Lisa Francis – Community Trade Union https://community-tu.org We’re a modern trade union, and we’re here to help you. Tue, 11 Oct 2022 15:05:11 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 Marking World Mental Health Day https://community-tu.org/marking-world-mental-health-day/ Tue, 11 Oct 2022 15:02:42 +0000 https://community-tu.org/?p=36086 Yesterday, as part of World Mental Health Day, we held an event streamed across all Tata Steel UK’s sites dedicated to those who are Tata’s Mental Health First Aiders. The event, organised in conjunction with Tata, showed the value we place in every person who has come forward for such an important role. We had guest speakers from our retirement branch, as well as some of our reps and regional…

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]]> Our mental health open day https://community-tu.org/our-mental-health-open-day/ Sun, 22 May 2022 17:27:34 +0000 https://community-tu.org/?p=35040 To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, a mental health open day was held at the Tata Port Talbot site. I was privileged to be part of the organising group for the event showing a joint partnership and investment in something that affects so many people and workers. The day had many local charities such as Age Cymru, Maggies, Mental Health Foundation present, talking about the services that they…

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]]> NEW: Digital devices for Community members in Wales https://community-tu.org/new-digital-devices-for-community-members-in-wales/ https://community-tu.org/new-digital-devices-for-community-members-in-wales/#respond Tue, 18 May 2021 17:06:16 +0000 https://community-tu.org/?p=23966 Access to online learning and training opportunities for workers are vital if we want to give workers the tools to succeed at work and be able to seek new opportunities should they need to. Lisa Francis, Community’s Learning Organiser for Wales, explores how the pandemic has increased the reliance on online learning, how important it is for workers to have access to digital devices for…

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]]> https://community-tu.org/new-digital-devices-for-community-members-in-wales/feed/ 0 The difference equalities policies can make https://community-tu.org/the-difference-equalities-policies-can-make/ https://community-tu.org/the-difference-equalities-policies-can-make/#respond Thu, 28 Jan 2021 15:18:28 +0000 http://community-tu.org/?p=21425 Equality is something that I have been passionate about for some time. Before Community I worked in a residential unit for people with mental health illnesses and I volunteered as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist. I helped people physically and mentally which was a very rewarding job and increased my awareness by giving me first-hand experience. As a Learning Organiser I have the opportunity to…

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]]> https://community-tu.org/the-difference-equalities-policies-can-make/feed/ 0 How learning agreements transform workplaces https://community-tu.org/how-learning-agreements-transform-workplaces/ https://community-tu.org/how-learning-agreements-transform-workplaces/#respond Thu, 07 Jan 2021 17:37:13 +0000 http://community-tu.org/?p=21077 Learning agreements are something that Community Learn have been negotiating for and implementing at workplaces for many years. But what is the importance and relevance of such an agreement? Lisa Francis Community’s Learning Organiser explains how learning agreements transform workplaces in this short blog. Ensuring access to training for all workers across sectors and job roles is a key…

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