Race for Opportunity (RfO) is a campaign group set-up by the employment charity Business in the Community (BITC)*.RfO aims to: (1) improve employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across Britain, (2) increase diversity at senior leadership levels and (3) help reduce ethnic minority youth unemployment.Thrive is an activer supporter of all these aims.Awards Dinner October 2013For the past...
The Psychometrics Forum is Britain’s leading independent group of psychometric practitioners.Its purpose is to enhance the understanding of psychometrics and promote best practice in their use.The forum runs several learning events during the year to help users evaluate specific tests and generate informed debate.Their first meeting in 2013 was held on 13th February at the Naval Club in (Mayfair...
Matthew Critchlow (MD of Thrive) was interviewed by Dr. Phillip Hammond as part of a Radio 4 programme on the healing power of positive language. Matthew talked about the importance of self-belief in helping people make changes for better health and wellbeing. Other contributors on the programme included Dr Grahame Brown, a musculo-skeletal specialist at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in...
The 2nd Engagement and Wellbeing Forum (EWF) took place on 27th February 2012 at the University of Westminster in Central London. We were delighted to have Dame Carol Black as our keynote speaker. Dame Carol delivered a fantastic summary of evidence supporting greater investment in employee wellbeing.Also speaking were Matthew Critchlow (MD of thrive and Visiting Lecturer at the University of...
The 1st Engagement and Wellbeing Forum was held at the magnificent Victoria and Albert Museum (insert) on 21st July 2011. We were delighted to have Dr. Eileen Cahill-Canning (Chief Medical Officer at the Metroplitan Police) as our keynote speaker.Dr. Cahill-Canning talked about the Met’s training programme on stress awareness that received a National Training Award in 2010 (Training Awards). The...
