The benefits on offer at Blood Cancer UK

The benefits offered by Blood Cancer UK:

Pension and group risk

• Group personal pension scheme for all employees with default contributions of 5% for employee and employer. Employees can change their contributions and if they maintain it above 3%, the employer contribution continues. Employer contributions increase to 10% upon completion of five years’ service and 15% upon completion of 10 years’ service.
• Life assurance of four-times basic salary for pension scheme members.

Healthcare, wellbeing and mental health support

• All employees can take up to five wellbeing days per year.
• Mental health first aiders.
• Access to psychologists.
• Employee assistance programme (EAP).
• Learning and development sessions on mental health and wellbeing themes.
• Funded flu vaccines.
• Employees can claim up to £20 for eye tests and up to £60 for glasses.
• Enhanced sick pay,

Work/life balance or family-friendly policies

• Agile working policy gives all employees autonomy over working times and location.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave: maternity/shared parental/adoption offer is 12 weeks at full pay, 12 weeks at half pay, followed by 15 weeks at the statutory rate. Paternity leave is six weeks at full pay.

Holidays

• 30 days; 31 in Scotland due to the additional bank holiday as employees have English bank holidays as a default.

Employee recognition scheme

• Monthly values and equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) based awards which all employees can nominate colleagues for.

Other benefits

• Interest-free loans, up to £1,000 per year per employee.
• Focus days for continuing professional development (CPD).
• Access to L&D academy.
• Bikes-for-work scheme.
• Study leave.
• Moving days.
• Sabbaticals.