8 – 10 October 2015
The Brighton Centre
A full list of decisions taken at this conference will appear here soon.
The national conference of UNISON’s police and justice staff service group.
Registrations and enquiries
If you want to attend the conference, please contact your branch, who can register you as a delegate or visitor on the Online Conference System.
If you have any queries about the conference, contact our conference office (see details below).
Venue and accommodation
The Brighton Centre, Kings Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 2GR
The venue
For more than 30 years, the council-run Brighton Centre has been a favourite UK venue for exhibitions, conferences, trade fairs, public shows, product launches, banquets and live entertainment. For more information, see the Brighton Centre’s website.
Travel arrangements
Branches are asked to book all travel arrangements for conference through Stewart Corporate Travel. Travel application forms are attached 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.
Accommodation
Branches are encouraged to arrange accommodation through Brighton’s accommodation booking service, VisitBrighton.
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.
For full details of current availability and bookings, please go to: https://resweb.passkey.com/go/UPJCB15
You can also telephone VisitBrighton on 01273 292626.
Who should attend
Full details on who can attend, branch representation, proportionality and fair representation are available in the conference bulletin (below).
Contact the conference office
UNISON Conference Office, UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, London, NW1 2AY
Tel: 020 7121 5123
Resources
Conference Motions
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Force Funding
Carried
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Computer Says No
Carried
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Reforming the Powers of Police Staff and Volunteers
Carried
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PCSOs an endangered workforce
Carried
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Police Staff as Victims of Crime
Carried
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Modernisation Revisited
Carried
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Workplace Mental Health Issues in Police and Justice Services
Carried
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Assistance Dogs as Reasonable Adjustments for Disabled People Working in Police and Justice Services
Carried
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Police staff are worth it
Carried as Amended
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Future of the Police Staff Council
Carried
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Protecting UNISON Members in the National Probation Service
Carried
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Future of Police Force Structures in England and Wales
Carried
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Protecting National Collective Bargaining for the National Probation Service and Community Rehabilitation Companies
Carried
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Recruiting and Organising in Police and Justice
Carried as Amended
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Co-ordination of Pay Claims for all Police Staff in England and Wales
Carried
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Protecting UNISON members in the Community Rehabilitation Companies
Carried
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Defending National Collective Bargaining in Police and Justice
Carried as Amended
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Opposing the Collaboration of Force Control Rooms
Carried
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Police Force Alliances and Shared services – Learning the Lessons
Carried
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Opposing the Closure of Public Access Points at Police Stations
Carried
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National Police Air Support
Carried as Amended
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Regional Devolution – The Implications for Police
Carried
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IT’S THE END OF CENTRALISATION AS WE KNOW IT !!
Carried
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VAT LIABILITY FOR THE POLICE SERVICE OF SCOTLAND
Carried as Amended
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Loss of Localism
Carried
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Retention of Police Staff Jobs
Carried as Amended
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Supporting our activists
Carried
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Employment not service
Carried as Amended
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College of policing
Carried
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Facts not fiction
Carried as Amended
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Collaboration
Carried
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Vetting
Carried
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Service Group and Link Liaison
Carried
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Health and Safety
Carried as Amended
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Changes to Shift Allowances – don’t think this will not affect you
Carried as Amended
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Equal marriage – equal divorce
Carried as Amended
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Bring back diversity
Carried as Amended
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A Shift in Equality
Carried
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Police knowledge and experience
Carried as Amended
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Police and Crime Commissioner Elections 2016
Carried as Amended
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Attack on Facility Time
Carried as Amended
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Privatisation of the Probation Service
Carried
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Health and Wellbeing
Carried
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Stress in the Workforce
Carried
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Regional Collaboration
Carried
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Neighbourhood Policing Under Attack
Carried
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Volunteers Vs Citizens in Policing
Carried