People

Joiners

  • Kelly Bisgrove joined us as an Administrator at MacIntyre School in March
  • Andrea Pickett joined us as a Frontline Manager in Warrington, in March
  • Deirdre Bunker joined as Service Manager at The Haddons in Milton Keynes in May
  • Ollen Dube rejoins as Deputy Manager at Monro Avenue in Milton Keynes in June

Transfers and promotions

  • Nicola Thurgood becomes Head of Administration for Central Specialist teams

Leavers

  • Anita Taylor, Best Practice Facilitator, leaves us in June
  • Sonya Cox, Best Practice Facilitator, leaves us in June
  • Catherine Farrell, Self-Advocacy and Co-Production Manager, leaves us in June
  • Josie McAlpine, Grants Fundraiser, left us at the end of May
  • Lorraine Dagnall, Administrator in Wigan, left us at the end of May
  • Dennis McQuillan, Frontline Manager, Warrington, left us in April
  • Rosie Joustra, Dementia Project Assistant, retired in April

We don’t have room here to welcome all our new joiners by name, but you are all very welcome and we hope you enjoy your career with MacIntyre

The MacIntyre Structure Charts which show our different divisions are held on the intranet here, together with a Who’s Who directory of contact details of MacIntyre’s main office, central support and operations.

Places

Milton Keynes

Unity MK

Several of our team in Milton Keynes are fundraising for local charity Unity MK, which supports homeless people. There’s a Sleepout and Glasswalk(!) on Friday 6 June. MacIntyre staff taking part include Sui-Ling Tang, Andrea Parr, Jo Ellis, Rodica Burmei and others. The Haddons are also planning a sleep-out in their own garden. If you want to support the team, here’s a link to their JustGiving page.

Willen Hospice

Not content with taking part in the Sleepout, Rodica Burmei is also taking part in the Willen Hospice Midnight Moo on 20 June, walking 10 miles from 10 pm to 3 am with some of our amazing colleagues. Here’s her JustGiving page – donations welcome.

What’s going on in your area?

We know that people all around MacIntyre get involved in fundraising, whether that’s for MacIntyre, or for other worthy local causes.

And there are other events and activities taking place all around MacIntyre.

If you’d like what you’re doing to be featured here, contact [javascript protected email address] with the details. 

Personal Development

HR Training

The following HR training courses have been arranged for managers. Each training session will be face to face, led by members of the HR Team. Each session will be around 3 hours – 4 hours. Priority will be given to managers who have not previously attended that particular training before.

Please talk with your line manager so they can support you to take the time to attend and to understand which session would best support your personal development and the team you work in. For example if you are a new manager then the HR Basics would be a good start as an introduction to HR and your responsibilities under MacIntyre’s HR policies and process. The other courses cover particular HR areas in more detail.

Please book the training through the LMS, which gives further details about each course, with details of the timings and venue. Each course is available in both North and South venues.

Courses available:

South

  • Investigation – Disciplinary Matters – 10 June 2025 am – The Caldecott Room, Great Holm
  • Grievance - 12 June 2025 pm – The Caldecott Room, Great Holm

If you need any support to attend or have any questions then please contact [javascript protected email address]

Health & Safety 2025 Training

The following courses are offered via Teams, to book a space please email [javascript protected email address]

Risk Assessment for Managers

  • 22 July
  • 7 November

H&S Rep Induction

This course is for H&S Reps who are new to the role or who need a refresher. This course is recommended for refresher every 3 years.

  • 20 June
  • 18 November

H&S Rep CPD Meeting

This session is for H&S Reps who have already completed the Rep training. It is an information session where you can ask questions, learn about updates and share good practice. This session is recommended to be completed by H&S Reps yearly.

  • 17 September

Manual Handling Key Trainer CPD Meetings

  • 15 October

Policies 

The following policy-related resources have been revised/updated:

Process

Health & Safety

There is now a specific Key Risk Register for Offices to be completed by Administrators, which you will find under Policies and Resources here.

Recruitment

Form updates

The latest Recruitment Newsletter is available here. Note that the Interview Questions Bank and Volunteer Application Form have been updated. It’s Volunteers Week first week of June, so MacIntyre may see an uptick in interest from potential volunteers.

Please contact the [javascript protected email address] with any queries.

Employee feedback

A reminder that the Recruitment team collects feedback from employees at three points:

  1. On joining
  2. After completing probation (Managers: remember to update the LMS once probation is completed – maybe do it as you’re meeting with your team member to confirm they’ve passed their probation.)
  3. On leaving (Managers: please support your team member to complete the exit interview form for Recruitment)

The feedback at these three points really helps MacIntyre to improve the way we work with staff, and identify any issues. Reports are shared regularly with the senior leadership team.

Finance and Payroll

Payroll dates

  • Grids to be returned to Payroll by the 6/7th of the month.
  • Joiners with a start date after 15/16 of the month: Payroll will try and get them on the system and paid but cannot guarantee it, so these staff may need to wait until the following month for their first payment.
  • Leavers: please get the leavers form in ASAP so leavers do not get paid inadvertently. Final details such as extra hours, sleep-ins, annual leave adjustments can be processed nearer the pay date.

Finance

  • Petty cash returns: must be in by the 6th of the month to ensure that they can be processed in time.
  • Invoices for payment: have to be in by Monday lunchtime to get paid that week.
  • Credit cards: the deadline for getting returns back is 15th of the month.
  • Credit card limit changes: two days needed to process. Requests must be sent from the relevant manager’s email.

Finance and Payroll

Payroll dates 2025

Participation

Last chance: book now for:

  • Inspiring Leaders
  • Marjorie Newton Wright

Remember to book your space if you've been invited to our Inspiring Leaders Conference and/or the Marjorie Newton Wright Awards on 12 June.

If you have been invited to one or both of these events, you’ll see a tile on your eLearning dashboard through which you can book.

Diversity Group – June Celebrations

The MacIntyre Diversity Advisory Group produces a monthly calendar you can download and print out.

It includes days and events that will be important to colleagues and people who draw on our support. It also includes some key MacIntyre events.

The June calendar is available for you here.

Getting out and about?

Great resource for finding accessible places to visit, the AccessAble website allows you to filter accessible venues near you in all sorts of ways.

Curious about Connect?

Our MacIntyre Connect calls are held every other Wednesday at 11 am. Everyone is welcome to join. The Teams link is the same every time and is always in the event details. Find out more here.

Pay, Rewards and Employee Support

Wellbeing and Mental Health First Aiders

Did you know that in addition to MacIntyre’s Employee Assistance Programme, we have a team of Mental Health First Aiders around the organisation? Seb Moh, Quality and People Director, explains more here, and you will find the current list of Mental Health First Aiders here.

Pension Re-Enrolment

As per Julie Graves’s email to all staff on 14 May, if you have opted-out of MacIntyre’s Pension scheme MacIntyre is legally obliged to re-enrol you in September of this year. What this means for you:

Already in the MacIntyre Pension Scheme?

If you are already in the MacIntyre Pension Scheme you do not need to do anything.

If you have opted out of the MacIntyre Pension: 

  • A pension deduction of 5% of your basic salary will be taken from your September salary
  • You can opt-out again - but you cannot do this until after September’s payday
  • In order to opt back out you need to email [javascript protected email address] after 25 September and before the October payday in order to be reimbursed your 5% contribution.
  • If you don’t opt-out before the October payday you would need to contact the Pension Company direct.

Further details on the intranet here.

Carers Week

It’s Carers Week from 9 – 15 June. This is for people who act as unpaid carers, whether for elderly parents, children who have disabilities or other loved ones. Some of us at MacIntyre are in this position, and it can be challenging. This extract is from the Carers Week website:

“This year the theme is 'Caring About Equality' highlighting the inequalities faced by unpaid carers, including a greater risk of poverty, social isolation, poor mental and physical health. Far too often, carers of all ages miss out on opportunities in their education, careers, or personal lives, just because of their caring role.”

You will find some useful factsheets and other support on the Carers Week website here.

Action for Happiness

The organisation Action for Happiness share a monthly calendar which contains small steps we can all take each day to improve our mental health and the happiness of those around us.

Joyful June

June’s theme is about looking out for what’s good, and you’ll find the link to the June calendar here. You can download it, subscribe to daily emails, or download the app.

Questions, suggestions, and print version

For any queries, please contact the relevant person, team, or Tess Marshall, Marketing Communications Lead

We really want to hear your ideas about what would be helpful to include in these Monthly Briefings.

  • 01908 230100
  • 07557 435435
  • [javascript protected email address] 

Would you like to print out this Monthly Briefing?

If you do need to print it, we have a pdf for you. You could also share this Briefing with your teams and other colleagues by sending them the link which will:

  • save money on printing
  • help reduce paper use so will be more planet friendly.

Download here

Monthly Briefing - June 2025.pdf