23 April 2026, 8.00AM - 4.30PM
until 23 April 2026, 4.30PM
In person
Address: 160 Broad St, Birmingham B15 1DT
If you have queries about an event please email events@rcm.org.uk
Join us for an exciting event that forms part of the ongoing training for all activists. This is your chance to share experiences, develop your skills, and discuss the challenges and opportunities shaping our work. Together, we’ll strengthen our activist community and prepare for the future. This is a unique opportunity for workplace reps, branch officers and MSW advocates to:
Programme
| Time | In person | ||
| 08.00 – 08.50 | Registration and activists arcade | ||
| 9.00-9.10 | Opening Toni Wood and Chrissy Walsh, Steward’s Forum | ||
| 9.10-9.55
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Session 1 Employment relations update Emma Jenkinson, Director of Employment Relations | ||
| 9.55-10.15
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Session 2 –Amplifying activists voices, Mike Indian Public Affairs Advisor | ||
| 10.15-10.45 | Break | ||
| 10.45 – 11.40 | Workshops stream 1 – Safe staffing = safe care | ||
| 10.45-11.40
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Workshop 1: Our workplace your birthplace safe care starts with workplace health and safety for staff | Workshop 2: A learning profession making learning and development a workplace issue | Workshop 3: When members say No strategies to win in the workplace |
| 11.35-12.40 | Workshop Stream 2 – Making Change Happen | ||
| 11.45-12.40
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Workshop 4: Finding the next generation of activists | Workshop 5: Help shape the RCM’s Equalities work | Workshop 6: making the RCM visible and accessible in the workplace |
| 12.45-13.45 | Lunch in hotel restaurant – lunchtime session to celebrate 40 years of MIDIRS | ||
| 13.45-15.00
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Session 3: Panel and Activists voices
Making change happen – tools to deliver safe staffing Hannah Leonard – RCM Chief Policy Officer |
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| 15.00-15.30 | Break | ||
| 15.30 16.00 | Keynote Speaker: A new era of employment rights, Kate Bell, TUC Assistant General Secretary | ||
| 16.10-16.30 | Celebrating activism – RCM Branch Activist awards | ||
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