Welcome
Welcome to the website of the Community and Youth Workers in Unite! Formerly the Community and Youth Workers’ Union (CYWU) and now part of Unite the union, the biggest trade union in Europe. As part of the Community, Youth Workers and Not for Profit Sector, our members are either working or training to work with children, young people and communities in statutory or voluntary settings. This website is still under development in many of the new sections and areas and work will continue on a daily basis to update these areas as quickly as possible. This website offers access to information for both members and non members and if there is anything you would like to see here please contact us.
CYWU News Bulletins
For Youth`s Sake Campaign
CYP Now Magazine is calling on youth workers, young people and their families to back its For Youth`s Sake Campaign by signing an online pledge. The campaign is championing the role that young people`s services play and will encourage decision-makers and communities to support youth projects. Services for young people have been hit hard by recent public sector cuts and, as a result, many invaluable youth projects and intiatives face uncertain futures. Unite is supporting this campaign and ask all members to sign the pledge by completing the online form. Further details of the campaign can also be found here.
JNC Pay Claim 2010
The JNC for youth and community workers met yesterday (17/06/10) where the employer`s presented their response to the staff side pay claim. All elements of the claim were rejected by the employers. A full copy of the employer`s response can be accessed here.
2010 JNC Pay Campaign
The JNC Staff Side Unions submitted the most important national Pay Claim for many years which says a great deal about the importance of our work. A vitally important national pay rally to support the claim was held on the 5th June at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square. With the employers now rejecting all elements of the claim the constituent unions are urgently meeting to discuss the campaign that will be needed. A full copy of the claim can be found here.
Major New Research Report
In conjunction with Lifelong Learning UK, Unite has published a major document setting out the benefits of youth work from a range of perspectives. Researched by staff at the National Youth Agency and introduced by our sector skills council, this study could not be better timed.
`The Benefits of Youth Work` sets out in simple terms the reasons why our work is important, why it is cost effective and how it makes a real difference to young people`s lives.
Ideal for councillors, policy makers and their colleagues within multi disciplinary teams.
Hard copies of the document will be available soon for a small fee to cover postage and packaging but the full document is available here and we ask that you circulate this to all involved in the sector.
Unite the Union website
Visit the new Unite the Union website and see what Europe’s biggest union is doing to support it’s members. The new website has a dedicated section for the Community, Youth Workers and Not for Profit Industrial Sector and direct links to this website.
Does your post need regrading?
We can assist members to regrade their post under JNC terms and conditions if it is felt that the post has been graded incorrectly. Please complete the regrading form and return to National Office.
Community and Youth Workers Section Office
Is located at Transport House, 211 Broad Street, Birmingham, B15 1AY,Tel: 0121 643 6221 Fax: 0121 633 0184
Help us keep in touch by letting us have your email address or any membership amendments by sending an email message to Kerry Jenkins - here
For contact details of your local branch please ring the Section Office. If you need to contact your local Unite Office the details can be obtained from the Unite website, www.unitetheunion.com or by clicking here
Other News and Information
New Union Promotional DVD
It’s got the wow factor ! It’s a great recruitment tool. It’s very informative about what the union offers. A great new DVD has been produced about the union and its relevance to youth, community, play and other related workers. This is the ideal tool that members have requesting for many years to assist with recruitment meetings. It should be shown at all Branch meetings and more importantly shared with non members and students to get them to join. You can preview the DVD here on the website and free copies can be ordered from CYWU Section Office.
News from Around the Branches
West Sussex ... members in West Sussex are facing £2 million pounds worth of cuts in Youth Services. Unite is asking West Sussex Council to rethink all proposals made as part of the Youth Service review; to seek solutions to finding savings, which do not result in front line services being cut and Youth Centres closing; to not remove Management Committees and charities from Youth Centre buildings; to carry out a more extensive public consultation, and then use the findings of the consultation to lead decisions making regarding a service re-design recognising the cost effective and valuable role of youth work in personal and social development of all young people. This situation is extremely urgent and there is only a week to get as many signatures as possible. Unite is asking that all members show their support by signing and circulating the petition document and ensuring returns are made by the deadline date of the 30th August 2010.
Coventry members sustain longest industrial action ever ... Congratulations and solidarity are due to Unite members of the CYWU Coventry Branch who have been involved in strike action which will ensue on a selective basis in this long standing and determined campaign to save youth support workers contracts, hours, professional commitments to youth work and in service training.
Lancashire Branch... have been standing strong in the face of huge cuts across the local authority and particular threats to JNC terms and conditions.
Warwickshire Branch... has successfully organised the retention of the youth service as a discreet services and continues to organise members across
children’s and young people’s services and adult education.
Devon Branch... turned out in force at the recent rally in Coventry. Devon Branch have been consistently recruited and fought for quality services and become involved in the leadership of Unite within the region.
Oxfordshire Branch win stunning victory... Oxfordshire CYWU Branch got us all off to a good start to the year by defeating a very serious proposal by the Council to cut £2.3 million from the Youth Service budget. Determined Branch campaigning and a consequent public outcry forced the Council to back off. A proposed £350.000 cut remains and negotiations around this will continue...to read the full article please download here.
The very latest version of Rapport is now available for