14 October 2025, 8.30AM - 4.30PM
until 14 October 2025, 4.30PM
In person
Address: Leonardo Royal Hotel Birmingham, 245 Broad St, Birmingham B1 2HQ
If you have queries about an event please email events@rcm.org.uk
Grow, organise, participate
The 2025 activist conference forms part of the ongoing training provided for all activists and is a great opportunity to learn from your peers, join in discussions and hear the latest employment relations updates. We will be reflecting on issues activists have raised throughout the year and provide you with tools to help support members and update you on the latest developments in the RCM.
Join us to celebrate your achievements, learn from each others experiences, develop your skills and discuss key issues with your colleagues.
Venue: Leonardo Royal Hotel Birmingham
Programme (subject to change)
| Time | In person | |
| 08.00 – 08.50 | Registration and breakfast (activists arcade) | |
| 9.00-9.15 | Opening
Nicola Kacerovskis and Chrissy Walsh, Co-Chairs Steward’s Forum |
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| 9.15-9.30 | RCM organising and participation strategy
Lynn Collins, Director, Representation and Organising, RCM |
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| 9.30-10.00 | Hot topic for debate
Emma Sarson, Steward’s Forum member |
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| 10.00-10.30 | Compassion fatigue what this means for you
Jennifer Clarke, Regional Officer, London and Workplace Representatives Training Heidi Booker, Health & Safety rep, Hillingdon |
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| 10.30-11.00 | Break | |
| 11.00-12.00 | Workshop 1: recruitment & retention
Robbie Turner, Chief Membership Officer, RCM Lynne Galvin, Regional Head North, RCM
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Workshop 2: roundtables
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| 12.00-13.00 | Lunch in hotel restaurant | |
| 13.00-13.30 | Employment relations update
Emma Jenkinson, Director, Employment Relations, RCM Derren Branson, Employment Relations Advisor, RCM |
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| 13.40-14.40 | Workshop 1: recruitment & retention
Robbie Turner, Chief Membership Officer, RCM Lynne Galvin, Regional Head North, RCM
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Workshop 2: roundtables
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| 14.40-15.10 | Break | |
| 15.10-16.00 | RCM beyond the maternity unit
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| 16.00-16.30 | Awards and celebration | |
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