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17NUT NewsLook out for NUT News on your staffroom noticeboard. Through reading NUT News you canfind out about major developments affectingthe teaching profession.Your NUTrepresentativeOn arrival at your new school, find out who yourNUT representative is.For NUT members, the NUTrepresentative is the first point ofcontact for advice and assistancefrom the Union. Should youneed further guidance, yourNUT representative will knowwho to contact.The NUT representative in your new school willbe pleased to welcome you as a colleague andan NUT member.If there is no NUT representative in yourworkplace you should contact the NUTAdviceLine for advice and guidance (contactdetails on page 21).Your localassociationAssociations are the local units of theNUT. The local association is responsiblefor membership activities in your area.These activities give you the opportunity tomeet teachers outside your own workplace.Most local associations organise social functionsfor new teachers.As members of their local association, NUTmembers are encouraged to participate inassociation activities, to get involved and supportUnion campaigns.Contact details for your local association secretarycan be found on your NUT membership card oronline via the interactive contact directory map atwww.teachers.org.uk/contactusThe NUT – supporting you