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Balance At Work

The consulting and training arm of Working Families

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"Their approach
has been a major influence on the success of this project."

Virgin
Management
Ltd


"The Balance At Work consultancy has provided valuable support to
the Council in the development
of its work-life strategy."

Essex
County Council

 

Who we are

Balance At Work is a specialist work-life balance consultancy and one of the Department of Trade and Industry's approved Challenge Fund consultants. It is also an approved NCVO consultancy.

Our experience of addressing processes and prejudices makes us highly effective advisers and practical guides. Since the mid 1980s, we have drawn on best practice and the specialist skills of appropriate experts to help everyone from multinationals to small voluntary organisations in all aspects of work-life change.

Drawing on the industry specific knowledge of the consultants and facilitators and on the link with Working Families, we can provide leading edge solutions to work-life balance issues.

What we do

We work alongside the client to tackle issues on the work-life balance and diversity agenda, advance appropriate policies, address cultural practices and establish processes which deliver a more productive and profitable future.

The areas we cover include:

  • Strategic review
  • Project management
  • Training

The issues we cover are around:

  • Flexible working
  • Older workers
  • Management training
  • Carers
  • Culture
  • Parental Rights training

For more information on the consultancy service, click here

For more information on the training programme, click here

To download our brochure, click here

For more information email us

Who we work with

Our expertise is not theoretical; it is based on practical hands-on experience of implementing solutions that work in real contemporary organisations. Some of the organisations we have worked with recently include:


Private Sector:
Camelot Group plc
Linklaters & Alliance
Microsoft UK
Nestlé UK
Virgin Management Ltd


Public Sector:
Cambridge County Council
Essex County Council,
EYDCPs
Hampshire Constabulary
Leeds City Council


NHS Trusts and Primary Care Trusts
Barts and the London NHS Trust
Central and North West London Mental Health NHS Trust
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust
North Hampshire Primary Care Trust
Pan London Workforce Confederation: Greenwich PCT, Haringey PCT, Kingston Hospital.


Education
Anglia Polytechnic University
Suffolk LEA


Voluntary Sector
NSPCC
The Prince's Trust
UNICEF


Case Studies

Check out our case studies of organisations that have used the BALANCE AT WORK consultancy to address work-life balance issues.
   >>  Anglia Polytechnic University
   >>  Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Trust
   >>  Leeds City Council
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