The Fidelis Foundation

Dr Susan Brannick, Clinical Psychologist and Adjunct Professor with UCD, with several years’ experience of mental health service development and innovation joined us from Aware in The Fidelis Partnership's Dublin office for a lunch and learn on mental health. Aware is the national organisation providing free support, education and information services to those impacted by anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and related mood conditions in Ireland. Dr Brannick went through the key pillars of psychological wellbeing, highlighting the importance of self-awareness, openness and meaning and social connections. Aware have been a charity partner of The Fidelis Foundation since 2022.

Recently, colleagues from The Fidelis Partnership Dublin office teamed up with FoodCloud for a day of volunteering at their hub. Phillip Doheny, Cathal Ruane CIP, Kiera McGrath CIP, Balu Masabathula, Bedanta Saha and John McGuinness helped to organise food, pack pallets, and assist around the hub. Well done to our team of volunteers supporting FoodCloud’s mission to reduce food waste. We look forward to next time! FoodCloud is a social enterprise non-profit organisation committed to the redistribution of surplus food and has been a charity partner of The Fidelis Foundation since 2021.

This week in our charity partner spotlight we are highlighting Kiva which we’re excited to welcome back to The Fidelis Foundation this year. Here’s a quick look at Kiva: ➡️ Purpose: Kiva expands financial access to help underserved communities thrive. ➡️ Advocacy: Katharine Rose shares her experience with Kiva: “Kiva opened my eyes to the complexities of financial exclusion.” ➡️ Current Focus: Anna Titulaer speaks to the crowdfunding model that makes Kiva’s platform so successful in providing resources to borrowers all over the globe. Click to learn more: www.kiva.org/about #CharitySpotlight #TFF #Kiva #Impact

October was a busy month at The Fidelis Foundation, and our work continues at pace, here’s a summary of what we did across the month: ➡️ Visited the National Museum of Bermuda to be given an exclusive look at the museum’s restoration work over the past 50 years and learned about their future plans ➡️ Supported Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bermuda as part of the Keep Bermuda Beautiful annual coastal clean-up at Kindley Field ➡️ Spotlighted two of our charity partners Noah's Ark Children's Hospice and Aware ➡️ Hosted our first ever charity networking event in Bermuda for our charity partners to connect with local organisations and network with colleagues from The Fidelis Partnership ➡️ Welcomed Maria & Charlotte from St Giles Trust for a lunch and learn to hear more about their Peer Advisor Programme and Charlotte’s personal journey ➡️ Participated in a campaign with our charity partner Kiva helping to support women, refugees, eco-friendly initiatives, and funding for basic needs ➡️ We welcomed two new charities to The Fidelis Foundation, Compassion in World Farming and Carers UK ➡️ We renewed our partnerships with five charities: Animal Haven Ireland, Children's Rights Alliance, Down Syndrome Ireland, FareShare, and National Museum of Bermuda. Thanks to our colleagues and advocates at The Fidelis Partnership and Pine Walk Capital Limited for their dedication to our charity partners, we’re looking forward to November. #Volunteering #CSR #Community #Charity

This week, we welcomed Maria McNicholl and charlotte miller from St Giles Trust to our London office for a lunch and learn. Maria and Charlotte discussed the St Giles Peer Advisor Programme, sharing real life examples and case studies which demonstrated the life changing impact the programme has had. Our colleagues also had the opportunity to hear Charlotte’s personal journey and lived experience, followed by an insightful Q&A. A special thanks to Maria and Charlotte for such an engaging lunch and learn. St Giles is an award-winning charity using real-life past experiences to provide advice, training and support for people held back by poverty, unemployment, the criminal justice system, homelessness, exploitation and abuse to build a positive future. St Giles is one of our longest standing charity partnerships, working together since 2020.

Our next charity spotlight highlights Noah's Ark Children's Hospice, a partner of The Fidelis Foundation we’ve been proud to support since 2021.   Here’s a quick look at Noah’s Ark:   ➡️ Purpose: Noah’s Ark help babies, children and young people with life-threatening or life-limiting conditions, and their families, make the most of every day. ➡️ Advocacy: Paul Russell shares his experience with Noah’s Ark: “I was struck by the limited number of children’s hospices in London.” ➡️ Current Focus: Luke H. speaks to the ‘From That Moment’ campaign, fundraising to support the vital operating costs of their hospice facility, The Ark. Click to learn more and donate to the matched funding: https://lnkd.in/eTxADhx7 #CharitySpotlight #TFF #NoahsArkChildrensHospice #Impact

This month, we hosted our inaugural charity networking event in Bermuda, creating a fantastic opportunity for our charity partners to connect with other local organisations and network with colleagues from The Fidelis Partnership. It was also a great chance for our Bermuda team to meet the inspiring individuals behind the charities we support. A special thank you to Belinda Tribley, a board member of The Fidelis Foundation, our Head of Charity Partnerships Natalie Gillespie, and our charity advocates for attending and engaging with our charity community. We extend our heartfelt thanks to the charity partners who joined us, including Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bermuda, National Museum of Bermuda, Bermuda College Foundation, Bermuda National Trust, Habitat for Humanity of Bermuda, Whales Bermuda, and Friends of Hospice Bermuda. We also appreciated the presence of The Fidelis Partnership’s corporate partners, OUTBermuda, Keep Bermuda Beautiful, and SCARS, whose involvement helped make the event even more meaningful. We look forward to strengthening these relationships and growing our charity partnership community through future events!

On World Mental Health Day, we’re delighted to continue our charity spotlight series with Aware, an organisation that we’ve supported since 2022. Here’s a quick look at Aware:   ➡️ Purpose: Aware are a national organisation that provides free support, education and information services to people impacted by anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and related mood conditions in Ireland.   ➡️ Advocacy: Sarah Fitzgerald from The Fidelis Partnership shares her perspective on how Aware influenced her understanding of mental health issues: “Their resources make it clear that mental health is an essential part of overall well-being, which has helped me grasp the complexities of these issues, as well as the many challenges individuals face and approaching them with empathy.”   ➡️ Current Focus: To relieve conditions of depression, bipolar disorder, and other mood disorders by the provision of mutual support groups, counselling, psychotherapies and other clinically acceptable and practicable interventions for individual people, and groups of people within Ireland who are or who have been suffering from such illness, and their relatives and friends.   #CharitySpotlight #Aware #TFF #Impact #Partnership #WorldMentalHealthDay

Last weekend, colleagues from The Fidelis Partnership Bermuda team joined forces with mentees and colleagues from the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bermuda Program to participate in the Keep Bermuda Beautiful (KBB) Annual Coastal Clean-up at Kindley Field. Together, they collected large pieces of wood, plastics, hoses, ropes, and other debris that had washed ashore following a recent storm. The TFP Bermuda Green Team and associates are committed to working alongside Keep Bermuda Beautiful (KBB) to preserve Bermuda’s natural beauty and protect the environment from harmful waste. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bermuda is one of The Fidelis Foundation's longest charity partnerships in Bermuda.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of National Museum of Bermuda! Rosetta Landy and Natalie Gillespie from The Fidelis Partnership recently had the opportunity to visit the National Museum of Bermuda, where they met with Executive Director Elena Strong. They were given an exclusive look at the museum’s restoration work over the past 50 years and learned about future plans, including the creation of more educational spaces for corporate groups and schools, as well as expanding the museum’s teacher-focused education programme. Speaking of corporate education, the TFP Bermuda office DEI Committee recently welcomed the National Museum of Bermuda to host an insightful workshop on ‘Emancipation, Segregation and Universal Adult Suffrage’. The key features of post-emancipation Bermuda were examined, including illustrative examples of personal and collective resistance to enslavement, segregation, and oppressive legislation. A special thanks goes to Lisa Howe, Debora Attwood, Chynna Trott and Amani Simons for hosting such a valuable and engaging workshop. The National Museum of Bermuda have been a partner of The Fidelis Partnership Foundation since 2021. #Bermuda #History #Community #Charity