3 – 4 October 2025
London Luton Vale Hotel
The UNISON Eastern disabled members training weekend was such a success last year we are going to do it all again in 2025!
We’ll cover managing disability in the workplace with an Organising to Win session to empower members and branch officers to challenge employers, a legal briefing on a successful disability discrimination case from Thompsons solicitors and the rep that supported the member, and Julie Ryder from Hear First will be holding an interactive session with us about deaf awareness.
We will also be holding our regular disabled members committee meeting for all disabled members and equality/disabled member officers in the region.
The weekend is an opportunity to share experiences and know-how, network with others and join together to build a stronger disabled members presence in UNISON Eastern.
We will have fun too with a quiz and raffle!
Registration closes at 12 noon on Friday 15 August.
What’s on?
Friday AM: Organising to Win
- What is Organising to Win?
- How to identify issues/find leaders
- Case scenario
- Who/what/how
Friday PM: Julie Ryder from Hear First
- How to spot someone is deaf or has hearing loss
- Communication preferences
- Reasonable adjustments
- Communicate to include: clear speech and basic signs
Saturday AM: Disability discrimination case study
Sasha McLaughlin, Thompsons, and Lesley Luscher, UNISON Norfolk Community Health
- The legal position, what we needed to prove in this case
- What evidence we needed to obtain
- Time limits
Saturday PM: Eastern region disabled members committee meeting
Chaired by Heather Bennett.
Sign up
Registration is now closed.