Hands of our Pensions – Campaign Briefing
Hands off Our Pensions Campaign Briefing – A two day briefing for FBU Officials and active members This Campaign briefing will take place on the 29th & 30th September at a central location in Basingstoke. It will be led by FBU Director of Education Trevor Cave & FBU National Officer Sean Starbuck. Places are strictly limited and are in short supply. As of the 20th September there is only one place remaining. THE CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICANTS WILL BE FRIDAY 23RD SEPT. If you would like to attend please email either:- Regional Education & Learning Officer kieron.hall@fbu.org.uk or Regional Secretary ricky.matthews@fbu.org.uk Introduction This two day briefing has been designed by…
FBU Southern Region 2010 Education program
Dates for education courses 2010 Pension & Medical Appeals 29th January This course is designed for FBU Officials who may have responsibility for representing members at Medical Appeal Boards and who wish to develop their confidence and skills in preparation and representation. It will also be of use to those Officials who have responsibility for providing pensions’ advice to members. The course will therefore concentrate on sharing knowledge and discussing best practice when handling member’s Pensions issues and Medical Appeals within the context of the current arrangements. Introductory Branch officials 3rd – 4th March This introductory course has been designed by FBU Education to help Branch Officials improve their skills, update their knowledge and…
National School 2009
National LGBT School
Click on the link below to print out an application form FBU_LGBTschool_09_HR
OFFICERS’ SEMINAR – WORTLEY HALL – MONDAY 19TH AND TUESDAY 20TH OCTOBER 2009
Further to the recent and very successful Seminar of Officer Members held at Wortley Hall, the Executive Council has agreed a further Officers’ Seminar should take place this year and this has been scheduled to take place on Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th October 2009. (Region 12 of the Fire Brigades Union currently has a vacant position for an ONC rep therefore any officer member considering attending this seminar would be required to email a request to the Regional Secretary). The closing date for applications is Monday 21st September 2009 Nominations of up to 3 Officer Members per Region will be automatically accepted. Should Regions wish to nominate more than 3 members, then these nominations…
Bucks 5 Watch Shift Update
At the full CFA meeting in February this year the authority decided to seek to change FBU member’s terms & conditions of employment to a 5 watch duty system starting on the 1st January 2010. Following this FBU members have, quite rightly been inundating Brigade officials with calls. It’s been the main topic of debate around mess tables, fire station branch meetings, the Buckinghamshire Brigade Committee and also the FBU Regional committee. The question that is now constantly reoccurring is; “What’s going on in management/FBU negotiations”? Simply speaking, the reason why very little information has been passed on to FBU members up until now is, we have had nothing of substance to report. The first…
Union learning rep Higher learning modules
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between unionlearn and Foundation Degree Forward (fdf) was signed to progress their mutual agenda for supporting and increasing work-based progression to higher learning. This has led to both partners working on a joint project in the TUC’s southern and eastern region to support employee and employer engagement in higher skills development, and in particular looking at the opportunities and benefits work-based programmes such as Foundation degrees can deliver at the workplace – the ‘Accessing Higher Education in the Workplace’ Project. The project will be producing a practical guide/toolkit for ULRs on negotiating HE with employers and will be seeking employers and their respective unions to participate. It also plans to…
National School 2009
Please click on the link at the bottom of this page for an application form for the 2009 National School. This is being circulated earlier than in previous years to allow ample time for leave to be arranged. It is not a prerequisite to be an Official of the Union to attend National School. However it is hoped that Branch, Brigade and other Officials will apply, including those who have previously attended a National School. The school will cover a wide variety of issues including; improving industrial relations within in the fire service, the challenge of ‘modernisation’ as well as a range of wider industrial and political issues facing the Union. A range of speakers…
Speaking Out (public speaking for union reps)
London FBU are running a short course on public speaking. there are a few spaces left and these are open to our region. The course is running on the 27 July starting at 09:30 finishing at 16:30 If you would like to attened this coures please contact: Kieron.hall@fbu.org.uk
Dyslexia FBU Guidance document.
The FBU launched its Dyslexia guidance document at the ULR School this summer (2009). Dyslexia affects at least 10% of the population and it is likely that the fire and rescue service employs a significant number of dyslexic staff. Dyslexia is Greek for difficulties with words and is also known as the hidden disability. Dyslexia is covered by the Disability Discrimination act the document gives FBU officials guidance on supporting members. The FBU guidance describes in detail the umbrella of difficulties that dyslexic staff may face and offers practical guidance on how to identify, assess and support dyslexic staff. Copies can be ordered from the Regional office. For additional support contact the your brigade…
