Inspired by the work of psychologists Carl Gustav Jung and Jolande Jacobi, the colour profiling courses run by the Insights Group have been designed with the aim of helping everyone to better understand themselves and others. Each new member of the Teachers Building Society team will be assessed to reveal their dominant traits (represented by one of the four ‘colour energies’) and ​will be sponsored through several training courses to understand their strengths and weaknesses as well as the most effective methods of communication with others.

We think this is a great way of getting to know your colleagues as well as yourself, and will continue to partake in this programme throughout the coming years.

The team at Teachers Building Society are delighted to provide support for the Wimborne Food Bank. The Wimborne Food Bank exists to help local people experiencing a short-term crisis in their ability to afford food and is a local initiative set up by local Wimborne churches, in partnership with Faithworks Wessex.

​Employees from the Society donate food for weekly collections and give up their time to help out at the food bank – sorting food and stacking the shelves ready for distribution. 

With the number of people relying on the food bank expected to rise in 2019, particularly over school holidays when school meals are not available, our team are determined to continue providing support throughout the year.

We are determined to reduce our carbon footprint at Teachers and signed up with Wimborne War on Waste as a 'Plastic Free Champion' in 2018, receiving our plastic free certification at the end of the year.

Becoming a ‘Plastic Free Champion’ is part of a Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) initiative for Wimborne Minster to become a 'Plastic Free Community'. In our office, we recently introduced several recycling options for waste, and single-use plastic waste has been reduced drastically with the introduction of wooden stirrers, reusable plastic bottles and a coffee machine that takes mugs rather than plastic cups. We now also provide a canvas bag for life to all our members to reduce plastic bag usage. We have formed an environmental working group that meets on a regular basis to continue improving our green footprint.