EEAS Unison Branch

25/12/2025

Norfolk MRS team, Enjoy Christmas breakfast. Cooked by Joint Branch secretaries.

24/12/2025

Home made sausage rolls at Longwater.
Happy Christmas, we all Stonger In UNISON

23/12/2025

Come and say hello to your Essex County Lead on the Welfare Wagon at Broomfield A&E

09/12/2025

Karen and Mark have done a health and safety visit to Ipswich. You, the members, have highlighted a few issues to YOUR Unison which we have come and had a look at today and will engage with the trust to remedy. Thank you to our members for reaching out.

09/12/2025

Mark Vickers is a workshop supervisor and EEAS Unison Branch member at Southend Ambulance Station. He's encouraging all his fellow staff to join Unison.

You can too

https://join.unison.org.uk

09/12/2025

Lisa Bailey has just joined EEAS Unison Branch at Southend Ambulance Station.

You can too

https://join.unison.org.uk

09/12/2025

Did you know…. that you can claim tax relief on your UNISON subscription fees. Read on if you want to know more.

We are often asked why UNISON members pay more for their membership than some other unions. The simple answer is that they don’t or at least not everybody does, it depends on how much you earn.

UNISON uses a sliding scale to determine your subscription level, so the more you earn the higher your rate, up to a maximum of £22.50 per month.

For members who are full-time students (affiliated to education providers and not employed by the Trust) membership is just £10 per year.

Special and reduced rates also apply to retired members and members who have become unemployed, are on maternity pay and have taken a career break.

Whatever subscription level you pay, you may also be eligible for tax relief on your subs and if you do not already claim this, it can be backdated for up to 4 years. It will not make you a millionaire but every little helps and this is a benefit that GMB members are not able to claim.

To claim your tax relief, you need to fill in form P67 which is the same form you will hopefully have already completed to claim tax relief on your professional body (HCPC etc.) registration fees and your uniform cleaning. You can do this online, and you only need to do it once and it will automatically renew each tax year.

You can find out more and start your claim by opening the following link below.

Claiming tax relief on expenses you have to pay for your work, like uniforms, tools, travel and working from home costs.

27/11/2025

We are in Harlow today. Updating noticeboards, meeting members and staff. Pop in and say hello, Join Up, get involved and grab yourself some goodies.

25/11/2025

Your reps and members are busy out on the patch updating notice boards. Just popped into Newmarket but keep an eye out for Emma & John visiting a station near you soon.

20/11/2025

Today Emma has been holding a drop in session for reps and John is in Bedford Control room.

18/11/2025

Emma and our Branch Secretaries Mark & Keith have all been out in Ipswich & Colchester spreading the word and listening to you, our members, and your stories.

18/11/2025

John is in Cambridge today and Emma is out in Suffolk & Parts of Essex. Look out for us, come and say Hi, get your freebies and Join up.