This presentation shows what the branch committee have been doing, information was provided during the Annual General Meeting 19 March 2025. If you would like to be a part of the branch and help make a difference to your workplace, please get in touch 0800 9549915 or email unison @barnardos.org.uk
After long spells of grey wet weather, the sunshine is a welcome tonic, but in extreme heat our body’s work harder, which makes us less likely to have a good nights sleep, and working conditions can be uncomfortable, especially when PPE has to be worn. Climate change is already causing warmer temperatures in the UK, […]
Registration for the network events are on each link, if you would like to attend one of the conference’s on behalf of the branch, please get in touch via email unison@barnardos.org.uk UNISON disabled Black members network meeting 25 June 2025 11:00am–1:30pm Hybrid: in-person at the UNISON Centre and online via MS Teams Do you want to […]
UNISON needs to hear from disabled members about how proposed changes to PIPs (Personal Independence Payments) will affect them. UNISON is challenging these changes, but we need your help to show the government why these changes are so detrimental. Three ways you can help: UNISON will continue to make the case that the government should […]
During November 2023, our LGBT+ Branch Officer Yasmin Perez attended UNISON’s National LGBT+ Conference in Liverpool. Read her report on the Conference below to find out more about what was discussed and debated ahead of UNISON 2024 Year of LGBT+ Workers. This was my first National Conference as a Branch Officer, and I wasn’t sure […]
“Disabled people should be asking employers if they are ‘fit to employ’“ Disabled people should be asking employers if they are ‘fit to employ’ | Article, News | News | UNISON National This was my first attendance at a Disabled Members Conference, and if I am truly honest, one that I had not put myself […]
On the 13 June 2023, our Branch Secretary Karen Rickards, Black Members Officer Lockman Uddin and our Welfare Officer Alicia Wormald made their way to Liverpool for the week to attend the UNISON National Delegates Conference. The National Delegates Conference is UNISON’s annual parliament, it brings together delegates from across the union to decide the […]
School uniform should be the least of a parent’s worries. That’s why UNISON’s very own charity, There for You, gives School Uniform Grants to members who need a helping hand in getting their kids kitted out for the new term. The UNISON 2025 School Uniform Grant Programme will open on the 28 May 2025 at 12 noon […]
The UNISONs National Womens Conference was held recently in Bournemouth, and two of our officers attended the event on behalf of the Branch, you can read Eleanor O’Dwyer Branch Women’s Officer’s report here, and Janice Chapman, Retired Members Officer report here There was a lot of emotive subjects and motions discussed during the conference, and […]
This year will be a year long focus on the important issues that affect Black members and their everyday lives, more information can be found on the main UNISON website, download the UNISON black workers leaflet. One of our new stewards, Mary along with our Black Members Officer, Luqman attended the National Black Members Conference […]
