There for all our members in the time of coronavirus

There for You is there for UNISON members who experience hard times. In the current coronavirus crisis, that’s pretty much everyone. As our welfare charity, There for You is helping more and more members who find that their limited income has been hit by the crisis. For many members, asking for financial help from There for You is something they’d only consider on a rainy day they hoped would never actually arrive. But it has. For too many UNISON members, this pandemic means the rain is pouring down and they risk being flooded out. Some are losing work and have no income because they are on zero-hour contracts. Some are having their hours cut or being made redundant without redundancy pay. Many are also facing a situation where someone in the household is self-employed and family income has drastically dropped. Some members and their families are self-isolating. So members need emergency grants from There for You. Helping members in this situation is what UNISON and our welfare charity is here for. It’s basic solidarity. And our branches can help extend that solidarity by making a donation to There for You (see below for details). Here are just some examples of what we’ve done so far and why we need support from UNISON branches (names have been changed to protect the members’ privacy).   Cath applied for help with funeral costs for her partner. The current coronavirus restriction mean there will only be a private cremation. But Cath is hoping to have a memori...
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