International Day of Friendship is celebrated each year on 30 July and encourages everyone to choose respect, support and kindness for one another so that together we can build a better world where all are united for the greater good.
At Carnival UK we recognise the value of friendships and we pride ourselves on creating an environment where everyone can be the best version of themselves, where everyone supports one another, works Better Together and has the opportunity to create friendships for life.
This year, more than ever, it’s these friendships that have helped us to navigate change, new ways of working, and particularly, supported our seafarers whilst they’ve spent time away from family and friends back home.
We choose respect. We choose support. We choose kindness.
The importance of friendship
One of the feelings millions of us around the world are feeling during this current COVID-19 pandemic is loneliness.
In our combined efforts to stay safe and well and due to restrictions in place to prevent further spread of the virus, our usual ways of doing things, interacting with one another and seeing family and friends have changed dramatically. But what is loneliness exactly and how can we all support one another better to avoid feelings of disconnect?
What is important to remember is loneliness is not social isolation, although there is correlation between the two.
True, sometimes loneliness can be caused by social isolation, and vice versa. However, there are many people with a low number of social contacts who rarely feel lonely, and those with a large number of social connections who always feel lonely.
Loneliness can strike any of us at any time, for a variety of reasons and it can impact how people feel at home and at work, as well as how they perform and interact with others.
A few things we’re doing at Carnival UK to support you
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A few things we can all do to brighten someone’s day
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Congratulations to our competition winner!
Ahead of International Day of Friendship we asked you to nominate your colleagues who have made a difference to your overall experience with us.
Congratulations to our winners Eva Lee (Carnival House) who was nominated by Rebecca Morgan and Denis Coutinho (Arcadia) who was nominated by Madhuri Chahar. Both will receive a hamper of goodies.
Visit our Instagram page to see who our other nominees were.