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Get support with your energy bills

The vice chair of There for You’s board, Debi Potter, explains the upcoming phase of the Energy Support Fund

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Winter fuel grant opens 25 January

It offers a one-off, non-repayable grant of £200 to help UNIONS’s most vulnerable low-income members and to help ease the worry of paying […]

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Food banks under pressure from a ‘tsunami of need’

Food bank charity The Trussell Trust reports that one in five working people are now turning to food banks, as the cost of living crisis takes its toll

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

2022 school clothing grants

UNISON is offering financial support to cover the costs of school clothing to members who are experiencing financial difficulties, due to COVID-19, the cost of […]

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Winter fuel grant programme opens for applications

The grant programme is limited and once the maximum number of applications has been received, it will be […]

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This year’s UNISON winter fuel fund opens on 31 January

The fund will offer grants of up to £200 and is designed to help the union’s most vulnerable low-income members

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

There for You relaunches its COVID-19 response fund to include universal credit cuts

But help is at hand. UNISON's welfare charity, There for You, has re-launched the COVID-19 response fund, to support UNISON members whose household incomes […]

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‘A safety net we’re all incredibly proud of’

UNISON has always given a helping hand to members in need through There for You – and last year help was needed more than ever as the charity’s new impact report demonstrates

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

‘If you’re struggling, you’re not alone’

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and the pandemic is having a significant and negative impact on our collective mental health. But don’t worry, your union is here to help

Article on the UNISON National site.

Help us keep on helping our members

Branches can help There for You be there for them as the pandemic continues

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Worried about your finances? UNISON can help

UNISON can offer a range of financial assistance for members – ranging from specific COVID-19 grants to debt advice, benefits advice and winter fuel grants

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Support There for You and get conference bags for your branch

Our 2020 conference bag stock is being made available to raise funds for There for You, UNISON’s unique welfare charity

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Our COVID response fund – helping members through the pandemic

UNISON’s There for You charity is reopening the COVID-19 response fund to help members who are struggling as a direct result of coronavirus

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Aiming high to be there for our members

Sixty-nine branches have donated to our COVID response fund so far – is yours on that list?

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NEC told: ‘We will hold government to account on COVID-19’

First remote national executive council hears tributes to UNISON members who have lost their lives during the coronavirus crisis

Article on the UNISON National site.