Announcements

One Year Since WBI Winning the Community Innovation Award

20 October 2023. It has been a year since WBI received the Community Innovation Award from The News. We are thrilled to revisit this occasion at the Portsmouth’s Innovation Awards 2022. Our wonderful community colleagues and us made morning headlines in The News on 13 October 2022 as winners of the Portsmouth’s Innovation Awards. We …

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An international corporate report on sustainability and governance highlights WBI

6 October 2023. One of the largest retailers in the world, Target, released its 2023 Sustainability and Governance Report, featuring its partnership with WBI on Forced Labour Prevention Initiative in Taiwan. Grounded in a long-term strategy for business, social and environmental sustainability, we are thrilled to play a part in achieving Target Forward’s vision to …

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WBI-supported migrant jobseekers featured in national Workers’ Educational Association video

22 September 2023. We are so thrilled to see the release of Workers Educational Association (WEA)’s new learner video to celebrate their 120-year anniversary, featuring two participants, Karla and Abdalazeez, from WBI’s Employment Support for Migrants program delivered with City of Portsmouth College and WEA. Congrats WEA on your 120-year birthday!  Back in June 2023, WBI …

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Dr Bonny Ling presents WBI Policy Brief at Taiwan-Japan Symposium “Migrant Workers in Asia: Patterns, Issues and Policies”

16 August 2023. Dr Bonny Ling presented a new policy brief prepared by Work Better Innovations’ team at the joint symposium ‘Migrant Workers in Asia: Patterns, Issues and Policies’. The event is co-organised by Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation (TAEF) and Japan External Trade Organization’s Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO), with the National Human Rights Commission of …

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Thank you National Lottery Community Fund for funding our Food with Friends!

25 July 2023. We are celebrating with National Lottery Community Fund today as a recent award recipient. We thank them for their support, which enables us to continue our Food with Friends project on food security and health education for the migrant communities in Portsmouth for one more year.  Today, the National Lottery is marking their £252m of …

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WBI Reflects on the Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment 2023’s Focus on Human Rights in Shipping

20 June 2023. Last week our director Dr Bonny Ling was at the Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment in New York and represented WBI as a contributing partner. She is also a Research Fellow at the Institute for Human Rights and Business. On Day 2, she moderated the “Due Diligence in Shipping & Ports” panel, …

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WBI returns to Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment 2023, With a Talk Moderated by Dr Bonny Ling

12 June 2023. Work Better Innovations joins IHRB’s Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment (13-14 June) in New York for the 2023 edition as a contributing partner. Dr Bonny Ling will moderate a session on Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) in the shipping industry alongside speakers from Impactt, UN Global Compact and RightShip on Day 2 …

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WBI wins a National Lottery Community Grant to continue Food with Friends

6 May 2023. We are absolutely thrilled to share that we have received a grant from the National Lottery Community Fund to run our Food with Friends project for another year.  In November 2022, we received a Community Inclusion Fund from the Portsmouth City Council for Food with Friends. We match-funded, so that together we …

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Exhibition in Taiwan Showcases Graphics from WBI’s Guidebook on Forced Labour

18 May 2023. The graphics from WBI’s Guidebook on ILO’s Forced Labour Indicators drawn by the phenomenal illustrator Stellina Chen can now be seen in a public exhibition on forced labour, curated by the Taiwan Labor Front, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan! The educational exhibition by the Taiwan Labor Front 台灣勞工陣線, a well-known labour organisation with a …

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WBI spotlights the release of Portsmouth EDI consultation findings

18 April 2023. WBI spotlights the release of the findings from consultations to set Portsmouth City Council’s new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy. In January 2023, WBI took part in the consultation workshop and provided our feedback and hopes for EDI and Portsmouth. The consultation was part of a series of discussions and surveys …

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