Cost of Living Support For Employers
Right now, the cost-of-living crisis is exacerbating existing social and environmental issues and as the country grapples with the severity of the crisis, we know there are many pressures that your business may be under.
Through collective action, we can create more resilient and innovative businesses and
communities across the Fylde Coast and beyond, that are better prepared to respond to this crisis as well as future challenges.
Below are a number of links to signpost you to actions that your business could undertake to support your employees, or support that you as a business owner may to access.
Business Support
- BITC’s Cost of Living Crisis webpage which is regularly updated – Helping Business Respond
- BITC’s Cost-of-Living Action Plan for Business, a summary of ways in which business can respond
- BITC’s Cost-of-Living Action Papers
- Adcroft Hilton – Dealing with money worries (PDF)
- Blackpool Unlimited is a free online business support portal – https://blackpoolunlimited.com/
- Boost, Lancashire’s Business Growth Hub provide a range of funded business support programmes – https://www.boostbusinesslancashire.co.uk/business-support/support-directory/
- Clever Money Payroll Savings Scheme PDF
Health & Wellbeing Support for you and your employees
- Active Lancashire Implementing Mental Health First Aiders Training (PDF)
- Business Health Matters is a unique workplace wellbeing programme and support the health and wellbeing of your employees – https://www.businesshealthmatters.org.uk/
- Free Dance sessions with Tias Crown –Tia’s Crown is a charity set up to support mental & physical wellbeing through dance. Therapy In Action (Tia) is so important, as it is a way to escape, mix with others, release endorphins, boost your confidence and get your body moving. Tia’s Crown is offering free dance lessons to businesses for their employees. Please email tiascrowncharity@gmail.com for more information.
- Workplace Charter to Reduce Gambling Related Harms (PDF)
Counselling & Psychological Therapies
- Counselling in the Community – a counselling service aiming to offer adult, children and young persons’ counselling services to the Blackpool and the Fylde area – https://www.shbi.org.uk/
- Blackpool Healthier Minds – https://www.bfwh.nhs.uk/our-services/healthier-minds/