Learning – Community Trade Union

Sean Paul Gracie – Scottish Union Learning Learner of the Year Award Winner

Community — Wed, 07 May 2025 13:39:02 +0000

We are delighted that our member Sean Paul Gracie has won the Scottish Union Learning Learner of the Year award for 2025. Sean was presented with the award by First Minister John Swinney at STUC Congress in Dundee last week. Sean Paul has been a Community Union member for five and a half years, and has worked in RSBi Glasgow since he was 18 years old. He came to RSBi as part of the RSBi schools…

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What is union recognition and why is it important?

Jack Wholey — Wed, 07 May 2025 12:08:01 +0000

While Community achieves wins for our members in various ways, through individual support, policy changes and campaigns, one thing is vital in helping us win for our members – union recognition. Through recognition, we can achieve much more collectively for our members, and make a large impact in the workplaces we represent. In this blog, we’ll explore what union recognition actually is…

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Recruitment Day at Port Talbot Support Centre

Community — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 09:40:23 +0000

Community hosted a recruitment day for T3 Training and Atlas Professionals this month at the Support Centre in Port Talbot. The event consists of several presentation sessions from both organisations throughout the day. The idea behind the sessions was to offer support & opportunities to locals who have transferable skills sets which allows transition into the energy sector whether that is Oil &

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Google-Community Partnership – an update

Community — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 09:29:22 +0000

Since partnering with Google on the AI Works project last year, we have provided AI skills training to over 500 Community members in person and online. These skills will help our members in their careers, as well as in their everyday lives. The AI Works training consists of an introduction to AI, including how it works and utilising generative tools in the workplace. The training focuses on…

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West of England Mayoral Authority and Community to deliver skills training

Community — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 17:41:09 +0000

The West of England Mayoral Combined Authority is working in partnership with Community Union to deliver the Mayoral Priority Skills Fund. The fund provides flexible grant funding to meet current priority skills gaps in the South-West region, which covers Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and Bath & North East Somerset. The main purpose of this project is to improve employees’ learning and…

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WULF funding success

Community — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:52:37 +0000

Today, we wanted to share with you some fantastic news that we have received from within our Welsh region. Learning Organiser Lisa Francis is pleased to announce that the WULF (Welsh Union Learning Fund) project has secured its funding for the period of 2025 – 2028. Lisa is also extremely pleased to announce that she has managed to increase her funding by £12,000. This is some superb news to…

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Community backs plan to close digital skills gap

Community — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 11:28:34 +0000

Community is supporting FutureDotNow’s Workforce Digital Skills Charter, a campaign aimed at closing the essential digital skills gap in the UK workforce. Community has joined over 100 cross-sector organisations – including the likes of Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, M&S and PwC – in signing the Charter, which calls on the government to support a ‘Great Digital Catch Up’ for working-age…

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Community delivers learning at GXO

Community — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 15:09:24 +0000

Community worked with management and reps from GXO to run drop-in sessions at the Barnsley and Doncaster sites. The aim of the drop-in sessions was to promote the union’s learning offer to all GXO staff including members and non-members, and to promote the membership through learning. Here Community is integrating learning into core union activity as we recognise the power learning has to engage…

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Community secures learning agreement with the NSPCC

Community — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 08:48:59 +0000

Community Union and the NSPCC have signed a learning agreement covering NSPCC sites across the UK. This agreement strengthens our joint efforts to establish a workplace learning culture at the NSPCC while collaborating on learning gaps and opportunities for our members. NSPCC employees can now access learning for free, or at a reduced cost through Community Learn at work.

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Meet our new Union Learning Reps in Glasgow

Community — Thu, 19 May 2022 11:46:25 +0000

Our NSPCC and Childline branch in Scotland has recently recruited two new Union Learning Reps (ULRs) – Linda Mooney and Pauline Davis who are both Childline counsellors in the Glasgow office. Linda and Pauline came forward as ULRs because they wanted to play a more active part in their branch but also because they wanted to help the members in their workplace to access more learning and training…

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