Last weekend Gill and I were in Bournemouth and the weather Gods were kind to us as we walked from the Pier to Boscombe, then as far as Port Man Ravine, before turning back. A little windy but largely blue skies and sunshine. The surfers were out in fo…Read more…
UNISON Community Conference 2023 – Day 2
I posted on Day 1 here on the UNISON annual Seminar/conference for Community (Housing Association & Voluntary sector workers). Which went pretty well. Denise and I started the 2nd day leafleting delegates as they arrived for conference an…Read more…
UNISON Community Seminar/Conference 2023 – Day 1
UNISON holds an annual Seminar and Conference for members who work in our Community Service Group (Housing Associations and voluntary sector). This year it was held in Bournemouth. Unexpectedly I stepped in to chair a workshop on pensions d…Read more…
UNISON Women’s Conference 2023: Denise Thomas report
Guest post by Denise Thomas. “I attended Women’s Conference as a delegate from Cymru Wales, Ymlaen/Forward Branch. This year it was held in the wonderful seaside resort of Bournemouth. Firstly, it was great to see so many friendly faces as this was the…Read more…
Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) Annual Conference 2022: Day 1
Last week I went to the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) Annual 3 day Conference in Bournemouth. I have been one of the Joint Vice Chairs for the past 3 years and an active participant in LAPFF both as a trade union pension rep and a Co…Read more…
Bournemouth Transport: protect jobs and pensions call
Unite is calling on any potential new owner of Bournemouth Transport Ltd to protect the jobs and pensions of the company’s workforce. Bournemouth Transport Ltd, which operated bus routes in the Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch areas, from its Yeomans Road depot, fell into administration on Friday (July 29). Talks have since been held with at […]
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“Engaging for Change” – Local Authority Pension Fund Forum Conference 2021
On Wednesday I arrived in Bournemouth for our annual conference (which was cancelled last year due to Covid-19) looking forward to the next 3 days of pretty non stop pension and investment debates, sharing of ideas and presentations #nirvana.
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LAPFF webinar highlights video 2020 Dec 2-4
Check out highlights of the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum virtual conference for 2020 (only 1 minute 40 secs). Despite the challenges of online webinars there was a number of excellent speakers and lively panel debates.
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UNISON Community Conference 2017: Day 2 (& many thanks to Kevin)
Collage from last week’s day 2 National UNISON Community Conference in Bournemouth. Check out first 24 hours here.
Steve Reed MP gave the keynote speech for the seminar and took no prisoners from those who said in the Q&A that it was possible for …Read more…