
Zoom Special Conference, 3 October
Following the cancellation of the 2020 NEU Annual Conference, the NEU held a Zoom Special Conference on 3 October.
The National Education Union Annual Conference 2020 has been cancelled.
Following the cancellation of the 2020 NEU Annual Conference, the NEU held a Zoom Special Conference on 3 October.
The NEU Annual Conference will be held on 7-9 April.
We regret to say we have decided to cancel our conference in Bournemouth. The National Officers have made this decision today, 13th March, after an extensive discussion following a report from the Joint General Secretaries.
We reached this difficult decision because:
The National Education Union is now cancelling the bookings for the venue, digi-voting, audio visual support and related conference matters and is seeking to recoup money wherever possible.
We would urge districts to seek to cancel hotel and travel booking as quickly as you can – in case you are able to recoup money.
This was a very hard decision for us to make, but we are confident that it is the right decision, made now to put an end to uncertainty and worry in the minds of our delegates.
Following the cancellation of annual conference, I know most of you have already been in touch with hotels to cancel your accommodation. Depending on the speed with which you cancel and the contract you entered into, hopefully you are able to recover all or most of the money committed. If you booked through the Business Events Bournemouth website and haven’t already contacted them to confirm your cancellation, please do so as soon as you go by emailing them at info@bebres.org.uk.
Annual conference was insured against cancellation, as all our large events are, but unfortunately there is an exclusion clause for all these types of insurance for ‘communicable diseases’, which means we won’t receive any reimbursement. You may be in the same position.
We are working with all our suppliers to mitigate cancellation charges and I’m pleased to report most are taking the longer term view, rather than charge all they can contractually.
The officer and JGS group will be looking at solutions for some form of conference to be held later in the year. When we have more details, we will give them to you. If you experience financial difficulties in paying for accommodation and expenses for a limited autumn conference as well as the 2021 annual conference there will be a mechanism in place to support you centrally at this time. It is likely however that any conference later in the year will for a limited time and districts will not face the costs normally associated with annual conference.