Work / Self Employed
Further Resources
+ Websites
Getting into work / Changing Career
Pace
Improve employment prospects for parents where childcare is their main barrier to accessing training or job opportunities. Can also help you with exploring self employment.
Protections in place for lesbian, gay, bi and trans people in employment
Working Wales
At Working Wales, we’re here to support you through these changing times with free advice, guidance and access to training to help you get into work or further your career.
Elite Supported Employment
We support people to access employment. Our current youth project is called Engage to Change and supports 16-25 year olds across Wales.
Career Cake
Learn with the UK's best employability platform, offering early career learning videos from the job search to that first promotion.
Chwarae Teg
We’ve been working to ensure that women in Wales can enter the workplace, develop their skills and build rewarding careers.
Coram Family and Childcare
Childcare Guides and Options
Find local childcare providers
The Working Parent
The Working Parent offers helpful information for parents who juggle work and family life.
Self Employed / Business Owner
Business Wales
Business Wales Helpline
Telephone: 0300 060 3000
National Enterprise Network Local support groups
Setting up a business step by step guide
Starting or running your own business. You may be able to get New Enterprise Allowance
Warrior Women Collective A growing community with the aim to inspire and celebrate women.
Found and Flourish
Makes business accessible and less lonely for entrepreneurial women
Mental Health and Work
Access to Work
Goverment funded scheme to support employers to make reasonable adjustments to work.
Fit For Work
Occupational health advice can be beneficial in supporting individuals to manage their health condition at home and at work, and can support a faster return to work from sickness absence.
Equality Act and Disability Discrimination
Acas
Conciliation service, providing briefings, training and support on conflict at wor, discrimination and dispute.
TUC Wales
With 48 member unions, the Wales TUC represents around 400,000 workers. We campaign for a fair deal at work and for social justice at home and abroad.
Other useful pages
Money, where you can calculate benefits and work out financial support for work
+ Books
Unprepared To Entrepreneur, Sonya Barlow
Working From Home, Harriet Minter
The Multi Hyphen Life Emma Gannon
Do Purpose: Why Brands with a Purpose Do Better and Matter More By David Hieatt
Do Fly: Find Your Way. Make a Living. be Your Best Self By Gavin Strange
Out of Office - Ditch the 9-5 and Be Your Own Boss - Fiona Thomas
The Million Dollar Blog- Natasha Courtenay - Smith
Company of One - Paul Jarvis
Survival Skills for Freelancers Sarah Townsend
Hype Yourself - PR Toolkit By Lucy Wern
More Than Enough- Elaine Welteroth
Little Black Book A toolkit for working women by Otegha Uwagba
https://orca.cf.ac.uk/107756/1/wer_0_25_2017_j.2017.10194.pdf
https://fitforwork.org/blog/parents-work-maintaining-balance/
+ Podcasts
Simon Sinek - Leadership in business
Gimlet The Pitch
The Disruptive Entrepreneur Rob Moore
Changeability Kathryn Bryant and Julian Illman
Youpreneur.FM
FT Start Up Stories By Jonathan Moules
Internet Marketing
Peter Day’s World of Business
Soulful PR Podcast
As Told By Nomads
StartUp Podcast
Freakonomics
The Motley fool
Girlboss Radio
Entrepreneur on Fire
BBC Business Daily
Starting From Nothing
This is Your Life
Alice Benham Podcast
She Can She Did
No Bull Business School
WW Co
Latest Blogs
SPW is actively committed to promoting positive mental health. As part of the Wellbeing Workshops, funded by The National Lottery Community Fund, we worked on creating a framework and strategy for promoting mental health in the workplace.