Join our retired members group

Find out how UNISON’s group for retired members is organised and how to participate

Older members at conference

Help us raise workplace issues and champion equality 

Our structure mirrors that of the working members. This means that retired members can participate in UNISON’s democratic processes at all levels.

At branch and regional level

UNISON organises retired members at every level of the union. Retired members can attend branch meetings and have representation on the branch committee. Retired members’ committees are also represented on regional councils and able to feed views to the rest of the union.

You can also send representatives to national delegate conference.

At national level

A national retired members’ committee meets regularly.

Each year our retired members’ conference enables retired members from branches to debate the issues important for them and submit two motions to the agenda of the national conference.

Get in touch 

The national officer with responsibility for retired members is: 

Nicholas Turnbull
[email protected]

Equality Unit
UNISON
130 Euston Road
London NW1 2AY

Email: [email protected] 

Regional contacts

Branches are grouped into 12 regions across the UK, and these are administrated by the UNISON centre in London. Each region has a regional retired members contact, as follows:

Cymru/Wales

Gill Smith: [email protected]

Eastern

Beverley Wood: b.[email protected]

East Midlands

Brian Crosby: [email protected]

Greater London

Matt Rowley: [email protected]

Northern

Alison Jackson: [email protected]

Northern Ireland

Elizabeth Robinson: [email protected]

North West

Valerie Bradley: [email protected]

Scotland

Susan Burns: [email protected]

South East

Julie Murdoch: j[email protected]

Caroline Butler: [email protected]

South West

Matthew Dymond: [email protected]

West Midlands

Wayne Smith: [email protected]

Jennifer Morris: [email protected]

Yorkshire and Humberside

Linda Cartwright: [email protected]

Haydn Alexander: h[email protected]