One year on from moving to a hybrid working model, David Gent, our CEO, reflects on the reasons behind the change and the benefits.
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing the Humber as a place, and we know we need to play our part.
The Humber is also the second most inactive place in England and sedentary behaviours directly contribute to carbon emissions.
The pandemic made us think about how we work as an organisation and with our partners, and if we could do that in a more carbon friendly way.
This led us to the decision to move to a more hybrid and greener way of working by closing our permanent office.
We still needed a place that once a week we could meet in person as a team and with our partners and we wanted to do that in a building that was green and environmentally friendly. It also needed to be geographically easy to get to for our partners if needed.
The Aura Innovation Centre is the perfect solution with its blend of meeting spaces, its access to Humber as an area and the great people working there to support us.
Over the last year we have flourished as a team in our new once-a-week environment and made lots of new connections that benefit our business to get the most inactive, active.
It has proven a great place to meet with others and do that in a green way.
One year on and we look forward to continuing to reduce our carbon footprint at a venue to help us do that and make the connections to get more people physically active.
Sarah Clark, Operations Manager for the Aura Innovation Centre, said: “We’re really glad that Active Humber have found a home with us. We know sustainability is really important to them, so it’s great that we can play our part in supporting their commitment to reducing their carbon footprint by providing them with space to meet, network and make new contacts. Lots of businesses are now moving from dedicated office space to coworking and shared space, and Active Humber have shown that this can help your organisation thrive.”
David Gent, CEO of Active Humber, said: “We wish the Humber to be a place where everyone, every day is physically active for themselves, their community and the planet. The Aura Innovation Centre (AIC) over the last year has become our place to meet as a team, develop our work with partners, make new contacts, and encourage us as a charity to develop the way we deliver our services through coworking and codesign, whilst supporting our commitment to reducing our carbon footprint. The partnership with the AIC has really helped us an organisation to thrive.”
