Skip to content
News:
Marching with the Together Alliance
World Social Work Day 2026
Hundreds of social workers forced to cover basic essentials for vulnerable people from their own pockets
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
  • Email
  • Home
  • Join SWU
  • Contact SWU
SWU logo
  • +44 (0) 121 389 9248 swu-admin@swu-union.org.uk
  • Wellesley House 37 Waterloo St Birmingham B2 5PP
  • About SWU
    • News & Events
      • News
        • Newsfeed
        • SWU Blogs
        • SWU Newsletter
      • Events
        • Upcoming Events
        • SWU Conference 2025: Solidarity at Work
        • SWU Annual General Meeting 2026
        • Talk to SWU Webinars
        • Previous AGMs
        • Previous Events
    • What SWU Do
    • SWU Governance
    • Meet the SWU Team
    • Meet the Trade Union Officers
    • SWU Ambassadors
    • SWU’s 10th Anniversary Celebration
    • Our History
    • Relationship with BASW
  • Advice & Representation
    • How the Advice & Representation Service Works
    • Meet the Trade Union Officers
    • A&R Knowledge
  • Cross Party Group for Social Work
  • Campaigns
    • Current Campaign Activity
    • SWU Campaign Fund
    • Austerity Action Group
    • SWU Assignment: World Social Work Day Student Essay Competition
    • Social Work’s Six Point Action Plan (2020)
    • SWU trip to Palestine (2019)
  • Austerity Action Group
    • Battling the Cost-of-Living Crisis: Campaign Action Pack (2024)
    • Lived Experience Fair Remuneration Campaign
    • Boot Out Austerity (2017-2019)
    • SWASUUA
  • Union Contacts
    • About the SWU Union Contacts
    • Become a SWU Union Contact
    • Union Contact Information & Updates
    • Union Contact Training
  • Resources & Training
    • SWU Leaflets & Information
    • GFTU Education Programme 2025 – 2026
    • SWU Member Offers
    • SWU Affiliates & Resources
    • SWU Campaign Fund
    • Reflective Supervision: A Best Practice Guide (2024)
    • Battling the Cost-of-Living Crisis: Campaign Action Pack (2024)
    • SWU Union Contact Training
    • Neurodiversity Pledge for Social Work Employers
    • Social Worker Wellbeing and Working Conditions: Good Practice Toolkit (2020)
    • Health & Safety During Covid 19
  • Home
  • 2024
  • March

Month: March 2024

Social Workers Union (SWU) Campaign Fund
Mar 19

SWU Campaign Fund continues to support Social Workers

SWU CommsBlog, EDI, News, SWU Campaign Fund, SWU-BASW England, SWU-BASW NI, SWU-BASW UK, SWU-SASW, Working Conditions

The SWU Campaign Fund has kicked off its third year of activity with a range of developments on new and existing campaigns.

SWU Quick Reference Guide - Political Terminologies | As social workers our working lives and our personal lives are regularly impacted by politics. But do you "get it" when friends and colleagues use political jargon to discuss these impacts on families and communities, or can it be a confusing minefield?
Mar 15

SWU publishes Quick Reference Guide – Political Terminologies

SWU CommsAGM, Blog, EDI, News

We hope this Quick Reference Guide will help support our members to confidently join in political debates and conversations.

“We want to ensure that diaspora social workers are aware of their rights while in the UK and can access a community of peers that is here to support one another.” - Calum Gallacher, Assistant General Secretary, Social Workers Union
Mar 13

Stop making overseas social workers scapegoat for government failings

SWU CommsBlog, EDI, News, SWU Campaign Fund, SWU-BASW UK, Working Conditions

“We want to ensure that diaspora social workers are aware of their rights while in the UK and can access a community of peers that is here to support one another.”

18th March 2024 - Diaspora Dialogues: Celebrating Social Workers On The Move | Sponsors: BASW Diaspora Social Workers SIG, SWU Campaign Fund, BASW, Brunel University London
Mar 12

The importance of union membership for Diaspora Social Workers

SWU CommsA&R, Blog, EDI, Events, News, Previous Events, SWU Campaign Fund, SWU-BASW UK, Working Conditions

I invite diaspora social workers to join me at the upcoming Diaspora Dialogues Conference on March 18th – online and in London.

Social Workers Union Blog Series | Social workers are facing discrimination and disadvantage with employers | Part 6. Disability Discrimination – In conversation with Trade Union Officials
Mar 07

Part 6. Disability Discrimination – In conversation with Trade Union Officials

SWU CommsA&R, Blog, EDI, News, SWU-BASW UK, Working Conditions

These are significant issues specific to the discrimination and disadvantage social workers are facing with employers.

Social Workers Union (SWU) Supporting International Women's Day | #InspireInclusion #IWD2024
Mar 05

International Women’s Day 2024 – Who better to celebrate on International Women’s Day than women Trade Unionists and Activists?

SWU CommsAAG, Blog, EDI, News

Women have played a key role in the British Trade Union movement since its inception – even in the face of poverty and deprivation experienced when out of work. 

Follow SWU

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
  • Email

Latest News

  • Marching with the Together Alliance
  • World Social Work Day 2026
  • Hundreds of social workers forced to cover basic essentials for vulnerable people from their own pockets
  • SWU General Secretary 2026 Election: Further Information
  • International Women’s Day 2026
  • March with SWU and the Together Alliance on March 28th
  • A New Voice for London Social Workers: Why Now Matters – March 24th
  • Solidarity with Social Work Academics and University-Based Programmes – February 19th
  • Powering change together: get involved with the SWU Campaign Fund
  • Reducing the risk of Doxxing: A mini guide for social workers

View by date

  • 2026 (10)
  • 2025 (63)
  • 2024 (76)
  • 2023 (87)
  • 2022 (65)
  • 2021 (22)
  • 2020 (4)
  • 2019 (3)
  • 2018 (2)

View by category

  • A&R
  • AAG
  • AGM
  • Blog
  • Consultation
  • EDI
  • Events
  • Featured
  • FSCC
  • GFTU
  • News
  • Previous Events
  • SWU Campaign Fund
  • SWU International
  • SWU Interviews
  • SWU Research
  • SWU Webinars
  • SWU-BASW Cymru
  • SWU-BASW England
  • SWU-BASW NI
  • SWU-BASW UK
  • SWU-SASW
  • Talk to SWU
  • Union Contacts
  • Upcoming Events
  • Working Conditions
  • WSWD

+44 (0) 121 389 9248

swu-admin@swu-union.org.uk

Social Workers Union

Wellesley House

37 Waterloo Street

Birmingham

B2 5PP

  • About SWU
  • Contact SWU
  • Join SWU
  • SWU Newsletter
  • Privacy Policy
  • What SWU Do
  • Work With SWU
General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU)
British Association of Social Workers (BASW) - The professional association for social work and social workers
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
  • Email
Copyright © 2026 SWU | Website by JG Digital
University Hub by WEN Themes
Scroll Up