Brandon Centre at Google
Today, Brandon Centre joined Google’s Community Training Day to lead a conversation around looking after the wellbeing of staff in the voluntary sector.
Our team, Pavlos, Julia, Frederike and Emma, explored what wellbeing really means for voluntary sector staff supporting young people every day: feeling emotionally supported, psychologically safe, skilled, and able to seek help.
We acknowledged the reality: limited resources, rising demand, financial pressures and how personal wellbeing habits like rest, exercise and healthy boundaries are often the first to go.
We shared how organisations can actively build resilience:
- predictable supervision and structures
- leadership that models compassion
- trust, openness and no-blame learning cultures
Crucially, seeking support shouldn’t come with guilt or the belief that others are more important. Staff thrive when support is structured, proactive and built into organisational culture.
That’s why we created Ground Up. Offering external, expert support to help charities and organisations strengthen team wellbeing so young people get the very best from the people they rely on. If you are interested in Ground Up for your team get in touch at groundup@brandoncentre.org.uk
A huge thank you to Google for hosting and Islington and Camden Giving for bringing us together. When we invest in the wellbeing of our staff, everyone benefits.
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