Unison Cymru School Support Staff

11/06/2026

10/06/2026

‼️LAST CALL ‼️

Register for the Denbighshire School Seminar by 9am tomorrow morning to secure your place.

Event Details:
📅 Tuesday 17 June
📍 Denbighshire
⏰ Registration: 9:00–9:30am | Close: 3:30pm
✨ What’s on the agenda?
🔹 Careers & Development Session with Louise Muteham (Dysgu) – an interactive session exploring how Dysgu supports career development and training opportunities for school support staff
🔹 🌟 More amazing speakers to be announced
🔹 Networking with school support staff from across the region
🎓 Workshop (CPD Certificated): Keeping Calm, Connected and Effective: Behaviour Management for Support Staff
Delivered by Lisa Miller
✅ Build practical skills in behaviour management
✅ Boost your confidence in the classroom
✅ Receive a certificate of attendance for the workshop to support your professional development
👥 A great chance to connect, share experiences and strengthen your voice as UNISON members.
Register here:

04/06/2026

📣 UNISON School Support Staff Seminar – Denbighshire 📣

📅 Tuesday 17 June
📍 Denbighshire
⏰ Registration: 9:00–9:30am | Close: 3:30pm

✨ What’s on the agenda?
🔹 Careers & Development Session with Louise Muteham (Dysgu) – an interactive session exploring how Dysgu supports career development and training opportunities for school support staff
🔹 🌟 More amazing speakers to be announced
🔹 Networking with school support staff from across the region
🎓 Workshop (CPD Certificated): Keeping Calm, Connected and Effective: Behaviour Management for Support Staff
Delivered by Lisa Miller

✅ Build practical skills in behaviour management
✅ Boost your confidence in the classroom
✅ Receive a certificate of attendance for the workshop to support your professional development

👥 A great chance to connect, share experiences and strengthen your voice as UNISON members.

Register here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/9Wk6JbvCFd

📍 Denbighshire – Faenol Fawr | 17 June

Join us for our School Support Staff Seminar in Denbighshire – a day of speakers, workshops and opportunities to connect with colleagues from across Wales.

✅ Open to all UNISON members – you can attend any of the three seminars, no matter which local authority you work in.

🕘 Registration: 9:00am | Close: 3:30pm

👉 Secure your place now:
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/9Wk6JbvCFd

28/05/2026

🕒 Can you get time off to attend? Yes – you have the right to ask.
UNISON members have the right to request time off for learning and development, which includes attending our School Support Staff Seminars.

✅ All attendees will receive a CPD certificate for the training delivered on the day

📢 Training session titles will be announced next week

📄 You can make a request to your employer, and we’ve got a simple template letter to help you do this.

👉 Find out more about your rights and download the example letter here:

Many public service workers in Wales and the rest of the UK are entitled to request time off to attend training under Section 63D of the Employment Rights

28/05/2026

📍 Caerphilly – Bryn Meadows | 7 July

Join us for our School Support Staff Seminar in Caerphilly – a day of speakers, workshops and opportunities to connect with colleagues from across Wales.

✅ Open to all UNISON members – you can attend any of the three seminars, no matter which local authority you work in.

🕘 Registration: 9:00am | Close: 3:30pm

👉 Secure your place now: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/2BQY1JaV3r

28/05/2026

📍 Carmarthenshire - The Ivy Bush | 30 June

Join us for our School Support Staff Seminar in Carmarthenshire – a day of speakers, workshops and opportunities to connect with colleagues from across Wales.

✅ Open to all UNISON members – you can attend any of the three seminars, no matter which local authority you work in.

🕘 Registration: 9:00am | Close: 3:30pm

👉 Secure your place now: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/Tfhc17St8E

28/05/2026

📍 Denbighshire – Faenol Fawr | 17 June

Join us for our School Support Staff Seminar in Denbighshire – a day of speakers, workshops and opportunities to connect with colleagues from across Wales.

✅ Open to all UNISON members – you can attend any of the three seminars, no matter which local authority you work in.

🕘 Registration: 9:00am | Close: 3:30pm

👉 Secure your place now:
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/9Wk6JbvCFd

26/05/2026

Opening today – school uniform grants
UNISON's charity, There for You, is again offering help for members struggling to pay for school uniforms for their children.

The school uniform grant opens today (Wednesday), at 12 noon. But hurry, it's only open for 24 hours.

Need help with the cost of kids' uniforms? Apply for a £75 voucher per school-aged child. Applications open 12 noon on 27 May 2026.

21/05/2026

📣 First speaker revealed!

We’re delighted to welcome Louise Muteham, Leader of Career Pathways at Dysgu, to our UNISON Cymru School Support Staff Seminars 2026 👏

This will be an interactive session, giving you the chance to share your experiences and help shape what professional learning should look like for school support staff in Wales.

👉 Don’t miss out – register now using the links below

📅 17 June – Denbighshire https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/9Wk6JbvCFd
📅 30 June – Carmarthenshire
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/Tfhc17St8E
📅 7 July – Caerphilly https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/2BQY1JaV3r

20/05/2026

Dont forget to register for these events..

📣 SAVE THE DATE – School Support Staff Seminars 2026
We’re bringing school support staff together across Wales this summer and registration is now open ✅

🕰️ Seminars will start at 9am and will finish around 3:30pm

👉 Book your place below ⬇️

📅 17 June – Denbighshire https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/9Wk6JbvCFd

📅 30 June – Carmarthenshire
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/Tfhc17St8E

📅 7 July – Caerphilly https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/2BQY1JaV3r