Salford campaigners to the fore in launching national funding for nurseries campaign at Parliament on 25 April
children’s services
UNISON backs Children’s Society campaign against changes to free school meal eligibility in England which could stop up to one million children qualifying
Council brings safeguarding jobs back in house, citing fears that children are at risk because privatised contract delivers too few assessments
UNISON welcomes government move after months of campaigning on Children and Social Work Bill (England)
Sign the petition to parliament and help make sure nursery schools in England are properly funded
UNISON joins fellow unions, charities and others involved in early years education to sign open letter
Government plans to reform the delivery of children’s social care have been overwhelmingly rejected by practising social workers in a new report published today (Wednesday) by UNISON. UNISON says the proposals could prove dangerous for children and fail to tackle any of the fundamental problems social workers deal with on a daily basis. UNISON says […]
Members and the public are urged to back the call to ‘protect the rights of vulnerable children and care leavers’ from plans in new bill
Union launches protest after council announces merger plan that will see two thirds of centres closed
UNISON joins professional associations and academic bodies to condemn plans to give ministers control over social work regulation in England
UNISON Blackpool is fighting back against plans to close the last two council-run nurseries in the town. A march and rally on 27 July followed protests last week against the council’s plans to close its final nurseries, in Grange Park and Talbot and Brunswick. The nurseries, both of which are in deprived parts of the town, are well-used, […]
Debbie Silvester joined a UNISON campaign to protect her pay – and found more to the union than she’d expected
Childcare workers will be stretched beyond reasonable limits if government increases number of children they can look after