RCN Activism Academy
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The Activism Academy is here to empower RCN members to win meaningful improvements and positive change in workplaces, the nursing profession, and members' communities. https://www.rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved #RCNActivism
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Hi Nurses of Blue Sky! 🦋
Imagine a world where Nurses are paid a fair wage 🔥
Imagine a world which ensures safe staffing 🚑
Imagine a world where care is given only in apt settings 🏥
Now. Stop imagining and join the fight to make it a reality 💪
Come and get involved: rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved
Imagine a world where Nurses are paid a fair wage 🔥
Imagine a world which ensures safe staffing 🚑
Imagine a world where care is given only in apt settings 🏥
Now. Stop imagining and join the fight to make it a reality 💪
Come and get involved: rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved
Great to celebrate Nursing Support Worker day at the RCN NSW conference.
Nursing support workers are the bedrock of the Nursing profession, worthy of celebration 🎉
Find out how you can get more involved to shape the future of the nursing profession: 💪
www.rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved
Nursing support workers are the bedrock of the Nursing profession, worthy of celebration 🎉
Find out how you can get more involved to shape the future of the nursing profession: 💪
www.rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved
November 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Great to celebrate Nursing Support Worker day at the RCN NSW conference.
Nursing support workers are the bedrock of the Nursing profession, worthy of celebration 🎉
Find out how you can get more involved to shape the future of the nursing profession: 💪
www.rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved
Nursing support workers are the bedrock of the Nursing profession, worthy of celebration 🎉
Find out how you can get more involved to shape the future of the nursing profession: 💪
www.rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved
'we are the nursing heroes of tomorrow' 🔥
RCN Student Ambassador Conference 2025
RCN Student Ambassador Conference 2025
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
'we are the nursing heroes of tomorrow' 🔥
RCN Student Ambassador Conference 2025
RCN Student Ambassador Conference 2025
"the change always begins, with people like you and me"
Come and get involved: www.rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved
Come and get involved: www.rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved
RCN President Bejoy gives a pre-dinner speech at #JRC2025 recognising the valuable contribution that RCN Reps make to the Nursing community 💪🏾
October 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"the change always begins, with people like you and me"
Come and get involved: www.rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved
Come and get involved: www.rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved
"When we come together, we are a great force of over half a million" 🔥
RCN President Bejoy gives a pre-dinner speech at #JRC2025 recognising the valuable contribution that RCN Reps make to the Nursing community 💪🏾
October 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"When we come together, we are a great force of over half a million" 🔥
Bejoy is now speaking about the shameful rise in racism against nursing staff.
The RCN Rep community will always lead the fight against Racism in all its forms.
Our diversity is our strength ✊🏾
The RCN Rep community will always lead the fight against Racism in all its forms.
Our diversity is our strength ✊🏾
RCN President Bejoy gives a pre-dinner speech at #JRC2025 recognising the valuable contribution that RCN Reps make to the Nursing community 💪🏾
October 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Bejoy is now speaking about the shameful rise in racism against nursing staff.
The RCN Rep community will always lead the fight against Racism in all its forms.
Our diversity is our strength ✊🏾
The RCN Rep community will always lead the fight against Racism in all its forms.
Our diversity is our strength ✊🏾
RCN President Bejoy gives a pre-dinner speech at #JRC2025 recognising the valuable contribution that RCN Reps make to the Nursing community 💪🏾
October 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
RCN President Bejoy gives a pre-dinner speech at #JRC2025 recognising the valuable contribution that RCN Reps make to the Nursing community 💪🏾
We’re now discussing NHS bank and its impact on pay, terms and conditions. 😰 #RCNReps25
October 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
We’re now discussing NHS bank and its impact on pay, terms and conditions. 😰 #RCNReps25
October 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Deborah, RCN Cheshire Branch Chair, encouraging you to join your Branch AGM!
📍 Cheshire Branch AGM: 4 November, 2-3:30pm: rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/events/041125-nw-cheshire-branch-agm
🗺️ Find out when yours is: rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/events#=8&c=1&q=Branch%20AGM&r=%20&t=&p=&a=tabRegional&sr=1
📍 Cheshire Branch AGM: 4 November, 2-3:30pm: rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/events/041125-nw-cheshire-branch-agm
🗺️ Find out when yours is: rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/events#=8&c=1&q=Branch%20AGM&r=%20&t=&p=&a=tabRegional&sr=1
October 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Deborah, RCN Cheshire Branch Chair, encouraging you to join your Branch AGM!
📍 Cheshire Branch AGM: 4 November, 2-3:30pm: rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/events/041125-nw-cheshire-branch-agm
🗺️ Find out when yours is: rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/events#=8&c=1&q=Branch%20AGM&r=%20&t=&p=&a=tabRegional&sr=1
📍 Cheshire Branch AGM: 4 November, 2-3:30pm: rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/events/041125-nw-cheshire-branch-agm
🗺️ Find out when yours is: rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/events#=8&c=1&q=Branch%20AGM&r=%20&t=&p=&a=tabRegional&sr=1
It’s AGM season! 💪
Get along to your local RCN Branch AGM - a space to shape what your union does next, connect with other activists, and build power together.
Find your local branch's AGM here: www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Get along to your local RCN Branch AGM - a space to shape what your union does next, connect with other activists, and build power together.
Find your local branch's AGM here: www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
October 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It’s AGM season! 💪
Get along to your local RCN Branch AGM - a space to shape what your union does next, connect with other activists, and build power together.
Find your local branch's AGM here: www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Get along to your local RCN Branch AGM - a space to shape what your union does next, connect with other activists, and build power together.
Find your local branch's AGM here: www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Labour's new immigration plans are pandering of the worst kind and no way to treat overseas nursing staff who have come to the UK to care for patients.
Without their dedication and expert care, our health system would cease to function.
Without their dedication and expert care, our health system would cease to function.
NHS could ‘cease to function’ under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses
NHS could ‘cease to function’ under Labour’s new visa rules, say nurses
Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK
The NHS and social care would “cease to function” under the government’s new rules to be imposed on foreign staff, nursing leaders have warned, as hundreds of medics condemned the policy as “divisive and xenophobic”.
In the most explicit attack yet on Labour’s proposed restrictions on overseas workers, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) described the plan as “ignorant” and “pandering” to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Labour's new immigration plans are pandering of the worst kind and no way to treat overseas nursing staff who have come to the UK to care for patients.
Without their dedication and expert care, our health system would cease to function.
Without their dedication and expert care, our health system would cease to function.
RCN Retired Members Conference 2025!
Let's go 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Let's go 🔥🔥🔥🔥
September 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
RCN Retired Members Conference 2025!
Let's go 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Let's go 🔥🔥🔥🔥
🚀 Launching soon: New Rep Connect - our first community on the brand new RCN Activism App!
An online space for reps accredited in the past 2 years to share ideas, ask questions and get support from peers. 📱
Read all about it in Sharon Osborne's blog: www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
An online space for reps accredited in the past 2 years to share ideas, ask questions and get support from peers. 📱
Read all about it in Sharon Osborne's blog: www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
New Rep Connect: Your new online space for support and ideas | Royal College of Nursing
Introducing New Rep Connect
www.rcn.org.uk
September 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🚀 Launching soon: New Rep Connect - our first community on the brand new RCN Activism App!
An online space for reps accredited in the past 2 years to share ideas, ask questions and get support from peers. 📱
Read all about it in Sharon Osborne's blog: www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
An online space for reps accredited in the past 2 years to share ideas, ask questions and get support from peers. 📱
Read all about it in Sharon Osborne's blog: www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
🎓 Ready to shape the future of nursing? This is your chance.
Nominations are OPEN for the RCN Students Committee!
📍 Seats available across the UK
📅 Deadline: 6 Oct, 4.30pm
🔗 rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved/RCN-elections-and-appointments/Current-RCN-elections-and-appointments/Students-Committee-elections
Nominations are OPEN for the RCN Students Committee!
📍 Seats available across the UK
📅 Deadline: 6 Oct, 4.30pm
🔗 rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved/RCN-elections-and-appointments/Current-RCN-elections-and-appointments/Students-Committee-elections
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September 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🎓 Ready to shape the future of nursing? This is your chance.
Nominations are OPEN for the RCN Students Committee!
📍 Seats available across the UK
📅 Deadline: 6 Oct, 4.30pm
🔗 rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved/RCN-elections-and-appointments/Current-RCN-elections-and-appointments/Students-Committee-elections
Nominations are OPEN for the RCN Students Committee!
📍 Seats available across the UK
📅 Deadline: 6 Oct, 4.30pm
🔗 rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved/RCN-elections-and-appointments/Current-RCN-elections-and-appointments/Students-Committee-elections
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"That’s when I realised that if I wanted to see change, I had to be part of it" 🔥
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#RCNActivism
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#RCNActivism
Raising Our Voices: Why I Chose to Get Involved in Activism as an Early Career Nurse | Royal College of Nursing
When I started my journey into nursing, I thought I’d be making a difference through care, compassion, and clinical skill. And I am. But what I didn’t expect was how deeply I’d be pulled into somethin...
www.rcn.org.uk
September 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"That’s when I realised that if I wanted to see change, I had to be part of it" 🔥
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#RCNActivism
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#RCNActivism
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Plenty of RCN Activism categories - do you know someone you could nominate?
#RCNActivism
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#RCNActivism
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
RCN Awards 2026: nominate your exceptional nursing colleagues | News | Royal College of Nursing
Our 2026 awards will have a dedicated event for the first time, rather than being held at RCN Congress
www.rcn.org.uk
September 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Plenty of RCN Activism categories - do you know someone you could nominate?
#RCNActivism
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#RCNActivism
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Reposted by RCN Activism Academy
There are still a few places left for this year's in person Retired RCN Activism Conference!
#RCNActivism
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#RCNActivism
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
RCN Retired Members Conference | Royal College of Nursing
www.rcn.org.uk
September 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
There are still a few places left for this year's in person Retired RCN Activism Conference!
#RCNActivism
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#RCNActivism
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Let’s talk… equity, diversity and inclusion webinar series - book now!
#RCNActivism #EDI
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#RCNActivism #EDI
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Let’s talk…. equity. diversity and inclusion webinar series | Royal College of Nursing
Welcome to our first Let’s Talk…. equity, diversity and inclusion webinar series open to all members of the RCN.
www.rcn.org.uk
September 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Let’s talk… equity, diversity and inclusion webinar series - book now!
#RCNActivism #EDI
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#RCNActivism #EDI
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Interested in being part of the change in your workplace?
Find out about becoming an RCN Rep!
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Find out about becoming an RCN Rep!
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Becoming an RCN Rep 10 September| Royal College of Nursing
A session for RCN members to find out more about becoming an RCN rep
www.rcn.org.uk
September 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Interested in being part of the change in your workplace?
Find out about becoming an RCN Rep!
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Find out about becoming an RCN Rep!
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Hi Nurses of Blue Sky! 🦋
Imagine a world where Nurses are paid a fair wage 🔥
Imagine a world which ensures safe staffing 🚑
Imagine a world where care is given only in apt settings 🏥
Now. Stop imagining and join the fight to make it a reality 💪
Come and get involved: rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved
Imagine a world where Nurses are paid a fair wage 🔥
Imagine a world which ensures safe staffing 🚑
Imagine a world where care is given only in apt settings 🏥
Now. Stop imagining and join the fight to make it a reality 💪
Come and get involved: rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved
September 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Hi Nurses of Blue Sky! 🦋
Imagine a world where Nurses are paid a fair wage 🔥
Imagine a world which ensures safe staffing 🚑
Imagine a world where care is given only in apt settings 🏥
Now. Stop imagining and join the fight to make it a reality 💪
Come and get involved: rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved
Imagine a world where Nurses are paid a fair wage 🔥
Imagine a world which ensures safe staffing 🚑
Imagine a world where care is given only in apt settings 🏥
Now. Stop imagining and join the fight to make it a reality 💪
Come and get involved: rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved
Interested in being part of the change in your workplace?
Find out about becoming an RCN Rep!
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Find out about becoming an RCN Rep!
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Becoming an RCN Rep 10 September| Royal College of Nursing
A session for RCN members to find out more about becoming an RCN rep
www.rcn.org.uk
September 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Interested in being part of the change in your workplace?
Find out about becoming an RCN Rep!
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Find out about becoming an RCN Rep!
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Hi Nurses of Blue Sky! 🦋
Imagine a world where Nurses are paid a fair wage 🔥
Imagine a world which ensures safe staffing 🚑
Imagine a world where care is given only in apt settings 🏥
Now. Stop imagining and join the fight to make it a reality 💪
Come and get involved: rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved
Imagine a world where Nurses are paid a fair wage 🔥
Imagine a world which ensures safe staffing 🚑
Imagine a world where care is given only in apt settings 🏥
Now. Stop imagining and join the fight to make it a reality 💪
Come and get involved: rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved
September 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Hi Nurses of Blue Sky! 🦋
Imagine a world where Nurses are paid a fair wage 🔥
Imagine a world which ensures safe staffing 🚑
Imagine a world where care is given only in apt settings 🏥
Now. Stop imagining and join the fight to make it a reality 💪
Come and get involved: rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved
Imagine a world where Nurses are paid a fair wage 🔥
Imagine a world which ensures safe staffing 🚑
Imagine a world where care is given only in apt settings 🏥
Now. Stop imagining and join the fight to make it a reality 💪
Come and get involved: rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved
Let’s talk… equity, diversity and inclusion webinar series - book now!
#RCNActivism #EDI
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#RCNActivism #EDI
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Let’s talk…. equity. diversity and inclusion webinar series | Royal College of Nursing
Welcome to our first Let’s Talk…. equity, diversity and inclusion webinar series open to all members of the RCN.
www.rcn.org.uk
September 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Let’s talk… equity, diversity and inclusion webinar series - book now!
#RCNActivism #EDI
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#RCNActivism #EDI
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...