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Free course – Pre-Retirement Planning Workshop for Local Government Employees

Pre-Retirement Planning Workshop for Local Government Employees (1 day) For any UNISON member working in Local Government who is between 2 years to 6 months away from retiring.

Where: Nottingham Regional Office
When: 27 April 2016

UNISON, working in partnership with True Bearing Chartered is offering all UNISON members who work in Local Government and are thinking of retiring in the next two years, the opportunity to attend a free, pre-retirement workshop.

The workshop will include:

  • managing change – moving from work to retirement
  • occupational pensions in Local Government
  • independent financial advice – typical process you can expect from companies
  • legal matters – wills and trusts
  • statutory pensions and state benefits

NB: The programme will not include a sales pitch of any kind for financial products.

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

  • create your own path from the world of work to the world of retirement
  • identify changes in both pensions and financial regulations which will affect your retirement decisions
  • identify the long term issues affecting your retirement
  • identify personal and lifestyle actions which will help to improve your retirement
  • start the process of planning for a successful retirement

“Very comprehensive and thought provoking”

for more details and to book don’t hesitate to contact us either by calling us or email unison@derby.gov.uk

Closing date for applications is 30 March 2016.

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Conferences News UNISON Women's Conference

Women’s Conference Brighton – Day 2

Good morningGood Morning, we were all up and in the pool and sauna for 7am this morning, to get refreshed before breakfast at 8.30 then off to conference for start at 9.30 ?. It’s a bit murkey this morning and sea not as attractive as yesterday   – so definitely no paddling !!!!Murky day

So now we have arrived at Conference and First motion this morning is motion 12 ‘It needs to be stopped ‘ speakers relating to disabled people experiencing domestic violence and the cuts and removal of services. Sign posting to the UNISON domestic violence handbook. Very emotional speakers on this issue from women members. National women’s committee policy is to support – motion carried.

Motion 13 as amended by 13.1 submitted by the National Women’s Committee ‘The true cost of childcare for working women’ working mothers finding themselves out of pocket every month before cost of after school clubs. Although controversial tax credit bill was defeated still doesn’t benefit working mums. Motions both carried.

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Women’s Conference 2016 – Day One in Brighton

Womens ConferenceGood  morning ? We were all awake early (didn’t help with the street cleaners in operation at 6am) lovely morning and we can see the sea from the breakfast room too!!!

Conference check in at 11am, so we are now waiting for our East Midlands Regional Meeting to begin after a marathon trek to find the room, then off to lunch !!!

More details about the conference can be found here… https://www.unison.org.uk/events/women-members-conference-2016/

And more information behind support for women in UNISON can be found here   https://www.unison.org.uk/about/what-we-do/fairness-equality/women/

Heather Speaking

Conference is now underway and Heather Wakefield – UNISON national officer is speaking at the Local Government meeting this afternoon.

 

 

 

To find out more about the interesting history of women in trade union click here…

https://www.unison.org.uk/news/magazine/2016/02/women-and-trade-unions/

Check our blog for more updates and information we pick up.

Julie, Julie and Sue