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Period Poverty is the campaign focus for 2024/5

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 […]

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

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

As the cost of living continues to bite, UNISON’s branch welfare officers are a vital support to our members, it’s essential they’re equipped to deal with members’ concerns and able to offer advice. UNISON’s national learning and organising team offers a two-stage course for new welfare officers. Stage one consists of a one-hour module and […]

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.

If you are dealing with members or promoting this grant - please let pass on this information.   More information on the UNISON Facebook page […]