Events roundup: October 2017
It is a busy time for Cityparents events with a number of seminars diarised in the lead-up to Christmas and year end.
We hope that you enjoyed our career topics looking at Career R... Read More
Cityparents welcome: Kim & Kathryn
Meet Kim & Kathryn, our new team members! We grill them about their most memorable parenting moments, the highs and lows of City working and which high profile speakers they’d most like to ... Read More
News from Cityparents HQ - July 2017
City career, home life, keeping healthy … how do you make it all work?
Firstly, we want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has participated in our annual Cityparents Survey ov... Read More
Across the City: 2017 Cityparents Survey
"The City's 'society' needs to catch up with real society" : commented one participant in our latest Cityparents survey about the experiences and expectations of prof... Read More
Events Round-Up - July 2017
Miss a recent event or want to hear more about events coming up? Milly Sutton, Cityparents Network Manager, picks out a few highlights from our events schedule.
We have had a busy few mo... Read More
News from Cityparents HQ
Our Cityfathers network turns 3
How time flies! Almost exactly three years ago, following the success of our Citymothers network we launched Cityfathers with guest speaker Nick Clegg, then Dep... Read More
Events Round-Up - April 2017
We have had a busy start to 2017, especially over the last few weeks as we have hosted 12 events in March.
The year kicked off with our first seminar on Same-sex parenting which was ver... Read More
Meet Milly Sutton, our new Cityparents Network Manager
We’re delighted to introduce Milly who joined the Cityparents team at the start of the year as our new Network Manager, responsible for managing our four award-winning networks and organising ... Read More
Our new network for HR and D&I
What is best practice among ‘City’ firms in inclusive, supportive workplace policies? How can City employers best respond to the changing nature of employment patterns whilst growing a s... Read More
Work Life Balance across the City
Which ‘City’ professions tend to offer employees a better work/life balance? How do mothers, fathers and professionals without children working in ‘City’ firms fee... Read More
News from Cityparents HQ - January 2017
Now we’re firmly settled into the New Year, our plans for expanding our networks and events are well underway. Catch up on our latest news from Cityparents HQ and get a preview of what&r... Read More
The latest from Cityparents HQ
Cityparents HQ has been buzzing since we returned from the summer break, and we have news of celebrations, a successful conference and two exciting developments to share with you.
Early Sept... Read More
Events Round-Up - November 2016
Miss a recent Cityparents event that sounded interesting? Here’s another chance to catch up on our recent events and hear about what’s coming up this quarter.
Our recent... Read More
For Employers: Introducing Cityworks & Cityflex
The Cityparents group is growing! To complement our award-winning Cityparents networks, we’re excited to be launching two more new initiatives in early 2017 aimed at supporting City em... Read More
10,000th member interview
Angela Norris from Pinsent Masons became our 10,000th member when she recently joined Cityparents. We’ve invited her to tell us about her experience of combining a City career with ... Read More
Across the City: Achieving a better work/life balance
How can parents and professionals in the City successfully pursue their careers without sacrificing a meaningful home life? And what can employers do to foster a more positive and sustainable ... Read More
Join the Cityparents team
Cityparents is growing!
We are currently looking for an experienced events manager to join our award-winning diversity organisation. The Cityparents Network Coordinator ... Read More
Results from our Cityparents survey
How are things changing for parents and professionals working in the 'City'? Is it getting easier or harder to pursue a City career without sacrificing a meaningful... Read More
For Employers
Mena McMahon, a member of the Cityparents Network Committee, gave the keynote speech below at the recent 'Top Employers for Working Families' Special Awards. Mena is Dir... Read More
The latest from Cityparents HQ
Cityparents HQ has been a hive of activity this past quarter, as we’ve been welcoming more new members, celebrating achievements and working on new initiatives.
Conference tickets now ... Read More
Across the City: Gender Diversity
How is gender diversity improving in City professions and what are employers doing to encourage this? Helen Beedham at Cityparents assesses what progress is being made.
First, why does this q... Read More
The Top Employers for supporting working mothers
This week our charity partner Working Families announced the winners of its ‘Special Awards’, aimed at recognising employers who support the work-life balance of all their employees. The ... Read More
Across the City: Work/Life Balance
Has work/life balance improved over the past year for parents working in the City? What are the biggest challenges they face when juggling a career and a family? We asked these and other quest... Read More
For Your Diary
We’re delighted to be welcoming 3 fantastic Speakers to Cityparents in the coming quarter. Sharon White (speaking on 13 January) took over as Chief Executive of Ofcom in March last year... Read More
Recent events
“Failure is not falling down. Failure is falling down and not getting up again to continue life’s race” reminded Jonathan Aitken (quoting Richard Nixon) when he spoke to Cityparent... Read More
The latest from Cityparents HQ
We finished last year with a bang, or rather, several bangs!
In November, we celebrated our 3rd anniversary of the launch of our first London-based network for working parents in City pr... Read More