Promotions and new joiners kick off 2024 at Empower
As we commence the new year at Empower, we are celebrating our fantastic team expanding and flourishing in exciting progressions.
Inclusivity, Hiring and Onboarding: Empower finalists in three Shift People Awards
We’re delighted to announce that Empower has been named a finalist for the below categories at the Shift People Awards: As a BCorp and values-driven agency, committed to a people-centred culture, it’s exciting to get recognition of the efforts we’re all making as a team to be a safe, inclusive and progressive workplace. The inaugural Shift People Awards were designed …
Empower Agency’s Charities of Choice 2023
Christmas is a time of excess and abundance. Usually, that means an exchange of lavish hampers and gifts between colleagues, agencies, and clients… but we do things a little differently at Empower. In place of consumable goods, we give our team control to select the recipients of £1,000 of charitable donations, going straight to the causes they care deeply about. …
How we prepare for COP Climate Conferences
Since 2016 the UNFCCC Climate Change Conferences have been a dominant moment in Empower’s year, with at least one of the team on the ground in the Blue Zone, and the rest of the team supporting remotely. It is a privilege to be involved, but also a challenging period of work, taking its toll on teams mentally and physically. Here’s …
Empower shortlisted for most Inclusive Agency at the Good Agencies Awards
Our vision for an inclusive workplace aligns with the Good Agencies Awards, celebrating those who contribute to diverse, inclusive, and fair workplaces.
What’s it like to be an Empower intern? David and Sena tell all
At the start of our internship journey at Empower, we were filled with enthusiasm and curiosity, unsure of the challenges and experiences that awaited us. In the spirit of retrospection, we invite you to revisit the start of our internship experience by reading our first blog: Empower’s first interns: Meet David and Sena. We have come a long way since …
Empower named a winner of The Escape 100 for the second year in a row!
Empower has been chosen for Escape the City’s The Escape 100, a campaign highlighting the top purpose-led organisations to ‘escape to’ in 2023!
Remote Working at Empower: How we stay connected
Empower’s approach to remote working Empower has been remote-first since our inception in 2014, meaning good remote-working is built into the foundations of our culture. Deep trust and a love for this way of working means we allow our team to work from wherever they wish and with flexible hours. Currently we have team members who work from London, Leeds, …
Empower’s first interns: Meet David and Sena
In a world where diversity and inclusion are becoming increasingly vital, initiatives that aim to level the playing field and create opportunities for underrepresented communities are crucial.
Climate Action, Autism and Navigating COP27: Reflections and Key Takeaways
COP27 has been a cornerstone of Hannah’s personal and professional development. Here she shares a handful of her key takeaways around confidence, test and learn approaches, and self-care.
Empower Agency’s Charities of Choice 2022
Every year at Christmas, Empower give our team control to select the recipients of our charitable donations, which means those causes end up being close to our team’s hearts.
Empower’s agency culture: empowering great work, happy clients, good working lives
A strong company culture is vital to delivering good work, and to living good work-lives. Empower has many retained and frequent returning clients, and a friendly, open, long-term team, which we believe is in large part due to our strong and personal culture. We’ve spent a lot of time on our culture, both consciously and instinctively, and with every evolution …
Foraging and feasting: how Empower reconnected with nature and each other
At least twice a year the Empower team get together in-person for a day of fun. No laptops, no emails, no meetings, just good old fashioned face-to-face human socialising.
Empower welcomes three new team members to bolster digital and social media offering
New digital comms recruits to the Empower team to help clients in the climate change and sustainability sector.
People and planet over profit: Setting a North Star for a purpose-led digital comms agency
A “North Star” is a guiding light for everyone who works at Empower to make decisions. Here we explain what a North Star is and how it aligns with our agency values.
Empower named a winner of The Escape 100: the top purposeful organisations to ‘escape’ to
Empower came out in the top 100 of 13,000 companies nominated, thanks to our inspiring mission, positive impact and flexible working environment.
How we measure our values as a people-first business
Our values drive all the decision making for the business, from how we communicate to who we work with. Here’s how we measure our values.
Sharing the love: how speed dating brought our remote team together
Human connection is something that, as a remote-first organisation, we are very conscious of. Here’s how our team connected to each other through a speed dating session.
How to translate vision and purpose into engaging content
Explore the challenges some charities experienced during the past year as well as the importance of communicating purpose with content the right way.
Empower’s Charities of Choice for 2021
Every year at Christmas, the Empower team chooses a charity close to the their hearts to donate to. Get the background on each charity and why we chose to support them.
