For people, not profit
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- Model
letter to your MP
(For all those who are able to attend
the lobby on 9 March 2010, please complete the letter and send to
your MP. To find out who your MP is go to www.locata.co.uk. If you are not
able to attend the lobby, please write to your MP and visit his/her
surgery in your constituency.)
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- Early
Day Motion on Funding
(When meeting with your MP, ask them to sign the Early Day Motion –
Funding for Not for Profit Organisations as this is a useful way of
involving them in our campaign)
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- Poster
(For more copies to put up in your workplace download or
contact Maureen German)
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- Stickers
(To get your colleagues to wear on 9 March 2010. For more stickers
contact Maureen German)
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Unite is inviting you to attend an important event for people
working for Not for Profit organisations across the UK.
On 9 March 2010, Unite is holding a mass meeting in Parliament
for representatives, activists and members working for Charities,
Housing Associations, Professional Bodies, and other Not for Profit
Organisations, large and small, to highlight the impact that
funding and contracting is having on jobs and the workforce in the
sector.
Our survey “Unsustainable – the impact of funding on the Not for
Profit Workforce” has shown that the workforce is:
- working excessive hours to meet contract demands
- stressed from the pressures put on them
- facing job insecurity because of the short term nature of the
funding
- lacking training and development opportunities
- experiencing severe pressures created by poor contracting and
cost cutting
- and above all concerned for the well-being of service
users
Rt. Hon. Angela Smith MP and Minister for the Third Sector,
National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), National
Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA) MPs will
join Unite on 9 March 2010 to hear what is happening in your
organisation.
We will be asking all Unite members to lobby their MPs in
Parliament, so you can tell them about the reality of the pressures
of working for Not for Profit organisations, how changes that they
make to funding could really support the workforce and how the
great experiment of contracting out public service to the Not for
Profit Sector.
Before 9 March 2010
We need you to raise
the profile of this campaign and discuss the lobby with other Unite
members in your workplace. Put the poster up in your office (and
order more if you need them). E-mail or send a note to all your
members to get them involved. Also make sure that everyone has a
sticker to where in support of Unite’s campaign.
Use the model letter to encourage your colleagues to write to
their local MP. For those that are able to go to the House of
Commons on 9 March 2010, there is a good opportunity to meet your
MP then. Sometimes an MP isn’t available on the day, or if you
cannot attend the event, then arrange to meeting with him/her in
your constituency. See: “Lobbying your MP” leaflet’s section “When
you meet your MP” to know what to say when you meet them. When you
meet with your MP, ask them to sign the Early Day Motion (copy in
this pack) and let your National Officers know that you have met
your MP (by e-mailing notforprofit@unitetheunion.org).
If you are attending the Unite event on 9 March 2010 please
return the attached attendance form by 1 March 2010. We need your
details in advance.
Arriving at the House of Commons
Committee
Room 10:
2:00pm Mass Meeting
3:00pm Lobby
4.30pm End
The nearest tube station is Westminster on the Jubilee, Circle
and District Lines. From here walk down Parliament Street to the
middle of the building (St. Stephen’s Entrance) and then you will
be directed to Cromwell’s Entrance. Please arrive at least 30
minutes before the start of the meeting as there can be long queues
to get through security.
Once through security go through Westminster Hall, where you to
the steps at the far end where you will be met and taken to the
Committee Room.
We are unable to serve refreshments in the venue, however if you
haven’t had a chance to eat before the Jubilee Café is situated on
the right off Westminster Hall.
We very much look forward to seeing you on 9 March 2010.
Yours, in solidarity,
Rachael Maskell and Doug Nicholls
Unite National Officers
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