2 – 4 March 2018
Southport Convention Centre
Registration and enquiries
If you want to attend the conference, please contact your branch who can register you as the delegate or visitor on the Online Conference System.
If you have any queries about the conference, contact our Conference Office (see details below).
Please help us to help the environment
We’re doing our best to reduce the environmental impact of our conferences. This year, we are providing all delegates with the chance to opt out of being sent paper copies of our conference materials as part of the delegates’ despatch. All these documents will be available online via the conference app, and on the UNISON website. You can then download them onto your laptop or tablet to view online while you are at conference. If you wish to opt out please indicate this on the ‘Extras’ screen options on the Online Conference System (OCS). If you do not opt out, you will be sent all documentation in hard copy form.
For further information, please see the ‘Opting Out’ document below.
Venue and accommodation
Venue
Southport Convention Centre, The promenade, Southport PR9 0DZ
Accommodation
Branches are encouraged to arrange accommodation through VisitSouthport. Using the Booking Service supports the work of our members in local government and ensures our continuing ability, as a not-for-profit organisation, to secure preferential rates for our conference venues.
The dedicated webpage for UNISON Community Conference is: https://ch.visitsouthport.com/unisoncommunity2018
Branches using this booking service are reminded that there are no proforma invoicing facilities available with this system. Payment will need to be made at the point of booking with a debit or credit card.
Please ensure that members have written confirmation of any booked and paid for accommodation.
Travel arrangements
Branches are asked to book all travel arrangements for conference through Stewart Corporate Travel. Travel application forms are in the conference bulletin below.
Wherever possible, please ensure train tickets are delivered to you directly as collecting them from stations incurs an extra charge.
Travel costs for delegates will be funded nationally; travel costs for visitors must be paid for by the branch.
Branches are responsible for funding their delegates’ and visitors’ attendance at conference. Subsistence should cover the cost of accommodation, meals, childcare, dependent care and facilitation.
Who should attend
Full details on who can attend, branch representation, proportionality and fair representation are in the conference bulletin below.
Contact the conference office
UNISON Conference Office, UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY
Tel: 020-7121 5123