2026 National Young Members Conference
UNISON’s National Young Members Self-Organised Group Committee has agreed to hold a National Young Members self-organised group conference on Friday 27th November to Sunday 29th November 2026.
We have now opened the Online Conference System (OCS) to allow registration of delegates and submit motions in line with the rule-book requirements.
Please note the deadline to submit motions on OCS is 12.00 on Friday 7th August 2026.
UNISON’s Young Members self-organised group conference takes place over (three) days. All delegates and visitors may attend all sessions of conference but voting on motions is restricted to delegates only.
Delegates should attend all sessions of conference.
The conference bulletin will have further information on motion submission from the SOC and submission deadlines.
The delegate registration deadline is Thursday 3rd September 2026.
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Registration and Enquiries
Members who wish to attend this conference should contact their regions well in advance of the delegate submission date.
Each region can also send a maximum of 4 visitors to Conference. Young Members wishing to attend Young Members Conference as a visitor should contact their Young Members Regional Contact by 12pm, Tuesday, 6 October 2026. Deadline for the Submission of visitors on OCS is 12pm, Tuesday, 13 October 2026.
Travel Arrangements
Please consider the impact on the environment when making your decision on how to travel to conference. Branches are asked to book all travel arrangements for conference through Stewart Corporate Travel via email at [email protected] or call 0800 091 4272. Please advise Stewart Corporate Travel if your delegates have railcards.
Branches are reminded that:
- Travel costs for Delegates only will be funded from national office.
- Travel costs for Visitors must be paid for by the branch. Please note that a booking fee is applicable – further details from Stewart Corporate Travel.
Driving is discouraged for conference unless delegates are travelling together or as a reasonable adjustment.
Total reclaimable will be the cost of standard tickets or cost of car travel – whichever is the lesser.
All travel requests (including 1st Class Travel) as a reasonable adjustment must be reviewed and authorised by the Head of Conferences.
The deadline for Reasonable Adjustment Requests for Travel is 12pm, Friday 06 November 2026.
Accommodation
Booking accommodation – please book any accommodation required with a reputable provider with a generous cancellation policy.
Please ensure that members have written confirmation of any booked and paid for accommodation.
Timetable
| Time | Date | |
| Deadline for Submission of Motions | 12pm | Friday, 07 August 2026 |
| Publication of Preliminary Agenda | Friday, 28 August 2026 | |
| Deadline for Submission of Delegates | 12pm | Thursday, 03 September 2026 |
| Deadline for crèche and Babysitting requests | 12pm | Thursday, 17 September 2026 |
| Deadline for reasonable adjustment requests for access | 4pm | Friday, 02 October 2026 |
| Deadline for Submission of Amendments to Motions | 12pm | Friday, 02 October 2026 |
| Deadline for Visitors to request to attend | 12pm | Tuesday, 06 October 2026 |
| Deadline for Visitors registration | 12pm | Tuesday, 13 October 2026 |
| Publication of Final Agenda | Friday, 30 October 2026 | |
| Deadline for reasonable adjustment requests for travel | 12pm | Friday, 06 November 2026 |
| Deadline for Emergency Motions | 12pm | Friday, 20 November 2026 |
| Deadline for submitting Change of Delegates online on the OCS | 11.59pm | Tuesday, 24 November 2026 |
Personal pronouns
It is now possible to add your personal pronouns to the Online Conference System so that they can appear on your credentials.
For information on how to do this, please click here to download/read the “Personal pronouns in OCS – User guide”.
If you require help, please email the conference team, [email protected] or telephone, 0207 121 5123.