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Guest blog: The Key to Board Effectiveness – Healthy Board Relations

Joy Harcup, Executive Coach at Praesta LLP, outlines the importance of board culture, and ...

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Promoting diversity of thought

Robin Fieth, Chief Executive of the Building Societies Association, and Andrew Whyte, Chie...

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Guest blog: Building a sense of belonging and creating opportunities to improve representation

As we look forward to International Women's Day on 8 March, Holly Rankin, Chief People Off...

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Guest blog: The joy of volunteering - Why giving back matters

Vernon Building Society has a strong tradition of supporting local community causes, somet...

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Guest blog: Championing financial inclusion to improve the nation’s financial wellbeing

Financial Inclusion Commissioner, Johnny Timpson OBE, outlines the work of the Commission ...

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Guest blog: Embracing partnerships to help close the digital inclusion gap

David Jones, Digital Learning and Development Specialist at Monmouthshire Building Society...

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Guest blog: Safe Spaces – How a colleague idea and minimal costs can make a big difference

Sarah Liddon, Domestic, Financial, Economic Abuse Lead at Nationwide explains why the Soci...

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Guest blog: Acting on our purpose of making banking fairer and working in a way that is good for society

Charlotte Kensett, Director of Customer Experience and Social Impact at Nationwide Buildin...

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Guest blog: Inclusive connections: creating accessible customer communications in a digital era

With communications technology and customer expectations evolving all the time, Peter Tool...

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Guest blog: Representation is important to customers too

Philippa Herz, Chief Financial Officer at OneFamily, explains why representation is so imp...

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Guest blog: Monmouthshire Building Society launch pilot scheme to create career opportunities in local community

Beverley Flood, Head of People at Monmouthshire Building Society introduces the MBS Commun...

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Guest blog: Creating a more level playing field to give everyone the chance to succeed, regardless of their background.

On Social Mobility Day, Sophie Hulm, CEO of Progress Together, shares her thoughts on what...

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Guest blog: Celebrating Good Business

With a multitude of ratings and accreditations for business and the ensuing confusion this...

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Women's Leadership Programme - "The Becoming Journey®"

Location: Online

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Guest blog: Unlocking efficiency and innovation - how Generative AI can empower building societies for success

Chad Cracknell (Microsoft) and Paul Ballard (Nationwide) outline Nationwide's journey into...

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Disability support isn’t negotiable: we need more cross-sector collaboration

Nationwide is one of the launch partners of Experian’s latest technology Support Hub, whic...

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The importance of developing mutual leaders

As applications open for the 2024 cohort of the Ï㽶¸£ÀûÖ±²¥ / Loughborough University MSc in Strat...

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Neurodiversity Celebration Week

Supporting and celebrating a diverse workforce

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Guest blog: Progress on our diversity journey

On International Women's Day, we hear from Helen Easton, Director of People and Culture at...

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Guest blog: How a month-long celebration made mutuality more tangible for members

Saffron Building Society’s first-ever Members’ Month in June 2023 provided a platform to t...

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Diversity & Inclusion in Financial Services

Ï㽶¸£ÀûÖ±²¥ response to FCA CP23/20 and PRA CP23/18

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A focus on fostering good employee wellbeing within the building society sector

In the Autumn edition of Society Matters, we explored employee wellbeing from a variety of...

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Guest blog: Let's fix the digital divide

Guest blog by Good Things Foundation. The charity works with over 3,000 community based di...

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The Purpose of Mutual and Co-operative Business in Society

How co-operatives and mutuals are helping tackle the big challenges

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Guest blog: Creating a cause-based culture to improve wellbeing, engagement, and organisational performance

Guest blog by Deborah Cooper and Derek Wynne, Partners of Miles Advisory

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Senior Level Leadership Programme: Developing a resilient workforce

Location: London

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Annual Update & Networking for Boards

Location: London

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Society Matters: Autumn 2023

A focus on financial resilience and wellbeing

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Guest blog: Pronouncing a name – how hard can it be?

Article by Tina Hughes, director and ethnicity colleague network sponsor at Yorkshire Buil...

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Debbie Enever to join the Building Societies Association as Head of External Affairs

Debbie will join the organisation on 1 September 2023. 

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Guest blog: Taking an Agile approach to digital transformation

This article was first published in Society Matters magazine.

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Growing talent: tapping potential

The Spring edition of Society Matters magazine focused on the benefits of growing internal...

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New Chair elected at Building Societies Association

Rob Pheasey, Chief Executive of the Marsden Building Society, has been elected as the new ...

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Green shoots appearing in the housing market

Paul Broadhead, Head of Mortgage & Housing Policy at the Ï㽶¸£ÀûÖ±²¥, shares his insight into the ...

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Inspiring the next generation of mutual leaders

The benefits of growing internal talent was behind the establishment of the Ï㽶¸£ÀûÖ±²¥/Loughborou...

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Building Societies Annual Conference 2024

Location: Manchester

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Big challenges, even bigger opportunities

Ï㽶¸£ÀûÖ±²¥ Chief Executive talks about being ready for the opportunities and challenges that lie ...

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Guest blog: The future of cash - the vinyl of the banking industry

Ahead of his appearance at the Ï㽶¸£ÀûÖ±²¥'s Digital Mutual on the 3rd and 4th November 2020, Wayn...

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Ï㽶¸£ÀûÖ±²¥ event showcases major investment in branches and communities

We report on the Ï㽶¸£ÀûÖ±²¥'s recent Reinvigorating Communities event which highlighted the many ...