Allan Hernandez Venegas is a SITRAP activist who has been recruiting members to the Union in the Del Monte pineapple plantation of Saint Peter, situated in the Limon province of Costa Rica. One day in early December, he went to church with his wife and two children, aged 3 and 6. When they returned home, [...]

Earlier this year The National Youth Agency remodelled itself with a real focus on ensuring we had the skills, knowledge and expertise to support practitioners and policy makers across the broad youth offer to deliver great services to young people We are not a huge charity so ensuring we have access to people with all [...]

Young people across the country stand to benefit from £31million of Government investment in world class youth facilities, announced today by Children’s Minister Dawn Primarolo.  Eight projects in some of the most deprived areas of the country have been awarded funding through Round 2 of the flagship myplace programme. This continues the Government’s commitment to [...]

The DCFS has launched a consultation on recording bullying incidents in schools. The purpose of this consultation document is to gather the views of a wide range of stakeholders who work with local authorities, school staff and children and young people on bullying and staff grievance issues, on the scope of these new duties, and [...]

Preventing bullying in all its forms and taking swift, effective action to respond to bullying is a responsibility shared by all schools. All bullying is unacceptable, and schools should use the full range of sanctions at their disposal to deal firmly with bullying when it does occur. Many schools now have robust procedures in place [...]

Apply now for the Health and Safety Stage 1 online course starting in January 2010. This is the core course for trade union health and safety representatives. It is the first stage in the TUC health and safety training programme and is designed to help you build the skills, knowledge and confidence you need to [...]

The Teachers Provident Society have been involved in administering the Lucy Lund Holiday Grants Fund, a small charity which was set up to benefit retired teachers who need financial assistance to go on holiday. The Fund was started with a donation from Lucy Lund and was initially set up to provide funds for women teachers [...]

The NUT is holding an LGBT-focused event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2010. This event is part of the Union’s efforts to combat discrimination in all its forms. The event will be held on Friday, 29 January 2010 from 5.00 pm to 7.30 pm, in Mander Hall, Hamilton House. The event concludes with a buffet. [...]

Speaking earlier today (Tuesday) at a TUC World AIDS Day seminar, TUC Assistant General Secretary Kay Carberry said that as more than nine in ten of world’s population who are living with HIV/AIDS are of working age, the response of workplaces around the world was an issue that could not be ignored. Addressing delegates attending [...]

The TUC warned last month that attempts to cut Britain’s deficit too soon could plunge the economy back into deep recession. The warning came as revised GDP figures showed the economy has yet to emerge from this year’s downturn. The TUC cited comments made by IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn at the CBI conference, who argued [...]