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Q&A with Louise James, our 20,000th Cityparents member

With working parents needing support now more than ever, Cityparents has seen rising numbers of registrations, with new joiners over March up 345% year on year. Last week, we were thrilled to welcom... Read More

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Cityparents Annual Matching Scheme 2020 Launch

Cityparents Annual Matching Scheme 2020 Launch The annual Cityparents Mentoring Matching Scheme is now open! The two week application window opened on Monday 4th May and closes at midnight, Frid... Read More

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The LSE’s Consultation on Trading Hours – we offer our view

Tomorrow, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) will close its Consultation on Market Structure and Trading Hours, in which it asked for views on a proposed reduction in trading hours. The consultation rec... Read More

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News from Cityparents HQ - Autumn 2019

Welcome to the latest edition of the Cityparents newsletter. Autumn now feels well underway, with the business of the new school year already hurtling us towards half term and then on to Christmas! ... Read More

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Cityparents Annual Members Survey 2019 – What Did You Tell Us?

Each summer we ask you, our members, to answer a survey about your experience of working in the City and balancing your career ambitions with your home life. We are so grateful to all of you who take... Read More

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Cityparents Annual Member Survey 2019 Results

Welcome to the 2019 results of our Annual Members survey and many thanks to all of you who participated. The responses received yielded a wealth of data and insight into people’s experiences o... Read More

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An interview with ... Ali Mirkhani and Britt Johnston, NATIXIS

Cityparents reached a milestone last month welcoming our 100th Corporate Member! Ali Mirkhani, Director of Public Sector Origination in the Investment Banking Division and Britt Johnston, Direc... Read More

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Working Families celebrates it's 40th Anniversary

This year, Working Families—the UK’s work-life balance charity—celebrates its 40th anniversary. Over the last four decades, there have been great strides made in improving the work... Read More

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Events Round - Up July 2019

It has been an exciting few months here at Cityparents with many successful events. Even the rainy weather didn’t stop us from making the most of our packed schedule! Having started at Cit... Read More

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News from Cityparents HQ - July 2019

I am delighted to introduce the summer edition of the Cityparents newsletter and my first as its editor. I’ve now been with the Cityparents team for two months and what an exciting time to ha... Read More

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News from Cityparents HQ - May 2019

We’ve had a flying start to 2019 - passing a major membership milestone, holding our second successful Accelerator conference, launching our new webinar programme, publishing our first podcast... Read More

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Meet our new team members

Our new team members Anna Richards, Head of Communications and Marketing, and Susanne Leja, Head of Events, chat with us about their memorable work experiences, top wellbeing tips and... Read More

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Cityparents Mentoring Scheme 2019 Launch

This year’s Cityparents Mentoring Scheme will be open for applications from mentors and mentees between 13th – 24th May. Mentor applications are invited from senior-level people wh... Read More

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Events Round-Up - May 2019

We have just launched our Webinar programme plus a great series of events for Mental Health Week 2019. Our Summer events schedule promises to be one of the best yet! Meet our new Head ... Read More

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Update from Working Families: Jan 2019

Cityparents’ charity partner Working Families recently won two awards for their legal advice service: the 2018 Law Society Excellence In-house award and a high commendation at the 2018 LawWork... Read More

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Meet our 14,000th member

Faye Suvari from SS&C became our 14,000th member when she joined Cityparents in November last year. We invited her to tell us about her experience of combining a City career with a fam... Read More

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Events: Preview of our Accelerator Conference

Our Cityparents Accelerator event is taking place on 20th March 2019. Join us at our fantastic half-day conference full of expert content which will give you the unique opportunity to ex... Read More

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News from Cityparents HQ - Jan 2019

We have events, news and networking galore to help brighten the first quarter of this year! Scroll down to read about Influencers, the Accelerator Conference, Cityparents Webinars and a new Cityworks... Read More

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Cityparents Accelerator Day 2019

Mark your diaries now for our next Accelerator event which will be held on the afternoon of Wednesday, 20 March 2019 at the offices of Allen & Overy. At this half-day conference we will be join... Read More

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Events Round-Up: October 2018

Summer has been and gone (wasn’t it lovely!), the leaves are falling and Autumn is here. Dare we say it … Christmas is just 12 weeks away! We have had an exciting few m... Read More

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News from Cityparents HQ: October 2018

Autumn is just arriving and we’ve got some exciting updates for you regarding our Influencer Network launch in November, our Accelerator conference in March 2019 and more. H... Read More

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Cityparents Annual Survey 2018

Progress across the City is visible ... but slow, according to our annual City-wide research findings. There is gradual progress towards creating more inclusive, supportive workplaces... Read More

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Events Round-Up - July 2018

Milly our Network Manager gives us her roundup of our busy events schedule over the past few weeks and what's in the diary for the autumn. This quarter has been one of our busies... Read More

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News from Cityparents HQ - July 2018

Summer has well and truly arrived, and we’re in full swing at Cityparents too. Since our April newsletter we’ve organised a wide range of networking events including welcomin... Read More

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Events Round Up: April 2018

We have had a super busy start to 2018; how quickly the first quarter has gone as we now have a short window to sit back and reflect following our Easter indulgence of hot cross buns and c... Read More

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News from Cityparents HQ: April 2018

It’s officially spring and we’re looking forward to an energetic few weeks ahead with a plethora of networking events lined up and some exciting speakers. Event news On Inte... Read More

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Working Families' Best Practice Awards

The Working Families’ Best Practice Awards are open How will City organisations fare in 2018? Could your organisati... Read More

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Events Roundup: January 2018

We are really excited to share with you information about the events we have planned for 2018. You may or may not be aware that we group our events into three streams – Family, Wellbeing,... Read More

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News from Cityparents HQ: January 2018

Happy 2018 to all our members and partners! We hope you are starting the year feeling refreshed and raring to go. New Year cheer or winter blues? January can be an exciting time of yea... Read More

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News from Cityparents HQ: Oct 2017

After a restful summer break, Cityparents HQ is buzzing with a busy autumn programme. As we head towards our 5th anniversary in November, we’ve plenty to update you on. Here,... Read More