Helping staff facing redundancy at Tesco Middlewich
Facing major change at work is never easy for staff and dealing with redundancy is the most difficult change of all.
Careers advice
Joshua swaps his boots for a lab coat
Starting an apprenticeship with Darlington at 15-years old and signing a professional contract just 2 years later, Joshua Gray was enjoying playing for the first team when he started thinking about what his next steps might be. And his union, the Professional Footballers Association (PFA), was there...
TUC webinar asks “What does your pension mean for you?”
Pensions are an important issue for trade unions. From a trade union perspective pensions are about providing a decent standard of living when we decide to retire.
Unions
National Retraining Scheme Webinar
The government, CBI and TUC are producing a joint webinar on the development of the National Retraining Scheme on Thursday 21st February at 11am.
Alex goes from player to pundit thanks to the PFA
Former England international and Arsenal defender Alex Scott MBE has developed her career from the playing on the pitch to working in the media with support from the Professional Football Association.
Unionlearns European project partners visit Westminster to discuss skills
Last week Mid-Life Skills Review Project Partners from across Europe visited London to plan the next phase of the project as well as meeting Bambos Charalambous MP at Westminster to brief him about Mid-Life Skills Reviews and the launch of the innovative online Value My Skills tool.
Unions
The November Supporting Learners News is out now
The latest Supporting Learners News is now out and is packed full of ideas to inspire reps and learners alike.
Unions
Aegis take the union learning message to the community
As well as the usual union learning activity of helping learners in the workplace, the Learn with Aegis team looks at helping learners in other ways. This is way they decided to run a stall at the Spelthorne Career and Skills Fair held at Kempton Park, Sunbury in September.
Unions
Football coaches encouraged to 'Believe it, Achieve it' at BAME conference
Crystal Palace FC celebrated Black History Month with a BAME (Black Asian Minority Ethnic) coaching conference, bringing together coaches from every level to debate diversity in coaching and promote opportunities to those looking for their first role in the game.
Jackie sets up pension courses for PCS members in Merseyside.
Jackie Heron is a Customer Service Manager and Data Protection Officer with the Department for Work and Pensions, Jackie is also the North Merseyside Branch Learning Co-ordinator with PCS and has recently arranged a “Understanding Pensions” course for members in her branch.