by Glotime | Aug 24, 2018 | Featured, GloWellness
The London Fire Brigade are on the lookout for more female firefighters, as they now feel that with stereotypical imagery symbolising firefighting as a predominantly male profession, it is sending out all the wrong messages for their recruitment campaigns.
Recently on Love Island, with a humungous 11m viewership, a line of male contestants dressed up as ‘firefighters’ depicted the definitive ‘sexy’ male oozing testosterone and masculinity.
We also witnessed a ‘housewife’ going weak at the knees, as she welcomed a male firefighter into her house in a recent TV commercial.
A spokesperson from the London Fire Brigade stated that they are eliminating 50 percent of their workforce by sending out these messages, and keeping women away from the profession.
They go on to say that females have many built in attributes required for the job, and physical strength is way down on the list as it is more technique that is needed to lift people out of burning buildings. But the essential qualities that are inherent in females are required for the job such as emotional empathy and the sensitivity of dealing with people in trauma.
We would like to get the message out there to any women looking to change career or if you have a daughter or granddaughter who is looking for a career that is both rewarding and pioneering. But don’t think it is a ‘cop out’ for an education, as learning and intelligence plays a big part of the job, and you will need to have your wits about you at all times.
During the First & Second World Wars many women were recruited to become firefighters through necessity, and they excelled as they battled the flames of the blitz. But since then we seem to have slipped backwards into regarding it as a ‘men only’ career.
This quote is by Gillian Wilton-Clark, who received the George medal for her services.
‘Nearly 80 years on, female firefighters are still comparatively rare and their achievements mainly overlooked by the media, which still talk about firemen rather than firefighters – something the London brigade changed 30 years ago. Our #FirefightingSexism campaign, launched last year, has got people talking about how they describe fire service staff. Things won’t change overnight, but it is a step in the right direction and something welcomed by fire and rescue services across the country. I’ve moved from my first job in Millwall fire station to becoming the brigade’s head of cultural change and talent. I can’t recommend it enough.’
All we can say here at Glotime is fantastic work and we are all proud of all of the fire & rescue services across the country.
So please consider a career in the Fire & Rescue service, why not pop along to your local service and see the rewarding career for yourself.
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by Glotime | Aug 20, 2018 | Featured, GloWellness
As most of us ladies at Glotime are familiar with diets, whether it be Slimming World, Weight Watchers, Atkins or another form of weight loss, we are excited to discover an inspirational idea which is now becoming a truly successful business, ‘The Skinny Box’.
Mother and daughter, Dee and Holly Richards were the inspiration for this fabulously innovative startup business venture, when daughter Holly who has lost 6.5 stone since February last year after the birth of her second son Elliot.
Dee and Holly were living in France when they started her journey and had often thought of business ideas to fit in with their Slimming World lifestyle, so was always pondering with ideas. But it actually fits in with a variety of diets.
After returning to the UK to live in April of this year, they both went on a Spa break where they had to stay overnight and so took some treats with them as there was nothing on offer to keep them on plan…that was when they had a lightbulb moment and ‘The Skinny Survival Box’ was born!
It’s a box that fits in most average size letterboxes (also fits with the ‘Skinny Box’ name) of low calorie treats for you to incorporate with your Slimming World plan or any other weight loss programme, to enable you to stay on plan during your weight loss journey.
They currently have ‘The Super Skinny Box’ with approximately 16-18 goodies including herbal teas/ skinny coffee etc., which is enough to last a few days.
They are priced at £11.99 plus postage and the Skinny Mini box with approx. 8-9 goodies for £6.99 plus postage…and they have just launched the 7 day Skinny Survival bags, these are 7 individual bags with 15 syns of treats for you to enjoy each day for 1 week for £25 including postage and packaging in UK. They are amazing for holidays or working away from home or if you have a very busy lifestyle…so no excuse to not stay on plan! They also include the syn value on each item.
They are packaged beautifully with tissue and raffia ribbon as Dee and Holly also love fabulous packaging and presentation!
They supply an array of goodies with many premium companies products included, such as Green&Blacks~ We love snacks 2~ Munchy seeds~Conscious chocolate ~ Peckwitts Gluten Free~ Pulsin~ Graze ~ Kallo~ Eat Well~ Kettle~ Proper Corn~ Twinings Tea~ Pukka~ Coffee Beanies and many, many others ..They also supply Vegan ~ dairy free~ Gluten Free
They are on social media with a multitude of followers, and at the moment this is how people order, by direct message and then via PayPal or bank transfer, as they are currently building their website. They have huge number of loyal regular customers who purchase weekly, fortnightly or have a monthly subscription.
We are all putting in our order now!
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by Glotime | Aug 17, 2018 | Featured, GloWellness
There comes a time, let’s say, post thirty-five, when age – quite unexpectedly – starts to define us. For women, it’s all about society’s primal assumptions. The world assumes us ‘fertile’ up until our mid-thirties. Even though 99.9 per cent of those we come into contact with will not want to breed with us, our ‘worth’ sublimely starts to diminish as we speed towards our forties. The great novelists and playrights spoke of it all the time – the slow fading of a woman’s power and allure – Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Austen. I love them all but will I accept the fate they speak of?
Absolutely not.
For many modern women, becoming ‘ageless’ is not about vanity or chasing prescribed beauty; it’s simply about wanting to recognise the face that greets us in the mirror every morning. It’s about the easy confidence that comes with feeling comfortable in our own skin. It’s about being unafraid to start a new career at sixty; run a marathon at fifty; find love at seventy.
As we get older, the pieces invariably start to fall into place. We learn more about who we are; how we want to live our lives. Experience offers new wisdom, understanding and opportunity. Many of us begin to feel as though we’re ‘only just setting out’ on our true paths as we approach middle age and beyond. What a tragedy, then, that society is as judgemental of post-30 women as it ever was. The menopause has been utterly demonised; any form of cosmetic surgery is frowned upon ‘Why can’t she grow old gracefully?’; and woe betide the woman who falls in love with a much younger partner ‘He’ll leave her as soon as he wants babies.’
The harsh truth is, women do this to themselves. We are our own gender’s harshest critics. In a society where well-known, older women are fair game for ruthless paparazzi and everyone is open to the taunts of online trolls, is it any wonder we find it so hard to feel at ease with ourselves and our choices as we grow older?
A wise woman allows no-one to distinguish her flame. She refuses to perpetrate stereotypes and treats herself and all those around her as ‘ageless’. In our dreams, our souls never grow older – live your life that way and you might just find the ageing process reversing itself!
by guest blogger Trelawney Kerrigan
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