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WHEN: Saturday 12 October 2024 11:00am – 2:30pm
WHERE: UNISON Brighton Office, 179 Preston Road, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 6AG
Lunch and refreshments will be provided and their families. We advocate for fair wages, benefits, and working conditions for all of our members.

After proceedings, we will be joined by Penny Smith, National LGBT+ Committee Member, who will deliver a session on asexuality. The session will explore the asexuality umbrella and the many identities that fall under it, dispel many of the myths around asexuality, discuss asexual people's experience in the workplace, and look at practical ways to be a good ace ally.

This year the committee have also been reviewing their constitution to enable greater participation.

Everything you need to know, including details of registering to attend, nominate members for election, and submit motions for debate, can be found below.

What a year it has been celebrating UNISON’s Year of LGBT+ workers. Thank you to our regional LGBT+ Group, branches and members who have increased our activity and visibility in workplaces and the community. From attending local Prides, holding LGBT+ awareness stalls, and negotiating Trans Equality policies, to delivering LGBT+ training sessions and webinars to members, we should all feel very proud that we have engaged LGBT+ workers, grown the union’s LGBT+ membership and embedded LGBT+ rights in our organising, campaigning, and bargaining strategies.

I would like to say a big thank you to the committee: Kathy-Ann Mark Evans, Adam Hillier, Billie Reynolds, Lucy Power, Pól O Ceallaigh, and Andy Newman. They've put in so much dedication and hard work throughout 2024. A big thank you is also due for the administration support provided by our Team Support Workers: Chantelle Brown, Kai Duffy, and Caroline Butler.

So many of you have given up time and joined us at an event or group meeting, drafted newsletters and all the positive work that you have done in your branches. We are incredibly grateful for your support and participation and hope that you will continue to be involved with the group over the coming year.

Finally, it is very important that we fill all seats within the LGBT+ Group so that we can continue to maximise our influence across the region and campaign on behalf of our LGBT+ colleagues to the best possible effect. If you’re considering standing for a role and would like to know more, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with any questions about the roles, or any other issue I can help with.  

We look forward to seeing you at the AGM and celebrating the Year of LGBT+ workers!

Kind regards and best wishes,

Clare Boorman
LGBT+ Committee Secretary | UNISON South East

All delegates and visitors to the LGBT+ AGM 2024 must themselves be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender plus UNISON members from the South East region.

Branches are invited to register up to five AGM delegates who will be able to participate in the election for contested positions and vote on key items of business.

If your branch has an established LGBT+ Self-Organised Group (SOG), they should be asked to participate in this. All LGBT+ SOG members in your branch should be given equal opportunity to put themselves forward.

Members who are not out in their branch but wish to attend the AGM as a delegate should contact me directly. I will act as an intermediary between you and the branch and protect your confidentiality. 

The deadline for registering your delegates is 5pm on Friday 13 September 2024.

Additionally, any LGBT+ members who are not delegates are invited to attend the AGM as visitors. The deadline for visitors registering to attend is also5pm on Friday 13 September 2024. 

All registered delegates and visitors will receive meeting paperwork for the AGM by email on Friday 27 September 2024.

Register your branch delegates

Register your branch visitor

Branches and individual LGBT+ SOG members are invited to submit nominations to the Regional LGBT+ committee as well as various internal and external bodies, which will be elected at the AGM.

If you would like to nominate to any of these roles, candidates must be nominated by their branch or by at least one LGBT+ SOG member. All nominees must themselves be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender plus UNISON members from the South East region.

You can find more information about the various elected posts and committees on our regional website or email me with any questions you have.

Candidates will be asked to submit an election address of up to 500 words.

The deadline for nominations and for election addresses to be received is 5:00pm on Friday 13 September 2024.

For any contested posts, all registered delegates will receive voting papers in advance of the AGM. The ballot will close before the meeting.

The results of any elections will be confirmed at the AGM.  

Nominate for committees and elected positions

Submit an election address

Branches and individual SOG members are invited to submit motions and rule changes to the current Regional SOG Committee Constitution.

The deadline for motions and rule changes to be received is 5:00pm on Friday 13 September 2024.

Submit a motion or rule change

UNISON recognises that in order for our members to fully participate, it may be necessary to make some adjustments so that we can ensure, so far as is reasonably practical, that everyone has the same opportunity to take part across our structures.

If you require any adjustments to be made to facilitate your participation in this meeting, please complete the Access Passport and return to committee administrator Caroline Butler as soon as possible.

If you have previously completed an access passport and require adjustments for this meeting, please complete a new version of the passport and return it to me as soon as possible because of the differing requirements from a physical meeting compared to one being held online. 

Download an Access Passport