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Happy new year from all at the Millsted Group! Wishing you a wonderful 2026 ✨

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all at Millsted Consultancy. Wishing you all a wonderfully festive time with your family and friends. See you in 2026!

We’re delighted to announce that we’re now an official hireful partner. This means we can offer our clients a comprehensive and streamlined recruitment solution, in addition to our existing HR consultancy services. So if you’re looking for outsourced recruitment support, we’d love to chat about how we can help!

🌿 Support your people through menopause this World Menopause Day 🌿

Saturday 18th October is . This year’s theme, “lifestyle medicine in menopausal health”, highlights how simple habits, like healthy eating, sleep, exercise, and emotional wellbeing, can make a big difference during menopause.

Menopause support is no longer seen as a nice to have in the workplace; it’s essential for inclusion, wellbeing, and talent retention. Helping employees through midlife transitions boosts morale, reduces stigma, and helps retain invaluable experience.

Even small actions count:

✅ Host awareness sessions or workshops
✅ Train managers to have supportive conversations
✅ Offer flexible working and wellbeing resources
✅ Integrate menopause into your health and wellbeing strategy

Take this opportunity to listen, learn, and lead with empathy – because a truly inclusive culture supports people through every stage of life.

We’ve written a blog outlining some practical tips and recommendations for companies looking to introduce menopause support on a budget. The link to the blog is in the first comment.

It’s National Work Life Week (running this year from 6th to 10th October), Working Families’ annual campaign to get both employers and employees talking about wellbeing at work and work-life balance.

This year’s theme is , a topic that really speaks to the heart of what we believe in. There are millions of carers across the UK for whom flexible working isn’t just a nice to have, it’s essential. This week is an opportunity for employers to review their approach to flexible working, with a view to making flexibility the default.

The non-profit and charity sector is unique; your people give so much, juggling high workloads with care or family duties. To help counteract this, we can help you embed inclusive flexibility, wellbeing and sustainable work practices in your organisation.

As a starting point, here are some things you can do to make the most of this week, and beyond:

⏭️ Spotlight inclusive flexibility
Showcase how your organisation supports flexible working, not just as a perk, but as a default for those with caring responsibilities (parents, kinship carers, those supporting older or disabled relatives, etc.).

⏭️ Run meaningful staff sessions
Host a webinar, “lunch & learn” session, or team meeting conversation around balancing commitments, mental health, boundary-setting or remote/hybrid work norms.

⏭️ Review and refresh policy
Take advantage of free resources like toolkits from Working Families to audit your flexible working, parental leave, and carer support policies.

⏭️ Collect and share stories
Invite staff to share how flexibility has helped them. Real voices build trust and encourage a safer culture for balancing life and work.

⏭️ Set a “pilot + review” mindset
Try new flexible arrangements with small teams or departments, measure impact (productivity, staff satisfaction, retention), then scale what works.

In organisations driven by mission, your people are your greatest asset. When staff feel supported, they stay longer, go the extra mile, and bring more energy to your cause. Flexibility isn’t just a perk; it’s critical for resilience, inclusion, and equity.

This World Wellbeing Week – which takes place from 24th to 30th June – we’re urging business leaders to put people first, not just this week, but every day. From healthy habits (such as walking meetings and stretch breaks) and mental health workshops, to open manager check-ins and financial resilience sessions, making wellbeing a core pillar is central to boosting both engagement and performance.

Our partners at Breathe HR have put together a range of free, downloadable health and wellbeing resources for the workplace, which you can access at https://www.breathehr.com/en-gb/resources/health-and-wellbeing. You can also take a look at the official World Wellbeing Week website for more information at https://wellbeingworld.je/.

Let’s all work together to build genuine wellbeing into your company culture, for happier, health and more productive teams, every week of the year!


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