Branch resources review – where we are so far

UNISON’s branch resource review is progressing, despite the pandemic, with the aim of delivering a set of proposals to the national delegate conference in June 2021. This is where we are so far. Following a motion passed at the 2019 conference, a review group of UNISON members was tasked with reviewing the branch funding regime and how resources are allocated to help branches. In February 202, an online survey to all UNISON branches was issued to branch secretaries. The questions reflected the existing priorities laid out in the code of good branch practice. In total, 357 branches responded – over 42%. Perhaps unsurprisingly, response rates varied. Of the regions, the response was highest in Northern Ireland, closely followed by Northern Region; of the service groups, local government and health provided the highest response. Despite a decade of austerity, on the whole branches still felt that they had received the support they required to fulfil the main priorities of the union, but this was now under threat. There were three distinct areas where senior branch officers felt they needed improved support to do more. These were: more time including facility time; more support from the regions; more financial support. Finding out more Wishing to dig deeper, the union then commissioned an independent body, BritainThinks, to help review members conduct in-depth research with branch officers – to explore and understand the challenges their branches face and what kind of sup...
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