Coronavirus – Community Trade Union

An unbalanced approach to Coronavirus

Community — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 17:51:43 +0000

Boris Johnson has today announced plans to end Coronavirus self-isolation laws. Kate Dearden, Head of Research, Policy and External Relations at Community, said: On the impact of scrapping of measures to Education and Early Years, Helen Osgood, National Officer at Community, said: If you are a member of Community and need help or advice, please contact us at help@community-tu.

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School attendance after COVID-19: we need your views

Martin Hodge — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 09:00:43 +0000

The Department for Education (DfE) in England is consulting on “improving consistency of support” for families and schools on attendance issues, and is also asking schools to “sign up to a new real-time attendance data collection trial”. Voice Community will be taking part in the consultation (which closes on 28 February 2022) but would like your feedback. We have a number of concerns already…

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Staff need to know they’re not an afterthought

Melantha Chittenden — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 10:13:50 +0000

As England goes into lockdown, there are calls from some for schools and other education settings to close too. At the moment, Voice Community’s position is that we support the government position on early years settings, schools and colleges, and universities remaining open. We agree that it is vital for the welfare and mental health of children and young people – but only if it is, and remains…

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Staff need answers

Community — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 10:11:14 +0000

With England now in lockdown, Voice Community’s position is that we believe that early years settings, schools and colleges, and universities should remain open, for the sake of the education, welfare and mental health of children and young people – but only if it remains safe to do so. There can be no substitute for face-to-face teaching and learning, and we remain concerned that the closure of…

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Impact of COVID-19 on the early years

Community — Sat, 02 Jan 2021 10:06:43 +0000

Coronavirus has had a massive impact on the nursery and early years sector – something borne out by recent Voice surveys of members, and reports by several early years organisations. Key findings In our UK-wide early years survey in May 2020, 56 per cent of respondents’ workplaces remained open for vulnerable children and those of critical workers, but almost twice as many settings closed in…

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Early years staff must be vaccinated as soon as possible

Community — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 09:53:05 +0000

For too long, the private, voluntary and independent (PVI) early years sector has been the poor relation when it comes to funding and political and media attention – with hard working and dedicated staff starved of resources and taken for granted. The pandemic has only served to reinforce this shameful situation. While the attention of the media and politicians has been on ‘reopening’ schools…

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“Daughter of furlough” would protect workers from future disruption

Anna Mowbray — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 12:55:08 +0000

At Community, we stand fully behind the TUC’s call for a permanent short-time working scheme, which will help stop workers from losing their jobs in times of crisis. The proposed scheme would be similar to the coronavirus job retention scheme (furlough scheme), which is about to wind down, and mirror similar systems in 23 other countries around the world, such as Germany, Japan…

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Government still failing to address concerns

Community — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:03:44 +0000

From today who have had both vaccine doses who come into contact with a positive Coronavirus case will no longer have to self-isolate for ten days, instead being advised to take a PCR test. Kate Dearden, Head of Research, Policy and External Relations for Community, says: If you are a member of Community and need help or advice, please contact us at help@community-tu.org or on 0800 389…

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Working with Community for a better future

Abena Oppong-Asare — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 13:16:27 +0000

Someone like me was not meant to go into politics. I was once told that the chances of someone like me getting a job in Parliament were very slim, and to not even bother trying. The unfairness I felt about this drove me to challenge the barriers that I faced as a black woman. I wanted to make a difference for my community, to make sure people are treated fairly and have the support they need to…

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Q&A: What’s changed in England on 19th July

Anna Mowbray — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 13:13:50 +0000

What are the new rules around masks and social distancing? All legal coronavirus restrictions ended on the 19th of July in England. That means masks and social distancing will no longer be enforceable by law from the 19th of July. This change also means end to the work from home guidance. Also scrapped are limits on the number of people who can attend events, closures of certain types of…

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