Learning, development and engagement

Social events

We understand the importance of organising regular social events and staying connected. It is a chance for our colleagues to get to know each other better, share common interests and hobbies and build positive relationships with their team members. 

We support this by: 

  • Holding annual office Christmas parties and/or virtual events. 
  • Using volunteer days to get together as a team to give back to our committees, for example beach cleans or community gardening. 
  • Encouraging teams to organise activities and events throughout the year.
  • Organising ‘LiveFest’ bi-annually (where possible) for our colleagues to come together and celebrate all that we have achieved and our upcoming plans. 
  • Promoting the use of internal communication tools such as Yammer for common interests and hobbies.
  • Running our monthly Tea @ 3 wellbeing meet up.

In recent times we have adopted many new ways to stay connected virtually such as quizzes, bingo, shared interest groups and virtual lunch events.

Learning and development support

Our Learning and Talent team enable all of our colleagues to choose their own adventure in our organisation. We have designed systems and tools to grow our talent and create the culture we need to succeed. Some of the tools in place are: 

  • Learning Bites Webinars - hosted by both our colleagues and external professionals on a wide range of topics such as emotional intelligence, health and wellbeing and diversity and inclusion. 
  • Learning Bites Library - learning resources designed to help you develop your skills and make the most of your talent, in a bitesize way that’s easy to digest.
  • Podcast Series - podcasts covering a wide range of topics including self-development, leadership, culture, behaviours and wellbeing.
  • Coaching programme - we recently developed our coaching programme to bring out the best in people and help them to achieve their goals. 
  • Leadership development- developing our leadership capability through the design and delivery of engaging and effective leadership programs and tools.
  • Financial support and sponsorship for professional qualifications, continuous professional development and vocational memberships.

Volunteering days

Our colleagues all entitled to up to four days paid volunteering a year, to support and giving something back to our communities.

We really value volunteering, as not only does it produce fantastic benefits to our communities, but it’s also recognised as a great way of improving wellbeing. It’s a great chance to do something completely different and meet our customers, new people and other colleagues from across the business.

Refer a Friend Scheme

You can help someone you know start their own career at LiveWest and receive a referral payment of £250 in return.

Colleague Engagement

Every year we invite colleagues in LiveWest to share their views about working for us and to participate in the our colleague engagement survey. Sharing your views really helps us understand what is working well and identifies areas where we can learn and make positive changes.

We are delighted to have a colleague consultative body in place at LiveWest, Our Team Voice. The group are here to promote the views and opinions of colleagues and work together with our Executive team on matters that impact our people.

Our colleague Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Group consists of colleagues from across our organisation who are passionate about equality. They aim to challenge what we do and how we do it and are always pushing to deliver positive change. Our other diversity groups include Race and Ethnicity Equality Network (REEN), Sexuality and Gender Equality group (SAGE) and the Disability group.