June is the month chosen to celebrate pride as it was the month of the Stonewall riots, the protests that changed gay rights for a lot of people in America and beyond. Pride is about uplifting LGBTQ+ voices, a celebration of culture and support of LGBTQ+ rights. Pride month is an opportunity for recognition, teaching tolerance, education, history and continuing to move forward in equality. It calls for people to come together in love and friendship. For us to remember how damaging hate, prejudice and discrimination was and still can be today. It's all about being proud of who you are and being confident to bring your authentic self to work! 

Every employee at Fossil has Empower Me days that they can choose to use for volunteering where you get paid by Fossil but use your time to support a cause you are passionate about. To date we have done a lot of DIY and gardening for various charities. We've also walked dogs, cleaned out pigs and cuddled cats. We've walked, ran and swam to raise money along with countless bucket shakes, raffles and competitions. We've used our coaching skills, marketing knowledge and recruitment know how to support smaller charities. The options are endless of how you can use your volunteer day! If you want to use your volunteer day but not sure how to start click below to share the sort of things you are in to. Jo our HR Assistant/ Volunteer Coordinator will then be in contact on how she can help.