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Our team works with branches on a wide range of UNISON development issues:
The team is based at the Regional Centre, and is led by Christine Rogers. Below is information on members of the team and some of their areas of work. We are keen to work with all our branches – please contact Christine Rogers on 0121 685 3119 or e-mail c.rogers@unison.co.uk Or you can contact her job-share secretaries: Rita Howard - r.howard@unison.co.uk or Lynn Horsnett - l.horsnett@unison.co.uk or telephone 0121 685 3171.
Branch Support Project Enters Second Year! The Branch Support Workers have now been in place for just over a year. They have already worked with 32 branches, and the pilot project has been extended into a second year, and hopefully permanently. A Branch Support Worker can help your branch develop in many ways:
For more information on how a Branch Support Worker can help your branch contact Christine Rogers, or contact the Branch Support Workers direct: Val Harvey - 0121 685 3175 e-mail v.harvey@unison.co.ukOpinder Tiwana – 0121 685 3148 e-mail o.tiwana@unison.co.uk Tim Carpenter – 0121 685 3117 e-mail t.carpenter@unison.co.uk For further details please click here to see the Branch Support Brochure.
The Regional Education & Training Service Direct responsibility for the provision of activists’ and membership education and training lies with the Regional Education Officer, Fred Cattle (tel: 0121 685 4200, e-mail f.cattle@unison.co.uk). Activist education is provided by way of the regional education programme (distributed to all activists in late autumn), and commissioned courses. Many of the courses in the programme are held at the Regional Centre, including a full range of IT and computing courses especially designed for UNISON. Commissioned courses, for example Stewards, Health & Safety Reps, Representing Members, Winning the Organised Workplace, can be arranged at a time and place to suit the requirements of branches. Membership education is provided by UNISON Open College in association with the Workers Education Association, and through the growing number of Learning Partnerships jointly agreed with employers. The work of the Education Service is supported by
The role of the Regional Women’s Officer is to help branches develop women’s groups and services to women. I can do this in a number of ways, including one-to-one work with Branch Secretaries or Branch Equalities Officers, training courses for women stewards or offering advice and support on specialist cases affecting women. In addition I have regional responsibility for Women’s Self Organisation and Young Members Organisation. My work is supported by my job share secretaries, Rita Howard and Lynne Horsnett, and in my absence they can be contacted to arrange appointments etc (0121 685 3171). If you would like to talk to me about Women’s Development in your branch you can contact me on 0121 685 3154 or e-mail ae@unison.co.uk Anita Edwards – Regional Women’s Officer Rachael Baker and Phil Siddle are members of the BSDT. Although officially part of the TUC Organising scheme, both organisers work day to day for UNISON in the West Midlands. They work with Regional Organisers in specific organising campaigns. Their work has included organising Young Members across the region, both within branches and in setting up a regional group. Their work ranges from the Birmingham based Housing Stock Transfer Campaign to campaigning in the workplace for better conditions for workers. The organisers are also working with many non-unionised workplaces across the region such as those in the Voluntary Sector, aiming to organise workers and gain recognition for UNISON. You can contact Rachael and Phil on 0121 685 3122 or e-mail r.baker@unison.co.uk or p.siddle@unison.co.uk
The team has three organising assistants... Current work role : · Organise 2002 – to encourage Branch organisation/ recruitment and production of development plans · Student Nurse Recruitment · Branch Development – currently working with Childrens’ Hospital & Walsgrave Hospital · Community and Voluntary Sector Organisation · Organising of Conferences and Seminars You can contact her on 0121 685 3167, or e-mail s.burger@unison.co.uk Frank Woodcock Frank is involved in organising and co-ordinating regional campaigns, lobbies and demonstrations. He is also developing How 2s such as: · Organise a demonstration · Organise a conference · Organise a creche · Make up a recruitment pack You can contact him on 0121 685 3168, or e-mail f.woodcock@unison.co.uk
Malcolm is responsible for ensuring that all Delegate Registrations for the National Delegate Conference are properly registered. Please send your Appointment of Delegate forms to him. Any queries, on these, or any other Conferences, ring 0121 685 3169, or email m.fraser@unison.co.uk Andy O'Callaghan has recently been appointed as Senior Membership Clerk working within the team. He will work with the BSWs on comparing and reconciling branch and regional membership records and provide membership related statistics and information for the Team. Andy can be contacted on 0121 685 3114 or e-mail a.o'callaghan@unison.co.uk
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