SELF ORGANISED GROUPS

SELF ORGANISED GROUPS

One of UNISON's founding principles is fair representation. This means that UNISON is committed to ensuring that the union's elected representatives reflect the make up of the union's membership in terms of race, gender, sexuality, disability, and type of work.

One of the main stepping stones to achieving this Self Organisation. There are four Self Organised Groups (SOGs), for black members, members with disabilities, women members, and for lesbian & gay members.

The purpose of Self Organisation is to enable members within these groups to:

meet to share concerns and aspirations, and establish their own priorities
elect their own representatives to other levels of Self Organisation and to other appropriate levels of UNISON's organisation
work within a flexible structure to build confidence and encourage participation, and provide opportunities for the fuller involvement of disadvantaged members.

Each SOG has their own section on this web site. For details of their Officers, meetings, current campaigns, etc please click on the appropriate link below:

The work of the Self Organised Groups is coordinated by the Branch Equalities Officer. Our current Officer is Ingrid Browne-Wallace. You can contact her via the Branch Office on 0115 981 0405

For a free screen saver featuring the Self Organised Groups' logos, please click here