2025 AGM Calling Notice

Ymlaen Forward UNISON Branch is giving all its members notice of the 2025 Annual General Meetings (AGM) of Ymlaen Forward UNISON Branch.

We asking all our members to get involved as much as you can!

AGM’s are held every year in each of the Branches within UNISON and is an opportunity for ALL Branch members to get much more involved with the Branch and Union as a whole. UNISON Branches are made up of executive committee officers who are voted into each of the positions through a nomination and voting process which is conducted during the AGM cycle. During the AGM, all Branch officer positions are eligible for nominations. Branch officer posts within Ymlaen Forward are as follows:

Please note that the Branch Secretary position requires release from the employer to work on cross-branch issues. If you would like to have a discussion about how this role works and how release can be supported by the branch please contact the branch using the details listed at the bottom of this page

Full job descriptions for all the above Officer posts can be found in the UNISON Code of Good Branch Practice, and also on the UNISON website: https://www.unison.org.uk/about/our-organisation/activists/branch-roles/

If you require a paper copy of job descriptions for Officer posts, please contact the Branch on 029 20 228 933.

A nominating form will be included with the calling notice email and will be sent out with the Branch mailing in January 2025. A copy of the nomination form can also be downloaded by clicking here.

Alternatively, you can complete and submit your nomination online by visiting https://ymlaen.org/wp/nomination/.

Nominations for Branch Officer positions will close 3^rd February 2025.

AGM Timetable

The Branch will be holding aggregate meetings across two weeks in February 2025, ALL members are invited to attend ONE meeting.

Thanks to the close working partnerships we have with our employers, the Branch are pleased to announce that several of its employers have kindly agreed to open their venues and host in-person meetings during the AGM cycle. Don’t worry if you are not an employee of one of our employer venues, Branch members will be welcomed regardless.

We are still putting the finishing touches to our AGM timetable and we will finalise and confirm with members over the next few weeks. The timetable stands as follows:

Date	Meeting Format	Location	Time(s)
Week 1
10/02/25	On-line	Virtual via Microsoft Teams	10am, 2pm & 6pm
11/02/25	In-person & On-line	United Welsh Housing, Caerphilly	10am – 6pm
12/02/25	On-line	Virtual via Microsoft Teams	10am
13/02/25	In-person	Adferiad, Colwyn Bay	TBA
14/02/25	TBA	TBA	TBA
Week 2
17/02/25	On-line	Virtual via Microsoft Teams	10am, 2pm & 6pm
18/02/25	In-person	Mirus, Cardiff	TBA
19/02/25	In-person	Adferiad, Llansamlet	TBA
20/02/25	On-line	Virtual via Microsoft Teams	11am & 3pm
21/02/25	In-person	Innovate, Swansea	TBA

Any branch member may attend any AGM, and each meeting will take no more than 30 minutes. The Branch aims to provide snacks at in-person AGM meetings.

As an added bonus and thankyou to those members who participate in meetings, we are offering a chance to be entered into a prize draw to win one of five FIFTY POUND Highstreet Vouchers pre-paid gift cards … more on that will follow!

We very much look forward to seeing you at one of these meetings.

In the meantime, if you have any questions regarding the AGM please contact by calling 029 2022 8993 or by emailing info@ymlaen.org.