PeoplePlus prison education branch

The committee meets regularly with managers to raise issues of concern to members. A network of reps allow the committee to keep in touch with members in the prisons where PeoplePlus delivers education services.

Recognition

In May 2018 UCU and PeoplePlus signed a recognition deal that now allows staff to be represented by the union on key issues: UCU and prison education provider PeoplePlus agree recognition deal

This agreement came after many years of work, and finally secured paid facility time for our reps and health and safety reps.

Since the agreement has been signed we have been contacting members to gauge their key issues and have been out to visit PeoplePlus prisons to meet staff, and recruit new reps, health and safety reps and members. We had our quarterly meetings with management, and discussed a number of topics including the managing of sickness absence, and the current calculation of holidays and pensions.

Why join UCU?

Spread the word - share with your colleagues:
UCU PeoplePlus recruitment flyer [285kb]

Reps and contacts

These play a vital role--and we are always looking for more members to help out. Reps provide individual support to members (full training and support is provided) whereas contacts distribute information and raise our profile.

The current PeoplePlus branch committee members are:

• Paul Mardle
• Adam Balmer
• Sarah Hamill
• Dave McCann

You can email the branch committee if you have any inquiries. For more information about the PeoplePlus branch and about UCU's work in prison education in general, you can also contact UCU national organiser, Ronnie Kershaw.