Our Families & Carers Alliance supports families and carers by helping to promote and share information around flexible working so that our people can find the right way to be at their best. It is a fully inclusive network with a desire to educate, support and influence change and policy decisions.
Its aim is to facilitate learning and awareness for line managers and employees around how to have important conversations about family, as well as work with families to better understand their needs and how we can best support them.
Louise McIntosh, Chair of the Family & Carers Alliance told us about her own experience of getting involved with the network when she became a parent: “When I started out in my career, flexible working wasn’t the norm. I didn’t have role models who’d shown what the work-life-harmony could look like. The network gave me a chance to ask advice, hear about others’ experiences and know that I still had so much value to bring to the workplace as a parent.”