Most of the nurses are members in different nursing unions like RCN, UNISON etc in UK.
They have a membership fee and then rolling subscription fee every month. Do you know
that RCN and UNISON give away money to its members in form of grants and welfare funds.
Yes, you heard it right. RCN provides this money as grants for nurses, nursing students,
midwives, HCSWs for education, career development, research or financial needs. UNISON
mainly provides money through its welfare charity as well. As you all know RCN and UNISON
are the key players in nursing unions, let’s see what are the different grants or funds are
available from these unions and how can we apply it in this article.