by Susan Haldane | May 23, 2024 | Health and Safety
A new national State of Safety survey conducted among members of the Angus Reid Forum on behalf of Threads of Life found the greatest challenge to improving health and safety at their company for 49% of respondents is a lack of time for training. This was consistent...
by Susan Haldane | May 16, 2024 | How We Help, Steps for Life
Steps for Life is always a mix of sombre and celebration. We celebrate spring and simply being together – a community of people sharing compassion and commitment. But there are sombre aspects to the day as well – we know why we’re here and we have reminders in the...
by Susan Haldane | Feb 1, 2024 | How We Help
Compassion can change lives. With registration open now for Steps for Life 2024, it’s compassion for Canadian families that is driving walkers, fundraisers, sponsors and donors to get involved. For all the reasons so many people participate in Steps for Life (fun,...
by Susan Haldane | Nov 30, 2023 | How We Help, Your Gifts at Work
“Look for the helpers.” Have you ever heard that advice? When conflict after crisis after natural disaster threaten to blot out all the light in the world, look for the helpers. There will always be those who step up to fill sandbags, make sandwiches, take in...
by Susan Haldane | Oct 19, 2023 | How We Help
We hear it all the time: families who wish they’d heard of Threads of Life sooner; companies that tell us ‘we’d never heard of you guys’ but who are happy to support our work; friends and strangers who ask “what’s that?” when we mention Threads of Life. One of the...