How do you usually spend your Sundays? Traditionally, Sundays are a perfect time to fit in a relaxing walk before tucking into a huge roast lunch with all the trimmings. So with May being National Walking Month, we could find no better excuse for a Sunday walk with friends.
Four of us from the UnionProtect team went on a personal challenge to celebrate National Walking Month - the aim was walk around a park for at least 3 miles and end up in a nice pub with an open garden for spot of lunch and a pint.
We all know that walking is good for us, but when combined with fantastic local food and great company, it becomes a great day out too.
That's why the National Trust has put together some of their favourite walks, which include historic pubs on route (and we’ve added in an extra walk on behalf of the National Trust for Scotland). So wherever you are in the UK, here's all the inspiration you need to meet up with friends and stretch your legs, before stopping for a well-deserved rest at a local watering hole.
On Friday 11th March, Union Insurance Services had a #DressLouder Day to fundraise for Target Ovarian Cancer, in support of Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
The team dressed in their brightest clothes - we had bright tops, neon tutus, pink wigs and even some crazy glitter footwear.
We’re looking back on key events in union history. In this blog post, we cover the Durham Miners Gala.
Famed for its rousing colliery bands, bright banners and for being one of the biggest trade union gatherings in the whole of Europe, Durham Miners' Gala occupies a special - and prominent - place in the trade union calendar.
To commemorate Heart Unions Week, we’re looking back on key events in union history. In this blog post, we cover the Burston School Strike.
What's your most enduring memory from schooldays? Coming second in the 200m sprint on sports day? Taking the lead in the annual drama production? Or how about kicking off the longest strike in history?
To commemorate Heart Unions Week, we’re looking back on key events in union history. In this blog post, we cover the Chainmakers’ Strike in 1910 and the Chainmakers Festival.
1910: the year Old Trafford was opened, George V succeeded to the British throne, and the women chainmakers of Cradley Heath in the Black Country won minimum wage following a ten-week strike, effectively doubling their pay.
Failure to take out income protection or life insurance cover means many UK women are inadvertently putting their families' financial futures at risk.
According to a report by insurance group Aegon, working women are not considering the implications of long-term illness or premature death on their nearest and dearest.