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Charlotte Coughlan is managing partner at Leo UK and a mum to two young children. Which makes her super busy – yet impressively she’s still found the time and energy to create Parental Guidance, a mentoring scheme for working parents across adland.

Charlotte is passionate about helping other working parents, having been through the mill herself.

During Charlotte’s second maternity leave, she was unexpectedly made redundant when the agency she loved working for shut down. In shock, and robbed of the chance to enjoy her last mat leave, Charlotte spent the time juggling the demands of a newborn baby and a four-year-old with finding a new job.

Happily, Charlotte is now working at Leo’s, where she founded an internal network, Parentland, to support fellow parents. Wanting to take this a step further, Charlotte has created Parental Guidance (love the name) to connect working parents across the industry for support, advice and cheerleading.

In this episode, Charlotte shares:

• The crushing effects of losing a job during maternity leave – an all-too-common experience
• What working parents can bring to their businesses
• How mentoring can support parents’ mental wellness

Resources

Parentland

Parental Guidance

NABS Advice Line

NABS Walk and Talk

Who’s Your Momma

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Get cosy, festive and fundraisy as we celebrate NABS' amazing donor community with the publication of the Yay List, in partnership with Campaign - this year's industry list to be on.

Grab an eggnog and a mince pie and settle down for a celebratory chat with top NABS supporters James White and Michelle Sarpong, along with Sue Todd, CEO, NABS. 'Yule' get tips for supporting yourself from now until the New Year from our trio of brilliant industry leaders.

Key takeaways include:

• It's OK to party strategically, or even say no to events if you need to recharge
• Why NABS' donor community is fundamental to the industry's mental wellness
• How your organisation can avoid being on Santa's naughty list by supporting NABS

Have yourself a wonderful festive break and we'll see you next year for more intimate, supportive and inspiring conversations

NABS Yay List

NABS Advice Line

NABS Stranger than Summer

NABS workshops

NABS speed mentoring

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We are NABS. And we're here for you - for the great stuff, the tough stuff and everything in between. As an independent charity, we're set on advancing the mental wellness of our industry and helping everyone find their way forward - wherever they're starting from.

👋 Need a helping hand? We're right here.

🌻 Group workshops or in-house training? Sign up to our sessions.

🤝 Industry events or networking? Check out our calendar.

📞 Sounding board on promotions, redundancies, parental leave - life in general? Here's how we can help.

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Steven Ballinger, known best to the industry as Bally, is chief commercial officer at Astus. He is also a huge advocate for mental wellness after experiencing a breakdown. It's a turnaround for somebody who was raised to carry on, no matter what: he now checks in on himself and his team daily and encourages us all to do the same.

Also joining us for this episode is Annabel McCaffrey, head of support, NABS.

This episode is part of our Yay List mini series. The Yay List celebrates the brilliant donors who power NABS' purpose, enabling us to carry out our mission - to advance the mental wellness of thousands of people in our industry each year.

Key takeaways:

• There is strength in vulnerability - talking about what's going on for you emotionally.
• Checking in with yourself is essential and simple - ask yourself daily, how am I feeling?
• Managers can be a listening ear for their teams and that's how best to give emotional support -the next step is to signpost to NABS.

Resources

NABS Yay List

NABS Walk and Talk

NABS All Ears

NABS Managers' Mindsets

NABS Advice Line

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We are NABS. And we're here for you - for the great stuff, the tough stuff and everything in between. As an independent charity, we're set on advancing the mental wellness of our industry and helping everyone find their way forward - wherever they're starting from.

👋 Need a helping hand? We're right here.

🌻 Group workshops or in-house training? Sign up to our sessions.

🤝 Industry events or networking? Check out our calendar.

📞 Sounding board on promotions, redundancies, parental leave - life in general? Here's how we can help.

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