Photos from the Southport DM

Our delegates: Amy, Melita and Ollie

Ollie presents our motion to conference

Our motion on doing more to retrain redundant journalists was carried, despite an intervention by General Secretary Michelle Stanistreet. Our late motion on maternity benefits was was withdrawn as NUJ had already addressed the issue of publicising fee reduction for parental leave. 

Photos by Observer Fred Pipes.

NUJ courses for freelancers, including free Brighton course

Free course for members of the NUJ, Equity and the MU - Finance for Freelancers on April 22nd at the Friends Meeting House. You need to apply by April 12th and get put in a lucky dip if there aren't enough places.

More info on http://www.feutraining.org/2016/finance-freelances-22-april-brighton/

Brighton branch freelance members may also be interested in attending either or both of the NUJ freelancing business one-day training courses coming up soon in London. They are:

Getting Started As A Freelance on April 29, taught by Louise Bolotin and Hina Pandya, see https://www.nuj.org.uk/events/getting-started-as-a-freelance-april-2016/ for details, and

Pitch & Deal on Friday May 6, taught by Louise Bolotin and Phil Sutcliffe, seehttps://www.nuj.org.uk/events/pitch-and-deal-may-2016/ for details (and here's a nice story from Oxford branch website about a version of the course the tutors ran for them in March https://oxfordnuj.wordpress.com ).