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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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