Announcements

WBI hosts a Human Rights Eid with Amnesty International UK in Portsmouth

14 April 2023. We are very pleased to announce that Amnesty International UK (AIUK) and Work Better Innovations will host a special Human Rights Eid in Portsmouth on 29 April at Aspex Portsmouth. Portsmouth’s Human Rights Eid will conclude Amnesty’s series of Human Rights Iftars around the country during Ramadan, in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Sheffield, Birmingham …

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WBI’s Executive Director Teaching a Graduate Course on Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights

3 April 2023. WBI Executive Director Dr Bonny Ling returns to the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University as Visiting Assistant Professor to lead a graduate course on Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights in Supply Chains alongside Prof Chiu Yu-Fan (邱羽凡教授)  to build capacity for business and human rights in Taiwan. Back in December 2022, Executive Director Dr Bonny …

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Special Online Workshop on Introduction to UK Work Culture with Peter Fincham

6 March 2023. Portsmouth-based businessman and part-time author Peter Fincham returns by popular demand to deliver a bespoke session on UK work culture to the fourth cohort enrolled in our WBI-supported Employment Support for Migrants programme.   Online Chat on Work Culture in the UK with Peter Fincham, 9 March 2023, Thursday, 16:30-17:30 Portsmouth Previously, participants …

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Our Migrant-Targeted Employment Support Workshops for 2023 starting this week!

9 January 2023. Happy New Year everyone!   Since February last year, Work Better Innovations have hosted a free, weekly employment support session for migrants in the Portsmouth community. In collaboration with the City of Portsmouth College (COPC) and Workers’ Educational Association (WEA), we successfully ran three series in 2022. Together, we took three cohorts …

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Work Better Innovations launches the Guidebook on Forced Labour Indicators

12 December 2022. Work Better Innovations is launching the Guidebook on ILO’s Forced Labour Indicators. It is a practical guide for Taiwan’s SMEs, with localised Taiwan analysis for each indicator. Titled “了解國際強迫勞動指標: 台灣中小企業實務指南 (Understanding International Labour Organisation Forced Labour Indicators: Practice Guide for Taiwan’s SMEs),” it is released in both languages as a practical guide …

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Labour Migration, Migrant Workers’ Rights and Hoping for a Fairer Future – Dr Bonny Ling on Talking Taiwan Podcast

29 November 2022. Dr. Bonny Ling Discusses the Challenges Taiwan Faces Dealing with Migrant Workers  In anticipation of Work Better Innovations’ major launch of the Forced Labour Education Project for SMEs in Taiwan in mid-December, director Dr Bonny Ling spoke on Felicia Lin’s Talking Taiwan podcast about labour migration, issues currently faced by migrant workers …

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Community

Food with Friends – A new community project co-funded by Portsmouth’s Community Inclusion Grant

23 November 2022. Work Better Innovations won a Community Inclusion Grant from Portsmouth City Council for a series of healthy eating and education events for migrants over this winter. We are matching this grant from our consultancy proceeds, so there is double going to community service. We were invited to a special reception, honouring all …

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Dr Bonny Ling Moderates an Equidem Report Release on Migrant Abuses in FIFA World Cup 2022

10 November 2022. Less than a week from the kick off for World Cup 2022 in Qatar, WBI Executive Director Dr Bonny Ling moderates the press release discussion for Equidem’s in-depth report, titled ‘If we complain, we are fired,’ on the extent of discrimination and human rights violations against the migrant workers who built the football stadium sites. …

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