The CWU is made up of many Branches. The Great Western branch is one of the largest, with over 2600 members and covering an area of over 7000 square miles.

The highlighted selection on the map above is to give a better idea of the area the Great Western branch represents.

The areas covered by the Great Western branch:

Abbotsbury• Abbotts Ann• Abson• Aldbourne• Alderbury• Alderton• Almondsbury• Alresford• Amberley• Amesbury• Andover• Andoversford • Ashbury • Ashurst• Avebury • Avonmouth  • Axbridge • Badminton • Baltonsborough • Banwell • Barnwood • Bassett• Bath Kingsmead  • Batheaston • Beaminster • Beaulieu • Beckington • Bemerton• Bere Regis• Berkeley • Bibury • Bindon Abbey• Birtsmorton • Bishops Caundle • Bishops Cleeve • Bishops Waltham• Bishopsworth  • Bisley • Bitton • Blagdon  Bristol• Blakeney • Blandford• Bleadon  • Blunsdon • Boscombe• Botley• Bournemouth• Bourton• Bourton-on-the-War • Box • Bradenstoke • Bradford-on-Avon • Braishfield• Bramdean • Bransgore• Bratton • Bredon • Bridport• Brimscombe • Brinksworth • Bristol• Broad Hinton • Broadchalke• Broadstone• Broadwindsor• Brockenhurst• Bromham • Broughton • Bruton • Buckland Newton • Buckland • Bulford• Burbage • Burley• Bursledon• Burton Bradstock• Cadnam• Calne  • Cambridge • Canford Cliffs• Cannings • Castle Cary • Castle Coombe  • Cerne Abbas • Chandlers Ford• Chapmanslade• Charlton Mackrell • Cheddar • Cheltenham• Chew Magna • Chewton Mendip • Chilbolton• Child Okeford• Chippenham  • Chipping Sodbury  • Chirton • Chiselborough • Chiseldon • Cholderton• Christchurch• Churchdown • Churchend• Churchill • Chute Standen• Cinderford• Cirencester • Clanfield • Cleeve Hill• Clevedon • Coberley • Codford-St-Mary • Coleford • Collingbourne Ducis• Coln-St-Aldwyn • Combe Down  • Compton Dando • Coombe Bissett • Coombe Hill • Corfe Castle• Corscombe • Corsham • Corton Denham • Crabwood• Cranborne • Cranmore • Crewkerne • Cricklade • Crudwell • Devizes  • Didmarton • Ditcheat • Donhead• Dorchester• Downend  • Downton• Droxford• Drybrook • Durley • Durrington Walls• Dursley • Dymock • Earldoms• East Knoyle • East Stour • Easnd • Eastleigh• Eastville & Annexe • Edingworth • Evercreech • Evershot • Exton TRS• Fairford • Fairoak• Falfield • Faringdon • Farley • Faulkland New • Fawley• Felton• Ferndown• Filkins • Filton • Fishponds• Fiveways• Flax Bourton • Fontmell• Ford Down• Fordingbridge • Fossebridge • Fovant• Frampton Mansell• Frome  • Froxfield• Gillingham• Glastonbury  • Gloucester Hempsted • Gloucesr • Graley• Great Bedwyn • Guitting Power • Hamble• Hampton• Handley• Hardwicke • Harestock• Harnham Hill• Hartpury • Hatherden • Hawthorn  Stores• Haydon Wick • Hazelbury Bryan • Henbury  • Highcliffe• Highworth • Hilmarton • Hindon • Holmsley• Holnest • Horfield• Hullavington • Hursley • Hurstbourne Tarrant • Hythe• Idmiston• Ilchester • Itchen Abbas • Keevil • Kellaways • Kemble New • Kempsford New • Keynsham  • King’s Somborne • Kingswood  • Kington Langley • Lacock • Lavington • Lechlade • Leighrton • Limpley Stoke • Linkenholt• Lockeridge • Lockerley• Locks Heath• Long Ashton • Long Bredy • Long Sutton • Longhope • Longparish • Lorridge Bridge• Ludgershall• Lydbrook • Lydney • Lymington• Lyndhurst• Lytchett Minster• Maiden Bradley • Maiden Newton• Malmesbury• Malwood• Marlborough• Marnhull • Marshfield • Marshield• Marston• Martin Cross • Martinstown • Martock • Meare Heath • Melksham  • Mells • Mere• Micheldever • Middle Woodford • Midsomer Norton • Milborne Port • Milborne St Andrew • Milford on Sea• Milton Abbas• Minety • Minsrworth • Miserden • Moorhill A• Morden • Nailsea  • Nailsworth • Netheravon• Netherbury • Netherend • New Milton• Newent • Newnham• Newnham-on-severn • North Cadbury • North Cerney • North Star House• North Trowbridge  • Northbourne• Northleach • Northleach TRS• Nunney • Nursling• Oakhill • Ogbourne-St-George • Olympus• Overbury • Owslebury • Oxenwood• Painswick • Parkstone • Patchway• Pewsey • Piddletrenthide • Pill • Pilning  • Pilton • Poole• Portishead  • Portland• Poulton • Powerstock • Preston (Dorset)• Priddy • Puddletown • Purton • Radstock  • Ramsbury • Rangeworthy • Ringwood• Rockbourne • Rodmarton • Romsey• Ropley• Rownhams• Salisbury• Saltford • Saul • Seagry • Seend • Shafsbury• Shepton Mallet• Sherborne • Sherston • Shirley• Shrewton• Shrivenham• Shurdington • Somerton • South Cerney  • South Petherton  • Southbourne• Southrop • Sparsholt • St Briavels • St Clements House• St Marybourne • Stalbridge• Stanford-in-the-Vale • Stapleford• Staunton Court • Steeple Langford• Stockbridge• Stoke Bishop  • Stone Point• Stonehouse • Stow-on-the-Wold • Stratton-on-the-Fosse • Stratton-St-Margaret • Street• Stroud • Studland • Sturminsr Marshall• Sutton Scotney• Sutton Veny • Swallowcliffe Down• Swanage• Sway• Swindon• Tarrant Hinton • Teffont • Temple Cloud  • Templecombe • Tetbury • Tewkesbury • Thornbury  • Thornhill• Thornhill• Tibberton • Tidworth• Timsbury  • Tirley • Tirley • Tisbury• Toghill• Toothill • Totton• Trowbridge  • Twigworth • Twyford• Uffington • Uley • Upavon• Upton Noble • Upwey• Verwood• Wallop• Wanborough • Wareham• Warminster• Warmwell• Wedmore • Wells • West Coker • West Harptree • West Lulworth • West Wellow• Westbourne• Westbury Wilts • Westbury-on-severn • Westbury-on-Trym  • Weston-Super-Mare  • Westonbirt • Weyhill• Weymouth• Wheathill • Whitchurch  • Whicroft • Whiley• Whiparish • Wickwar • Wilton• Wimborne• Wincanton  • Winchcombe • Winchester• Windrush • Winscombe • Winrbourne  • Winrslow• Winton• Witchampton• Witcombe • Withington • Woodborough • Woolston• Wootton Bassett • Worle  • Worth Matravers • Wotton-under-Edge • Wrington • Wroughton • Wylye • Yatton  • Yeovil• Yetminster•

Our branch and the CWU represents members working in but not limited to the following industries:

  • Telecoms

  • Financial Services

  • Technology

  • Call centres

  • Postal engineers

Meet the branch Officers and Reps

Branch Secretary

Neil Crothall

Branch Secretary

Tel:  07730 320041

Email:  neilcwu@gwestern.co.uk

Deputy Branch Secretary & Openreach SPOC

Paul Clark

Deputy Branch Secretary & Openreach SPOC

Tel:  07894 238715

Email:  paulcwu@gwestern.co.uk

Branch Chair & Equality Officer

Caroline Shryane

Branch Chair & Equality Officer

Tel:  07894 238714

Email:  carolinecwu@gwestern.co.uk

Branch Financial Secretary

Paul McEvilly

Branch Financial Secretary

Tel:  07756 287599

Email:  paulmcwu@gwestern.co.uk

Deputy Branch Chair

Andy Holder

Deputy Branch Chair

Tel:  07730 320037

Email:  andycwu@gwestern.co.uk

 

Branch Young Workers & Political Officer, National Team Officer

Joshua Barclay

Branch Young Workers & Political Officer, National Team Officer

Tel:  07708 475535

Email:  joshcwu@gwestern.co.uk

Womens Officer

Roisin Wood

Womans Officer

Tel: O7483107374

Email:  roisincwu@gwestern.co.uk

 

BAME Officer

Zack Hutchinson

BAME Officer

Tel:

Email:  zackcwu@gwestern.co.uk

 

Regional and Branch Health & Safety Officer

Peter Simpson

Regional and Branch Health & Safety Officer

Tel:  07730 320038

Email:  Petercwu@gwestern.co.uk

 

 

Postal Technical Services Officer

Peter Hoare

Postal Technical Services Officer

Tel: 07730 320036

Email:  peterhcwu@gwestern.co.uk

Retired Members & Welfare Officer

Colin Winsby

Retired Members & Welfare Officer

Tel:  07743 139647

Email:  swrlc@btinternet.com

Learning Representative

Dominic Fabrizi

Learning Representative

Email:  domfabcwu@gwestern.co.uk

Lead Union Safety Representative

Chris Duckett

Lead Union Safety Representative

Tel:  07795 988543

Email:   chrisdcwu@gwestern.co.uk