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BDA Trade Union - Strength in numbers: How you can be a part of empowering dietitian voices

12.30pm – 1.30pm GMT 13 November 2025 + Add to calendar Virtual

Ever wanted to understand more about the BDA Trade Union, how it can support you and how you can support it? Including how we will approach the upcoming NHS pay negotiations to workplace issues and support, the BDA Trade Union is the unsung hero of the BDA, often not thought about until you really need it!

In this webinar we will:

  1. Provide an overview of the work of the BDA Trade Union and what we do to strengthen your working life – things you might never have even known we do like negotiating your annual pay increase and fighting for better terms and conditions
  2. Outline our ambitions as a union and share new opportunities for you with the Employment Relations Bill
  3. Hear stories from fellow BDA members about the career and networking benefits of being involved in the BDA Trade Union – there’s lots of opportunities to get involved and be a true advocate for the dietetic workforce

Free for all BDA members 

Speakers 

  • Susan Price, BDA Chair 

Susan will be talking about the importance of the BDA Trade Union and how members getting involved in its work strengthens the BDA as a whole.

  • Liz Stockley, BDA CEO

Liz will cover the BDA’s Strategic Plan and how a strong trade union is an essential part of fulfilling this.

  • Rachael Hawthorne, TUNEC member

Rachael will give an overview of TUNEC and share how she benefited from being involved in the BDA Trade Union and how it supported her colleagues and their patients.

  • Jordan Creed, BDA Trade Union Organising and Campaigns Officer

Jordan will share about the BDA Trade Union organising campaign, how you can get involved in it, and what signing up as a trade union rep could do for you.

  • Annette Mansell-Green, BDA Director of Trade Union and Public Affairs

Annette will give an update on how we will be approaching the upcoming NHS pay negotiations.

About the webinar series 

The webinar is open to all members who simply want to find out what the BDA Trade Union is doing for them behind the scenes and what it can do to support during times of need. It will encourage members to get involved and demonstrate how being a rep develops skills, supports career growth and improves workplaces. The more members that get involved, the stronger the BDA will be as a professional association.

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