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• There for You relaunches its fund for members facing financial hardship

  29-11-2021 16:25
  
  As Christmas approaches, with temperatures dropping and bills rising, financial pressures are mounting for many of the most vulnerable. But help is at hand.
  UNISON’s welfare charity, There for You, has re-launched the COVID-19 response fund, to support UNISON members whose household incomes have been affected during the pandemic.
  The fund offers grants of up to £350 to help members struggling with living costs, or loss of employment, or have had the universal credit uplift removed.
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• There for You relaunches its COVID-19 response fund to include universal credit cuts

  29-11-2021 16:25
  
  As Christmas approaches, with temperatures dropping and bills rising, financial pressures are mounting for many of the most vulnerable. But help is at hand.
  UNISON’s welfare charity, There for You, has re-launched the COVID-19 response fund, to support UNISON members whose household incomes have been affected during the pandemic.
  The fund offers grants of up to £350 to help members struggling with living costs, or loss of employment, or have had the universal credit uplift removed.
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• There for You offers new fund for members facing winter hardship

  29-11-2021 16:25
  
  As Christmas approaches, with temperatures dropping and bills rising, financial pressures are mounting for many of the most vulnerable. But help is at hand.
  UNISON’s welfare charity, There for You, has launched a new COVID-19 response fund, to support UNISON members whose household incomes have been affected during the pandemic.
  The fund offers grants of up to £350 to help members struggling with living costs, or loss of employment, or have had the universal credit uplift removed.
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• Blog: Working towards a flexible, fairer future

  29-11-2021 14:00
  
  The Westminster government’s proposals for a day one right to request flexible working are both welcome and long overdue.
  This change will remove one of the immediate barriers to flexibility required by many carers and disabled workers, amongst others.
  It also changes the narrative from a sense that even being allowed to ‘ask’ is somehow a perk or reward for service rather than a normal employment provision. But it’s not enough.
  Along with most other organisations we work
  
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• Help to improve flexible working proposals

  29-11-2021 12:09
  
  “Flexible working is not a perk, it’s a necessity for a modern, forward-looking economy,” says UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea in response to government proposals.
  The government’s consultation on ‘making flexible working the default’ closes on Wednesday (1 December), leaving workers just two days to make their voices heard.Have your say on flexible workingSign the petition
  Use the TUC’s easy responder tool
  Under the consultation’s curren
  
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• Dithering over social care must end immediately with a proper pay boost for workers

  29-11-2021 01:06
  
  Responding to a report published today (Monday) by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (Adass) about the rapidly deteriorating situation for those who need social care, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  “This is another ear-splitting alarm bell for the government on staffing shortages in the care sector.
  “Ministers can’t keep wringing their hands hoping this will go away. A human tragedy is unfolding, with care workers describing the heart-breaki
  
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