by a growing community of members and volunteers over the past 12-months. Their knowledge and guidance continues to prove invaluable, so I’d personally like to thank all of our volunteers - we wholeheartedly appreciate your support.
Team CIPD North with our CEO, Peter Cheese.
A particular highlight for me during the year was seeing over 30 of the North’s most inspirational organisations, people teams and projects make it on to the shortlist of the 2021 CIPD People Management Awards, resulting in eight winners at the ceremony. Looking ahead, we will continue to work with key stakeholder organisations, such as the Northern Public Sector Forum, policy makers and our combined authorities to encourage fair and equal work opportunities for everyone. To help our members keep up with all our latest work and events to champion better work and working lives, we have established a quarterly update - known as CIPD North: Regional Insights. With a growing readership of over 36,000 subscribers it also showcases best practice stories from our region’s most inspiring members. Throughout the New Year we have planned a range of activities and campaigns to meet the needs of our members’ in such rapidly changing times. To subscribe to our mailing list, or to find out more about getting involved with our networks and communities
400 Steps Ahead Mentors
275 Enterprise Advisors
140 Northern Policy Forum members
140 CIPD Northern Branch Network Volunteers
210 HR Leaders
28,000 CIPD members
Throughout the year we have engaged and influenced public policy on a wide variety of workplace issues including flexible working, ethnicity pay gap reporting, fair pay and reward, and the skills agenda. We also continue to support our region’s metro mayors with their fair work charters to help drive positive workplace change in their respective city regions. During the pandemic our member network and engagement activities have included a wide range of webinars and roundtables, with topics covering everything from flexible working, mental health, hybrid working and menopause at work. These engagement activities reached over 3226 registrations (delegates) and over 1400 views on the CIPD North You tube channel.
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Daphne Doody-Green Head of CIPD Northern England
Steve Rotherham, Mayor of Liverpool
January
Building anti-racist workplaces with HR Leaders
Mayor Steve Rotherham: Mental Health in the Workplace
Our HR Leaders Network engages the top of the profession in a peer network, to shape conversation and thought leadership on the future of the profession, and the world of work. In January, our exclusive HR Leader Network joined us for a roundtable on ‘Building anti-Racists Workplaces.’ The virtual session enabled our region’s HR leaders to gain valuable insight, and share best practice, on how to tackle racism in the workplace and build an inclusive culture that promotes allyship.
Our ‘Mental Health in the Workplace’ webinar - in collaboration with the Liverpool City Region and the CIPD Merseyside & Cheshire Branch - proved a hot topic, attracting over 200 viewers. Steve Rotherham, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region said: “We hope this webinar encourages employers to take advantage of the CIPD’s range of resources to improve your people’s wellbeing, because a happy and healthy workforce is also a more productive workforce.” Our panel of experts included Terry Duffy (Area Director, ACAS North West), Lisa Ellis (Mental Health First Aid First Aid Instructor), Peter Kelly (Senior Psychologist, Health & Wellbeing) and Rachel Suff (Senior Policy Advisor, CIPD). Together, they discussed how we can build mentally healthy workplaces.
February
Developing fair work charters for major city regions
Flexible work for all
We delivered a series of ‘Flex in Practice’ webinars which attracted over 600 viewers. The sessions explored the benefits of flexible working, arrangements commonly used, and practical tips on implementing flexible working practices. You can catch up on some of the sessions here:
We were proud to work with Steve Rotherham, Mayor of Liverpool to help shape and launch a localised fair employment charter. As part of this, we created a micro-site for local businesses to access a range of resources to support the requirements of the charter. This work complements the support and resources we have provided to Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester to create the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter.
How many Happy Mondays do you have?
Flexibility by design - the art and science of job crafting
These webinars complemented the launch of our #Flexfrom1st campaign in February, which called on organisations and the government to make the right to request flexible working a day-one right for everyone.
Eugenio Pirri, Chief People and Culture Officer at the Dorchester Collection
March
Inspiring students to be their best
Invest North: Unlocking the North
Our Head, Daphne Doody-Green was delighted to join a panel at Invest North’s virtual conference - sponsored by EY - to address how the North can bounce back post pandemic. As part of this, she urged employers to prioritise and invest in the health and wellbeing of workers, in order to benefit from a more productive, engaged workforce. Daphne was joined on the panel by EY representatives, along with Simon Holden (Group Chief Operating Officer at City Fibre) and Stephen Church (UK market leader for the North), who chaired the panel. The event
Daphne Doody-Green (Head of CIPD Northern England) Chaired our very first online student conference. It attracted an impressive turnout of over 1300 CIPD students and early career professionals, not only from the North and wider UK, but also from Europe, the Middle East and North America! We were delighted to have a range of HR experts and influential business leaders join us - from organisations such as BBC, Liverpool Business School, NHS, NatWest Group and Northumberland County Council - to share best practice, insight and helpful resources to inspire students. Eugenio Pirri, Chief People and Culture Officer at the Dorchester Collection delivered a powerful session on how to ‘Be the Change you wish to see in the world.’
was curated by TheBusinessDesk.com and you can read their write-up on the panel event here.
Supporting carers in the workplace
April
With an estimated 3.7 million working carers in England and Wales, a growing number of people are playing a dual role in balancing their jobs with their caring responsibilities. To help employers create a culture that supports carers in the workplace, we held a ‘Supporting Carers in the Workplace’ webinar which proved popular, having attracted over 300 views. Our speakers included Claire McCartney (CIPD Diversity & Inclusion Advisor) Catherine Wilson (head of employers for carers) and Mary Bright (Special Adviser to the Business Champion for Older Workers).
Launch of Soft Skills in Hard Times
We joined forces with ACAS and the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter to produce an insightful guide -’Soft Skills in Hard Times: the importance of good people management’ - full of resources for line managers to strengthen their people management skills. We followed this up with a collaborative podcast on ‘Why good people management matters’, which explored how employers can help their people achieve a better work-life balance and improve their health and wellbeing. Together, the guide and podcast have attracted close to 900 downloads.
The session sparked some heart-warming discussions around the growing demands on carers and the need for employers to step up their support and is still available to watch here.
CIPD President, Cary Cooper FCIPD of Manchester Business School
May
Northern Conference drives the good work agenda
Our first online CIPD Northern Annual Conference proved a huge success, with close to 400 delegates joining us to hear from a range of inspirational speakers - from organisations such as Kellogg’s, Talk Talk, Northumbrian Water Group and IPPR North – on driving the good work agenda. CIPD President, Cary Cooper FCIPD, a highly regarded psychologist from Manchester Business School, gave a compelling closing keynote, asking us to think more strategically about workforce mental health.
Launch of CIPD North: Regional Insights
We launched a new quarterly update for northern members - known as ‘CIPD North: Regional Insights – which has a growing readership of over 36,000 subscribers. Established to give our members a voice and share best practice on driving better work and working lives’ in the region, each issue features regional news along with spotlight interviews with the region’s most inspiring members. The success of The University of Chester’s annual Diversity Festival was covered in our launch issue. It attracted thousands of delegates, with more than 60 inspiring speakers, including Our Chief Exec, Peter Cheese, along with football legend and antiracism campaigner John Barnes and Joeli Brearley of Pregnant Then Screwed.
Delegate feedback
Fantastic to see wellbeing rising up the workplace agenda & being highlighted as a key priority for employers and HR.
Peter Cheese calling for work to be fair, meaningful, and
productive for the benefit of people, organisations, and society.
June
Yorkshire’s Returner Champions
HR leaders share ways of working
Our Parentworks Hub launched, with a range of advice and resources to help employers make their organisations more inclusive for parents returning to work (‘parent returners’). The hub features insightful case studies and testimonials from HR professionals in Yorkshire and Humber that took part in our Parent Returner Programme, from organisations such as Burberry, Morrisons, Northern Gas Works and Yorkshire Building Society.
Our HR Leaders Network engages the top of the profession in a peer network, to shape conversation and thought leadership on the future of the profession, and the world of work. We delivered a peer to peer Senior HR Leader session on ‘ways of working’ to support leaders in sharing and learning from one another about the impact of remote working and scenario planning for the months ahead.
Northern Policy Forum
Uniting with northern mayors to commit to fair work
We joined a press conference in which Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire, alongside her fellow northern metro mayors (Andy Burnham of Greater Manchester and Steve Rotherham of Liverpool) announced plans to develop of a Fair Work Charter for the region. As a result we are now working with West Yorkshire Combined Authority to develop their charter which is due to launch in March 2022.
July
Launch of CIPD Northern Policy Forum
Over 140 senior HR and people development professionals registered for the launch of our Northern Policy Forum. Members of the forum have the opportunity to influence public policy on the future of work, by providing their expert insight on a range of workplace areas, including health and wellbeing and pay and reward. This valuable expertise is helping us respond to work-related government consultations – including the recent Flexible Working consultation - and recommend vital changes to policy.
CIPD Chartered Fellows event: Profession for the Future 2030
We collaborated with the CIPD Manchester Branch on an exclusive online event for
Chartered Fellows. It attracted 80 FCIPD’s from across the region to gain insight from our Profession for the Future 2030 research and hear their thoughts on how they would put this into practice.
August
One Million Chances for the North’s young people
Digital Transformation: Insights from the North
We launched a series of ‘Digital Transformation’ articles featuring northern people professionals (from organisations such as City & Guilds, My Leadership Strengths and KP Snacks) sharing their experiences and best practice on supporting the business and its people through digital change.
As part of our One Million Chances campaign - which aims to help create one million opportunities for young people (aged 18-24) - we have developed a number of blogs that feature organisations that are benefitting from creating training and work opportunities for young people. These blogs include contributions from northern people professionals at William Hare (global engineers) in Bury and also Wirral Borough Council. Both organisations
Digital transformation is a hot topic that is being widely discussed and one of the critical themes people professionals identified as impacting the current and future world of work, according to the CIPD People Profession 2030 report.
are benefitting from utilising apprenticeships to bridge any skills gaps and attract and retain young talent.
September
Supporting businesses with recovery & future growth
We were delighted to support the Growth Company’s landmark PROGRESS21 event in Manchester Central. We joined hundreds of public, private and third sector organisations as exhibitors to provide specialist insight and practical support to help business’s recover and enjoy future growth. Our CEO, Peter Cheese also joined an esteemed panel to discuss the future of work, and the importance of responsible business. The event was supported by Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, and included a jobs fair ‘plus’, with thousands of available jobs and training opportunities for people of all ages.
Supporting you and your HR Career after study
October
Over 75 early career professionals joined us for this popular virtual event - in collaboration with the Northern Branch Network - to learn more about the benefits of CIPD membership and getting involved in our volunteer network. As part of the ‘Supporting you & your HR career after study’ session, delegates discovered more about the wide range of exclusive resources and communities - available to CIPD members - to help with career progression and support their wellbeing.
Soft Skills in Hard Times comes to Manchester
We hosted our first in-person event of the year - in collaboration with ACAS and the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter – which was a panel discussion with the aim of helping employers enhance their people management. Over 100 delegates joined us for the event - known as ‘Soft Skills in Hard Times’ - which followed the launch of our collaborative guide on how to upskill people managers. Our panel of experts included Ben Willmott, Head of Public Policy at CIPD and Terry Duffy, Area Director at ACAS and Sharon Amesu, Diversity and Inclusion Specialist – who chaired the session. Together they addressed what behaviours and strategies managers must develop to engage staff in more
Joining the Menopause Revolution
Over 900 delegates registered for our ‘Let’s talk menopause’ webinar with Carolyn Harris, Co-chair of the government’s new Menopause Taskforce, Janet Trowse, Head of HR at Network Rail and Rachel Suff, CIPD Senior Policy Adviser.
Hosted by Daphne Doody-Green, Head of CIPD Northern England, the session ignited a lively discussion around how HR and line managers can better support colleagues going through the menopause. The panellists and delegates also shared personal and heart-warming stories on their experiences of the menopause.
productive work, support their health and wellbeing, and create an inclusive workplace culture.
November
ACE-ing the future of work
Launch of the CIPD North Senior People Professionals Network
Our first hybrid Annual Conference and Exhibition (ACE) proved a huge success. It brought thousands of people professionals together, in Manchester and online, to look beyond the pandemic at how we reset and build a better future for people at work. High profile speakers included Labour MP and Shadow Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary David Lammy, who delivered a passionate speech about the importance of racial equality at work. Author and journalist, Caitlin Moran proved a highly popular closing keynote, discussing the ‘HR influence’ and the importance of stepping up, innovating and experimenting.
Over 80 senior people professionals joined us for the launch of our new network – exclusively for senior people professionals in the north - to help recharge and support HR in times of strain. CIPD North’s Senior People Professionals Network has been developed to help those of you who are at a strategic leadership level, prioritise your own health and wellbeing, and meet and share your experiences with like-minded peers. Our next session will focus on your career development. Find out more here.
Labour MP and Justice Secretary, David Lammy
December
Our year in the regional news
Over the last 12-months, our work to champion better work and working lives in the north has generated over 170 news articles across the North’s major media outlets. These include the Manchester Evening News, Liverpool Echo, Newcastle Evening Chronicle and Yorkshire Post, reaching over 9,308,974 readers/viewers. Highlights include the launch of our Northern Policy Forum, the results of our Labour Market Survey, along with our calls for the government to tackle the skills crisis by implementing short changes to immigration policies.
We also achieved a full-page feature in the Yorkshire Post, in which Daphne Doody-Green (Head of CIPD Northern England) highlighted the importance of employers prioritising the health and wellbeing of their people. The interview appeared in the print and online versions of the Yorkshire Post, with a a combined circulation of over 45,534.
Read our latest news, views and policy recommendations here.
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