Regional Council AGM 2023

11 February 2023 10:00am–4:00pm

UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, London, NW1 2AY

The Regional Council is the governing body of the region and all branches are invited to participate. We run on an annual cycle, meeting three times a year to develop regional policies and determine the region’s objectives and priorities.

Online ERA Refresher Training

2 – 3 February 2023

Microsoft Teams

ERA (Employment Relations Act 1999) Refresher Training By law, all workplace representatives are required to undertake training at least once every five years to keep up to date and maintain their ERA certification. The refresher course aims to update reps on new legislation which is relevant to their role and introduce new developments within UNISON. […]

Further Representational Skills Course

16 – 17 January 2023

UNISON Brighton Office, 179 Preston Rd, Brighton BN1 6AG

Further Representation Skills This course is aimed at existing UNISON Stewards and is designed to follow on from the Organising Stewards course. This course will cover: Process for identifying needs and exploring what is and isn’t a case Recap on sources of information especially the ACAS code Preparing for a grievance and a capability case […]

Organising Stewards Course

9 – 13 January 2023

UNISON Brighton Office, 179 Preston Rd, Brighton BN1 6AG

Organising Stewards This course is aimed at newly elected and less experienced UNISON stewards. This course will help you to understand the steward’s role in organising members at local level and help you to feel confident in carrying out your duties as a steward. The course will help you: Understand the role of an organising […]

ERA Refresher Training

13 – 14 December 2022

UNISON Brighton Office, 179 Preston Rd, Brighton BN1 6AG

ERA (Employment Relations Act 1999) Refresher Training By law, all workplace representatives are required to undertake training at least once every five years to keep up to date and maintain their ERA certification. The refresher course aims to update reps on new legislation which is relevant to their role and introduce new developments within UNISON. […]

Online Health & Safety Representatives Course

5 – 9 December 2022

Online

  NB: This course will now be delivered online.  Tutorial dates remain the same. As the course involves group work and discussion, you will be expected to attend webinar based tutorials at fixed times. There are a number of other criteria which you must be able to commit to before embarking on the course and […]

Negotiating Skills

22 – 24 November 2022

UNISON Guildford Office, Ranger House, Walnut Tree Close GU1 4UL

This three day course is aimed at UNISON representatives who are involved in negotiations or who are likely to become involved in negotiations with management on policies, pay, change management, and conditions. It will help participants to: develop and practice negotiating skills be more effective team negotiators understand the process of negotiating be familiar with […]

Online Organising Stewards Course

14 – 18 November 2022

Online

Organising Stewards NB: this course will now be delivered online. Tutorial dates remain the same. This course is aimed at newly elected and less experienced UNISON stewards and is delivered either online or in a classroom. This course will help you to understand the steward’s role in organising members at local level and help you […]

Local Government Finance for UNISON Stewards

9 March – 16 November 2022

Online

This year the Local Government Service Group has once again engaged LGIU to run the online Understanding Local Government Finances training for UNISON stewards, you can find out more and register here. There are 3 sessions available on various dates throughout the year: Session 1: An Introduction to Local Government Finance Session 2: Understanding & […]

Recruitment & Organising Techniques Workshop

7 October 2022 9:30am–4:30pm

Guildford regional office

All-day workshop on improving UNISON member recruitment.

Organising Stewards Course

26 – 30 September 2022

Unison Guildford Office, Ranger House, Walnut Tree Close, GU1 4UL

Organising Stewards Please be advised this course is now fully booked but we have places available on the November online course, as well as the in-person course taking place in the Brighton office. This course is aimed at newly elected and less experienced UNISON stewards and is delivered either online or in a classroom. This course will help you to […]

TUC Mental Health in the Workplace

26 – 28 September 2022

Online event

TUC Mental Health in the Workplace This course is to assist reps to understand the role they could play in raising awareness of mental health as a workplace issue. This course will cover Awareness. Knowledge. Representing and supporting. How to organise around mental health. Tutorial dates: Monday 26 September (9.30am–3pm) Tuesday 27 September (9.30am–3pm) Wednesday […]

Negotiating Skills

20 – 22 September 2022

Brighton Office

This three day course is aimed at UNISON representatives who are involved in negotiations or who are likely to become involved in negotiations with management on policies, pay, change management, and conditions. It will help participants to: develop and practice negotiating skills be more effective team negotiators understand the process of negotiating be familiar with […]

ERA Refresher Training

21 – 22 September 2022

UNISON Guildford Office, Ranger house, Walnut Tree Close GU1 4UL

ERA (Employment Relations Act 1999) Refresher Training By law, all workplace representatives are required to undertake training at least once every five years to keep up to date and maintain their ERA certification. The refresher course aims to update reps on new legislation which is relevant to their role and introduce new developments within UNISON. […]

Health and Safety Representatives Course

12 – 16 September 2022

UNISON Guildford office, Ranger House, Walnut Tree Close, GU1 4UL

This course is aimed at new health and safety representatives. This course is classroom based, delivered by West Thames College, at UNISON, Guildford Office. You will learn about health and safety legislation, including the law relating to risk assessment, and also your employer’s responsibilities. It will help you work with members to tackle workplace issues […]