The Winter Essentials Grant

UNISON’s welfare charity, There for You, is launching the Winter Essentials Grant on Wednesday 11 December, find out if you could be eligible for a £200 voucher

A graphic showing a brick wall with 'Firm Foundations: A UNISON series on the housing crisis" written on the bricks

Firm Foundations – housing: a basic human right

In the first of a series on the UK housing crisis, Simon Jackson explores the many issues involved, what the government intends to do about them, and what UNISON is doing

Occupational therapists, Rebecca Lewis (left) and Tina Stanton

‘We teach people to dance, not just walk’

At the start of Occupational Therapy Week 2024, UNISON finds out why OTs make a huge difference in health and social care

Democracy – fuelled by tea, biscuits and local government staff

Six weeks notice. Deliver a parliamentary election. No ifs, buts or maybes. Jacqui Andrews from Dorset Council explains the teams and the work underpinning our democracy

Color image depicting the rear view of a lonely woman looking at the street from her bedroom window. She is rendered an almost total silhouette due to the light flooding into the room from the window.

There for You: ‘I’d never known kindness and generosity like it’

When a member of police staff at Lancashire Constabulary was herself the victim of domestic violence, it was her union that helped her through the worst of times

Female UNISON member smiling, with stickies on her fingers, at a UNISON learning event

Love to learn with UNISON

Did you know your union runs its own college? Find out what’s available for members and activists – or how members can become activists

Wes Streeting MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, speaking to a nurse while visiting the Cambridge Practice in Aldershot, Hampshire, UK. Photo©Steve Forrest/Workers’ Photos

Wes Streeting: The man who can

The shadow health and social care secretary has one of the most daunting tasks should Labour gain power in Westminster. Who is he, and how will he fix such huge issues?

Dreams can come true

Five people deeply connected to the care sector explain what it’s like now – and what a national care service would mean for them

Papering over cracks – the truth about social housing

Housing is going to be a major issue at this year’s general election. One UNISON housing activist explains the sector, and why he and his colleagues are being brought back in-house

What’s the point of libraries?

Library activists from Walsall and Hampshire explain the reality behind the stats that funding has been decimated and libraries are closing at an alarming rate