Head of Campaigns & Public Engagement at Phoenix Insights. Agitating for change that helps us lead better, longer lives.
London, England
Joined October 2013
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Cath Sermon retweeted
Labour mkt stats today show UK workforce is smaller & sicker than 5 yrs ago.
Over 1m more people could be in work/progress out of low pay with more flexible work.
Employment legislation alone is not enough: we need more everyday conversations in the workplace to shift norms 👇
NEW PODCAST #PartTimeWorks, co-created with #PhoenixInsights aims to mainstream GOOD part-time work.
Ep 1 explores modern part-time. 2 of our guests are also parent-carers. Meet:
@AKihurani, @EY_UKI
Sharon Foxwell & Jo Holdom @OneVoiceTeam
timewise.co.uk/podcast/podca…
#CarersWeek
Great to see #careerchange in the foreground of #LifelongLearningWeek. Important new insights highlighting the need for more attention and investment in adult learning for career change. @csfoot @paddythomson
To kick off, we’ve got five insights into career change from the Adult Participation in Learning Survey 2023.
More than 2 in 5 adults say they want or need to change career. 🔀
(1/7) #LifelongLearningWeek
ALT Nearly one third of adults (32%) say they want to change career in the next one to two years. A further 13% say they need to change career.
Cath Sermon retweeted
What's happening to part-time workers? What is their experience of work like and what are people's perceptions around their ambition and contribution?
Register for our FREE webinar on 5 Dec, 11am-12pm where we launch our new 'A Question of Time' report: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Cath Sermon retweeted
Great to hear from @cath_sermon about the #CareersCanChange campaign, a group of organisations (including @LearnWorkUK) convened by @PhoenixGroupUK to showcase how people can change career in midlife with success.
careerscanchange.co.uk/
Cath Sermon retweeted
Our Adult Participation in Learning Survey has found that nearly 1 in 3 adults WANT to change career in the next one or two years.
And 13% NEED to change career.
It’s important that we enable all adults to find the right path for them. 🌟
Never done a panel discussion in a tipi before! Thanks @AnthropyUK for hosting two Age Irrelevance discussions, including this one on 50 year careers.
As an Age irrelevance ambassador, Charlotte Sweeney OBE found the session on the 50-year career very thought-provoking.
Brilliant debate including @DiverseAdvice @InspiredLifeUK @CIPD @cath_sermon @YF_Foundation
Looking forward to discussing new data on all things lifelong learning for career change and reflections from our Careers can change campaign - the story so far. #LifelongLearningWeek #careeradvice @csfoot @paddythomson
And I'm feeling inspired ahead of @LearnWorkUK's #LifelongLearning Week which kicks off with an event on...#CareerChange! I'm chairing & joined by fab speakers @LWemilyjones, @cath_sermon @PhoenixGroupUK, @rona_CCP & Shona Duncan @TeesValleyCA Sign up festivaloflearning.org.uk/ge…
What we want and need from work changes throughout our lives. #Menopause is often a catalyst for #careerchange, with @fawcettsociety research showing that 1 in 10 women left their job because of symptoms of the menopause. This event is aimed at helping women make positive changes
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What would need to happen for society to have a normalised expectation that people have multiple careers in their lifetime? A national careers advice strategy for a start thephoenixgroup.com/phoenix-… @csfoot @PhoenixGroupUK @SiobhanNeary15 @chris_percy @pigironjoe
What is career guidance worth? Spoiler alert - answer is more than current £26 a head per adult a year. Enjoying new Investing in Careers report for Career Development Policy Group. Thanks to @chris_percy @pigironjoe @SiobhanNeary15
“Even when macroeconomy is at a point where using sticks to prod people is probably doing more harm than good, they are proving remarkably hard to put down.” Fab, quick read. Less punitive sanctions should go hand in hand with incentives for people incl over 50s to return to work
Germany has changed tack on the unemployed: more generous benefits, more training, less punitive. If you're more worried about skills/productivity/health, this makes sense. The UK meanwhile said last week that "sanctions will be applied more rigorously"... ft.com/content/dd4e0455-e3eb…
Thanks @cmi_managers for adding evidence on eternal conundrum - employers bemoan young people leaving education without employability skills & struggle to recruit, yet older workers face continued discrimination. We need age irrelevant society bbc.co.uk/news/business-6444…
Huge congratulations to everyone involved @Timewise_UK - it’s crazy that employers and managers are still, despite the evidence and demand, grappling with how to unlock the part-time jobs revolution #flexiblework
Make all jobs part-time.
This week’s column for @TimesBusiness:
thetimes.co.uk/article/b2a60…
This echoes what we heard in public workshops on making #StatePension fit for 21st century. Significant concerns re fairness, differences in life expectancy & ability to work longer. Can faster increase in #StatePensionAge avoid exacerbating inequalities? @csfoot @suzanne_khall
‘Retire at 68? I’m still going strong at 78’ — delightful article by my university friend Michael Binyon, still a star writer for The Times.
thetimes.co.uk/article/48656…
New research challenges the common narrative that ill-health is the primary factor forcing older workers out of the labour market #olderworkers
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Brilliant engagement and great ideas from the public workshops on ‘future proofing the state pension for the 21st century’. Thank you @suzanne_khall and your amazing team.
Today @policyatkings ran a second deliberative workshop with @PhoenixGroupUK on how we can make the state pension fit for the 21st century. After a week where the future of the triple lock was again up for debate this was something people wanted to discuss!
The whole pathway approach should include employers as well as universities @csfoot @SchwitzerEd
"investment in adult education and lifelong learning not only benefits people, communities, and business, but also reduces the demands upon – and costs of – welfare, health, and policing" wonkhe.com/blogs/why-univers… via @wonkhe
Such powerful storytelling covering everything - the importance, impact, emotions, costs, and frustrations associated with caring for a loved one with #dementia #AlzheimersDisease #care
I phoned 42 care homes to look for a respite bed. The heartbreaking story of love and dementia. Thank you Bill and Jo @alzhiemerssoc @DementiaMattuk @CareEngland @icg_care @jeremycooke1 @stefildes @Brijeshp #BBCNewsSix #BBCNewsTen @BBCNews @rcsloggett #care #dementia #alzhiemers
Cath Sermon retweeted
Organisations are experiencing skills shortages and many are also seeing their experienced older workers leaving the workforce. How can organisations retain this talent? Join us during #NationalOlderWorkersWeek, sponsored by @PhoenixGroupUK workingwise.co.uk/events/nat…. #AgeDiversity
Great suggestions that people on #UniversalCredit should be able to discuss training with a specialised group of 'career developer' work coaches. And also be exempt from conditionality if on a course - from @WorkFoundation @TrinleyWalker & @Oliviagable
With Government changes to #UniversalCredit, @TrinleyWalker & @Oliviagable ask a key question in @FEWeek:
How can Universal Credit support people that hold ambitions that reach beyond the immediate and available jobs they can get with their current experience and qualifications?