Events

To register your interest for this course please contact your branch. You will need approval from your branch to attend.

This course covers the strategic role of organising Health and Safety Reps and
members around health and safety issues. It is not suitable for Health and Safety
Representatives who have not had any training or have only recently been trained.
The course will look at the role of safety reps and the Branch, investigating hazards
and members’ complaints, agreements with the employer, and future planning.

Cost to Branches: £100 non-residential (2 days) £250 residential (2 days with 1 night accommodation on Saturday night).

To register your interest for this course please contact your branch. You will need approval from your branch to attend.

This course will examine in detail the role and function of Branch International Officers and how we can make ‘international solidarity’ a reality, not just a slogan. The course will look at UNISON’s international priorities, the effect of globalisation on developing countries, and how branch-based activities can make a difference.

Cost to Branches: £100 non-residential (2 days) £250 residential (2 days with 1 night accommodation on Saturday night).

To register your interest for this course please contact your branch. You will need approval from your branch to attend. 

Good education within the Branch is vital for making local organisation work. This course is for Branch Education Officers and will look at how to identify your Branch
education needs, how to budget for education, and how to encourage and support representatives in training.

This course will provide Lifelong Learning Coordinators with the knowledge and skills to effectively establish UNISON’s learning and skills agenda in their workplace and
successfully support the work of others to achieve branch aims around learning and skills.

Cost to Branches: £100 non-residential (2 days) £250 residential (2 days with 1 night accommodation on Saturday night).

To register your interest for this course please contact your branch. You will need approval from your branch to attend. 

This course helps new Labour Link Officers to understand their role within the branch,
equip them with campaigning techniques, understand why politics are important in
the branch and develop skills to encourage interest in political activity in the branch. In
order to be able to undertake this role, members would need to pay into the Labour Link
Campaign Fund and be individual members of the Labour Party.

Cost to Branches: £100 non-residential (2 days) £250 residential (2 days with 1 night accommodation on Saturday night).

To register your interest for this course please contact your branch. You will need approval from your branch to attend.  If you are unsure how to contact your branch, please use our branch finder tool

This course is mainly for those branch activists who are already or wish to become
involved in branch publicity, producing leaflets, newsletters and branch magazines.
The course will be practical-based drawing on the skills of UNISON’s publicity
department. It will cover writing copy, headlines and captions plus explore how to
use layout to best effect to produce finished newsletters.

Cost to Branches: £100 non-residential (2 days) £250 residential (2 days with 1 night accommodation on Saturday night).