Some Key Facts 41% of women affected by period poverty keep sanitary pads or tampons in for longer to save money. The average person who menstruates spends between £10-£15 per month on […]
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- Date
- 23 January 2024 11:00am–12:30pm
- Location
- Online Meeting
The Welfare Committee is uniquely able to intervene with individual members in cases of great need.
- Date
- 19 November 2024 11:00am–12:30pm
- Location
- Hybrid
The Welfare Committee is uniquely able to intervene with individual members in cases of great need.
- 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.
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 […]
That’s why we’ve set a target of £250,000 for branch donations to the COVID-19 response fund – and we want to reach it by the end of June […]
There For You has a fund available to help low-income members with grants for school uniforms
UNISON help and advice for branches dealing with members who have been affected by the recent floods is now available
Union says the fact that families will be facing the Dickensian dilemma of ‘heat or eat’ in modern Britain is a ‘scandal’
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 […]
- Date
- 16 April 2024
- Location
- Online
UNISON’s national learning and organising team offers a two-stage course for new welfare officers. Stage one consists of a one-hour module […]
- Date
- 20 May 2024 9:30am–1:30pm
- Location
- UNISON Centre, Euston Road, London, NW1 2AY.
This regional session is a new initiative by the Regional Welfare Committee to supplement the formal training and bring Branch Welfare Officers from across the region together to discuss the welfare issues facing members at this time, practical support you as Branch Welfare Officers can give to signpost members to support and to launch our […]
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.
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