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Waterways Chaplains gain key information at Workplace Matters’ training day

Waterways Chaplains took a day off from their regular duties recently to attend a training day which gave them a wealth of new information - to help them in their job of offering a listening ear and, where needed, a helping hand to those living on and around Britain’s waterways.   Organised by Workplace Matters [...]

By | October 16th, 2014|Categories: Philosophy and Religion|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Second doctorate for Workplace Matters’ Chief Executive Officer

The Rev Dr John Scott’s second anniversary of his becoming CEO of Workplace Matters (WM), a charity which takes Christian values into the workplace, has been marked by his being awarded a second doctorate.   This second doctorate is in divinity and has been conferred by the University of Edinburgh. John’s first doctorate - a [...]

By | October 15th, 2014|Categories: Philosophy and Religion|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Workplace Matters awarded a grant for its Waterways Chaplaincy work

The Box Moor Trust, which manages some 480 acres of agricultural and amenity land for the benefit of the inhabitants of Hemel Hempstead and Bovingdon, has approved a grant of £2,500 to Workplace Matters (WM), an ecumenical charity which takes Christian values into the workplace.   The grant is to help WM provide equipment for [...]

By | September 29th, 2014|Categories: Lifestyle, Philosophy and Religion|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Workplace Matters sponsors St Albans’ Leadership in Business Network

Through its consultancy arm, Workplace Matters, an ecumenical charity which takes Christian values into the workplace, is running a ‘Leadership in Business Network’. In particular, the Network will be holding three evening meetings - on 22nd September, 23rd October and 27th November – at The Vineyard Centre, 7 Brick Knoll Park, St. Albans, AL1 5UG, [...]

New Chairman for Workplace Matters

Delbert Sandiford has become the new Chair of the Trustees of Workplace Matters, an ecumenical charity which takes Christian values into the workplace. He succeeds the late Alan Harpham, who had been chairman of the charity for some years but who died in January this year.   Delbert - who has been appointed to his [...]

By | September 1st, 2014|Categories: Philosophy and Religion|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

London Luton Airport senior chaplain commissioned

  In a special service held at the Chapel at London Luton Airport, the Rev Canon Liz Hughes has been officially commissioned as the airport’s senior chaplain. The commissioning was conducted by the Bishop of Bedford, the Rt Rev Richard Atkinson.   The service - which included a tribute from Glyn Jones, Managing Director of [...]

By | January 10th, 2014|Categories: Philosophy and Religion|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Bedford Town Centre Chaplaincy officially launched

  On 14th December, from 12.15pm in Church Square (also known as Pigeon Square) in the centre of Bedford, David Hodgson, the Mayor of Bedford, will join the Bishop of Bedford, the Rt Rev Richard Atkinson, and a number of other dignitaries to officially launch Bedford’s Town Centre Chaplaincy service.   Masterminded and managed by [...]

By | December 8th, 2013|Categories: Lifestyle, Philosophy and Religion|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

London Luton Airport marks a new chapter in its chaplaincy story

  A large group which included, among others, London Luton Airport staff, chaplains and members of several faith groups, including local clergy, met in the Silver Lounge at London Luton Airport on Friday 18th October to bid an official ‘farewell’ to the airport’s senior chaplain for the last 18 years, the Rev Michael Banfield.   [...]

By | October 21st, 2013|Categories: Business, Philosophy and Religion|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Bringing meaning and purpose to work

  Della Bradshaw, writing in the FT’s Management section, in May 2013, reveals that ‘the latest topic on the business school agenda is happiness’. She adds that “meaning” is the term used by Lee Newman, dean of innovation and behaviour at IE Business School in Spain. At Michigan Ross in the US, Jane Dutton, university [...]

Making work meaningful

It’s about a year since Marjolein Lips-Wiersma and Lani Morris published their groundbreaking book ‘The Map of Meaning: A guide to sustaining our humanity at work’, which encapsulates decades of study and insights into one of management’s most vexing questions: why do some workplaces packed with engaged and motivated workers while others appear packed with [...]

By | November 7th, 2012|Categories: Business|Tags: , , , |0 Comments