Join the GFTU Education Fund

Supporting Access for Trade Union Members

We’re launching the education fund to ensure our independent trade union education is available to all. If you’re a union branch or region from a non-GFTU affiliated union or from a local Trades Union Council (TUC), you can for the first time ever, access out growing education programme for an annual donation to our Educational Trust.

The Education Fund helps ensure that GFTUET’s independent education offer remains open to all. If your union branch or region is not formally affiliated to the GFTU, you can contribute to the Fund and ensure your members still have full access to our high-quality education programmes. By contributing to the Education Fund, you are investing in the future of workers’ education and strengthening the trade union movement.

What does it cost?

Union branch/region

  • Small branches (under 500 members): £650.

  • Large branches (500 or more members): £1,300.

  • Regions of smaller unions (under 400k members nationally): £5,000.

  • Regions of larger unions (over 400k members nationally): £10,000.

TUCS

  • £100 minimum

  • £650 medium

  • £1,300 large

You can also pay by bank transfer or send cheque payable to General Federation of Trade Unions Educational Trust, 86 Wood Lane, Quorn, Loughborough LE12 8DB. Please use reference GFTU Education Fund.

  • Name: GFTU Education Trust
  • Account number: 33025023
  • Sort code: 60-83-01

How it works

Your Union Branch/Region or local Trades Union Council (TUC) agrees to donate an annual amount into our education fund.

For Union branches and regions, based on your donation, you will have access to a certain amount of places under our fair use policy.

For local Trades Union Councils (TUCs), we will be administering a pooled system, meaning any trades council can contribute and any trades council can secure places on our programme.

Resources and more information

We have created this model motion to use.

If you would like to discuss this offer further, please contact us here.

Quotes from our Course Learners

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