Annual Conference

Annual Conference 2026

Date: 12th - 14th May 2026
Venue:

Floral Hall, Welcome Building
Wilmington Gardens
Eastbourne
BN21 4JN

 


Documents will appear here: 
 

 

Conference Speaches and Motions

National Chair's Opening Address

Guest Speaker: The Rt Hon Lord James Timpson -Minister of State for Prisons and Reducing Reoffending

Guest Speaker: Michelle Jarman-Howe, Director General Operations, HMPPS

 

Motions - Day 1

Motion 1 – Carried

Motion 2 – Lost

Motion 3 – Lost

Motion 4 – Falls due to 3 being Lost

Motion 5 – Lost

Motion 6 – Lost

Motion 7 – Carried

Motion 8 – Lost

Motion 9 – Carried

Motion 10 – Carried

Motion 11 – Carried

Motion 12

Motion 13 – Carried

Motion 14 – Carried

Motion 15 – Carried

Motion 16 – Debate

Motion 17 -  Carried

Motion 18 – Debate Only

Motion 19 – Carried

Motion 20 – Lost

Motion 21 – Debate

Motion 22 – Lost

Motion 23 – Carried

Motion 24 – Carried

Motion 25 – Carried

Motion 26 – Carried

Motion 27 – Debate

Motion 28 – Carried

Motion 92 - Carried

Conference Archive

Representing over 30,000 Prison, Correctional and Secure Psychiatric Workers, the POA is the largest UK Union in this sector, able to trace its roots back more than 100 years.