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Date

14 June 2022 12:30pm–2:00pm

Location

The Brighton Centre, King’s Road, Brighton BN1 2GR

The annual general meeting of UNISON Welfare This is a member only event Registration is required Outcome

Date

17 January 2022 1:00pm–2:00pm

Location

Webinar

This course will look at the issue of debt and how it may affect our members, consider how we can support and signpost members in difficult financial situations, and look at basic budgeting. To sign up please email your membership number to: membereducationse@union.co.uk Outcome

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and the pandemic is having a significant and negative impact on our collective mental health. But don’t worry, your union is here to help

Date

20 January 2022 11:00am–12:30pm

Location

Online Meeting

The Welfare Committee is uniquely able to intervene with individual members in cases of great need.

Date

14 October 2021 11:00am–12:30pm

Location

Online Meeting

The Welfare Committee is uniquely able to intervene with individual members in cases of great need.

UNISON’s Covid-19 response fund reopens today, offering grants of up to £500 to help members affected by the pandemic. If you are a UNISON member, you can apply for the fund if your income has been affected in any of the following ways: You and/or your partner are currently furloughed; You and/or your partner are […]

Sixty-nine branches have donated to our COVID response fund so far – is yours on that list?

New fund will help members facing particular need because of the pandemic There for You is UNISON’s unique charity, set up to help members in difficulties – and this year, the COVID-19 crisis is making life harder for many of our already-stretched members. Because more of you are struggling, There for You has set up […]

Date

16 June 2020 1:45pm–3:00pm

Location

The Brighton Centre, Kings Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 2GR

The annual general meeting of UNISON’s Welfare Charity – There for You The annual general meeting of UNISON’s Welfare Charity – There for You This is a member only event Registration is required Outcome

If you’re a member and worried about your status after the UK’s scheduled departure from the European Union, we can help

Trade unionists in Chelmsford are collecting food and supplies for the city’s homeless this Christmas, UNISON announced today. Staff working for UNISON Eastern region are gathering together everything from tinned tomatoes to dish cloths to help local homelessness charity CHESS. CHESS provides temporary accommodation for 32 individuals for 365 days a year, offering an additional […]

Welfare Newsletter autumn […]

Get help with school uniform costs this summer form UNISON’s own welfare arm There for you

More than 600 UNISON members struggling to pay for their heating, have been awarded over £30,000 thanks to UNISON’s dedicated welfare charity, There For You.

As Britain succumbs to a poverty crisis, food banks are calling on people’s support to help those less fortunate, including children, who are facing hunger. Between April and September this year the Trussell Trust distributed more than 500,000 emergency food parcels to people in crisis –  over 188,500 of them to children. That means that for the […]