The Boot Out Austerity Walk from Birmingham to Liverpool
Social Workers Walking for Social Justice
The Boot Out Austerity walk from Birmingham to Liverpool might have ended but not the campaigning. A small group of participants recognised the value of the knowledge they had gained in the planning and executing of the walk and set about collating all that information into this 100 page guide.
The aim of the Leave No Stone Unturned in the Fight Against Austerity: Campaign Action Pack is to encourage people to take action against austerity. It is a step-by-step guide outlining everything from how to organise public meetings, rallies, and awareness-raising film nights to setting up petitions, lobbying, and contacting the press.
Former BASW Chair Guy Shennan said the campaign pack was a practical guide to “turn Boot Out Austerity from a small band of walkers into a large-scale movement.”
A grant from General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) allowed 500 hard copies to be produced and the Campaign Action Pack was launched at an event at the University of Salford in November 2017.
Boot Out Austerity Campaign Action Pack 2017
Click here to view the Boot Out Austerity Campaign Action Pack 2017
Video caption: The George Cowley Experience, led by Pete Unwin, perform “Boot Out Austerity Blues” which they specially wrote for the Birmingham social workers’ 7 day walk to Liverpool in 2017.
SHARE: A New Model for Social Work
SHARE: A New Model for Social Work
This project overlaps our Campaign Action Pack. The Boot Out Austerity walkers were approached in June 2017 by Siobhan Maclean who asked us to write a chapter for SHARE: A New Model for Social Work.
The SHARE Model of “Seeing, Hearing, Action, Reading, Evaluation” mirrored the action taken by the walkers. The book contains the voices of more than 40 social work stakeholders.