Events

Digital Health Workshop with University of Portsmouth Dental Academy

10 February 2023. Work Better Innovations hosted a group of our newly arrived migrant friends to a Digital Health Workshop. We thank the event organisers: Dr Carolina Machuca Vargas and Nikki Legg of the University of Portsmouth Dental Academy. Participants learnt how to navigate the NHS website and were encouraged to use the NHSapp. They …

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Dr Bonny Ling speaks on the issue of Migrant Rights in the Maritime Economy – BEBESEA’s 2nd Regional Workshop

3 February 2023. Our Director Dr Bonny Ling spoke at a NGO-organised Regional Workshop on “Solidarity Building and Collective Advocacy on Rights of Seafarers and Sea-based Migrant Workers,” to promote human and labour rights in the maritime economy. As a social impact research consultancy driven by the goals of UN Sustainable Development Goal 8 – …

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Workshop on Confidence Building – Employment Support for Migrants

16 January 2023. We launched the 4th series of our Employment Support for Migrants series, with participants from Turkey, Iran, Nigeria, Kuwait to learn more about building confidence as an important life and job skill. Thank you to Bahar Mouland from the Workers Educational Association for leading this session. [Note-taking during the Confidence Building Workshop session led …

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WBI’s Bonny Ling Speaks on Corporate Accountability and Supply Chain Management

10 January 2023. Looking back on Dr Bonny Ling’s public lecture in Taiwan on 13th December, as part of a series of talks and workshops centred on the issue of forced labour in the Taiwanese supply chain. In December 2022, WBI Executive Director Dr Bonny Ling delivered a public lecture, “Corporate Accountability in Supply Chain …

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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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Portsmouth Ambassadors – Opportunity for Migrants to Feel at Home in Portsmouth

12 December 2022. We invited a group of migrants to attend the ‘Portsmouth Ambassadors’ workshop, so that migrants of all nationalities and ethnic backgrounds can get an opportunity to be part of this wonderful initiative and feel at home. The participants were keen to learn how they could get involved as volunteers and share their …

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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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Female Migrant Workers in Taiwan’s Tech Factories – A Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment Discussion

2 November 2022. On the opening day of the Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment (GFRR) 2022, our Executive Director Dr Bonny Ling was invited to bring her leading academic and business insight in a panel discussion titled Recruitment of Women Migrant Workers: A Look at Technology Factories in Taiwan. She was joined by Pamela Wood, …

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Register for a Special Workshop on UK Work Culture with Peter Fincham

Portsmouth-based businessman and part-time author Peter Fincham returns by popular demand to deliver a bespoke session on UK work culture to our third cohort enrolled in the Job Preparation for Migrants’ Workshop. Previously, participants have been able to learn about the UK job market’s expectations and how CVs and cover letters should be presented. Peter’s …

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