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The vice chair of There for You’s board, Debi Potter, explains the upcoming phase of the Energy Support Fund

Swindon Local Government Branch has made a £2,000 donation towards our organisers’ Cardiff Half Marathon fundraising in aid of UNISON’s welfare charity, There for You.

UNISON staff working across the South West have joined together for a fundraising bid in aid of the union’s charity, There for You.

There for You, UNISON’s welfare arm, is changing the way members can request financial help. You no longer apply for emergency grants using a separate form, now all applications are made using the Application for Assistance Form. Case managers will then triage the application and respond, hopefully within 48 hours. You can read the full […]

UNISON’s welfare charity, There for You, opens its annual programme offering grants of £200 next week – find out if you’re eligible to apply

Food bank charity The Trussell Trust reports that one in five working people are now turning to food banks, as the cost of living crisis takes its toll

A group of UNISON organisers took on the Bath Half Marathon yesterday, raising over £4,000 for the union’s charity.

Swindon Local Government Branch has made a £2,000 donation towards Step Up September in aid of UNISON’s welfare charity, There for You.

UNISON staff working across the South West have joined together for a fundraising bid in aid of the union’s charity, There for You.

Grants of up to £70 per school age child are now available

There For You helps UNISON members experiencing financial difficulty. In past years, people would come to the charity when they experienced a sudden upheaval – illness, redundancy and the like – but increasingly they’re having to get in touch just to make ends meet. It’s not hard to see why: we’re enduring the highest period […]

UNISON members can now apply for up to £200 towards their spiralling winter fuel bills. There For You’s Winter Fuel Grant, which has helped thousands of low-paid public service workers cope with the heavy costs of heating their homes over the years, reopens today. UNISON members on low income and with limited savings can apply. […]

Find out if you might be eligible for a grant of up to £200 to help cover the rising cost of gas and electricity this winter

The fund will offer grants of up to £200 and is designed to help the union’s most vulnerable low-income members

UNISON’s charity There for You has helped an incredible 4,000 members this year who have needed an extra hand over the pandemic. You can read about the amazing work over 2021 and what plans our welfare team has for 2022 in the December newsletter. From advice to filling in applications to information on our winter […]