Supporting Bristol
The news can be a bit depressing right now, so we wanted to shine a light on some of the incredible Bristol businesses and organisations that are providing a helping hand to others during this difficult time.
Please share and spread the word, as you never know whom this could help! If you want us to add you to the list, send us a message via Instagram or through this site and we’ll get you added!
NHS Benefits
South Central Barbers: This barbershop on Nelson Street are providing free haircuts for NHS staff.
Bristol Harbour Hotel & Spa: Offering a 50% discount on all food and drink for NHS staff and emergency workers.
https://www.harbourhotels.co.uk/bristol
N3 Display Graphics: Free posters for NHS for any NHS or related services.
Community Support
Bristol Community Care: the Covid-19 Mutual Aid Facebook group is providing help and support. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1032597030460220/
Bristol Gin Distillery: These guys are making hand sanitizer and using it to raise money for local charities.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-51937568/the-gin-maker-using-his-alcohol-for-hand-sanitiser
Sparkle Cleaning: SC are waiving their franchise joining fee for anyone being made redundant, so they can buy a franchise free of charge and get started!
Romajo’s Dining: Jonny and his team of volunteers are handing out free meals to those that need them.
Email rmc.communitymeals@gmail.com if you’re in need, or head here to donate and find out more https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/rcmdeliveries
Business Support
Action Coach: Offering a free 30-minute coaching session to support business owners through this challenging time.
Email admin1@actioncoach.com for more info on how to book, and ask for either Jane or Gary
HR Support: Atoll HR and Avalon HR are both offering free consultations during this period, for employers being affected by Covid-19 with help on employee engagement and on furloughing.
Atoll HR – https://www.atollhr.co.uk/
Avalon HR – https://www.avalonhr.co.uk/
Bristol Credit Union: Through their employer partner programme ‘MONEY@WORK’, Bristol Credit Union can help businesses based in Bristol, Bath and the surrounding area implement free financial welfare measures for staff.
https://www.bristolcreditunion.org/
Shane Spiers: Get a free 90 min Coronavirus Business Action Planning Session, designed to help Business Owners build an action plan to get through the crisis and economic downturn.
Go to www.summitscale.biz to book a session.
Hapori: Looking to help out fitness professionals in any way they can. Hapori’s sales director Lee is also willing to volunteer to help out charities that need the extra pair of hands.
Contact them via – lee.odwyer@hapori.com
Promote Online: These guys are offering free virtual training sessions on Google Analytics. Contact can be made by email: raife@promote.online
Life Media UK: Shameless plug but check out https://www.lifemediauk.com/go/ for free guides to download to help you get started with video marketing. There's also a bunch of useful blogs to help you market yourself via video and get more customers!
CWM Marketing: Offering free crisis comms advice and wording reviews for both internal and external comms, written or spoken. https://cwm.marketing/news/free-crisis-comms-advice
The Business Services Company: Penny Cox is offering a free consultation, assessment and action plan - ready for when we come out the other side. Penny specialises in lead gen and sales! (And she's really good!).
Great Copy Matters: Running a daily writing challenge for the duration of this social distancing thing, with the aim of spreading a little positivity through writing and helping people focus amidst all the doom and gloom. Details here: https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/small-idea-id-like-share-you-laura-summerhayes/
It's a Shovel: These reputation management specialists have put up a crisis management page with loads of free advice and tool kits, which they are regularly updating. https://www.itsashovel.com/crisis-management
HR Champions: Free online ILM Leadership & Management courses for businesses in the West of England. A great opportunity to upskill yourself and gain a qualification, particularly if working from home. All you need is a laptop!! ?? Contact sophie@hrchampions.co.uk
Mel Beeby Clark: Free 1 hour consultancy session to organisations, charities & not for profits who want advice on comms to clients staff & other stakeholders about their operations during the Coronavirus. Advice to include; appropriate messaging, tone of voice, channels & crisis comms. Contact - https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/mel-beeby-clarke-2590267/
Health and Wellbeing
Rob Leat Fitness: If you’re staying in but want to remain fit, check out Rob’s free videos.
Zoe Thompson: Zoe is a brilliant life coach with over 10 years of experience. She helps her clients through their most difficult times and helps them to flourish at the end and become the best version of themselves, physically, mentally and emotionally. Zoe is offering a free session to anyone feeling the negative effects of the current situation on their mental health.
https://calendly.com/phoenixcoach/clarity-session
Fenella Hemus: Fenella helps individuals and teams to master their mindset, develop emotional agility and increase resilience to ensure high performance comes with a balance of wellbeing. Fenella is offering a free session to anyone feeling the mental and emotional effects of the current crisis.
https://calendly.com/info-1936/free-consultation-call
Chloe Creed: Check our Chloe’s free Stretching Sessions on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1DMbYmFLRF2oDQma9gejWQ
Kinherit: If you take a will out now, they will offer a free re-write service right up until the end of next year. This allows you to protect your family today, but have the flexibility to change things later down the line.
https://www.kinherit.co.uk/articles/covid-19/
Sole Cycling (Bristol Based): Free online indoor cycling sessions every night this week at 7.30 pm. Good for mental health as much as fitness.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=532933574267473&id=494223110627738
If you’d like to add your business to this list, get in touch via admin@lifemediauk.com.
You can find more free resources to help you market your business with video here. Let’s keep doing all we can to help each other through this!
Commercial Business Advisor with a specialism in the Food & Drink, Hospitality & Agricultural sector - Bristol for Marsh Commercial
4 年Excellent ideal - I am offering free advice to people on Insurance, latest updates re grants etc and what else they can do to help their business ; and most importantly a listening ear and something positive - client or not it doesn’t matter
Marketing Executive | SAP & Microsoft Software Solutions | ERP | GenAI
4 å¹´Love this sunjay, some great offers from local businesses
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4 å¹´Great idea! Will share. Have a great weekend.
Growing businesses via powerful video marketing
4 å¹´If you're tagged on this, could you give it a share please? This will be useless if no one sees it! haha