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Social Workers Union (SWU) Campaign Fund | SASW - The professional association for social work and social workers
May 23

Student-led SWU and SASW campaign wins postgraduate social work bursary increase in Scotland

SWU CommsBlog, EDI, Featured, News, SWU Campaign Fund, SWU-SASW, Working Conditions

Postgraduate social work student bursaries in Scotland will increase by almost 50% on average in the 2025-26 academic year.

Jessie Hoskin, Dave Callow, and John McGowan stand in front of the GFTU conference sign on 19th May 2025
May 20

SWU motions unanimously passed at the General Federation of Trade Union Conference

SWU CommsBlog, EDI, Events, Featured, GFTU, News, Previous Events, Working Conditions

All three motions delivered by SWU at the GFTU’s 106th Biennial General Council Meeting were received positively and unopposed.

Stronger Together
May 09

Reform UK is a looming shadow for workers’ and civil rights

SWU CommsA&R, Blog, EDI, Featured, News, SWU Campaign Fund, Working Conditions

We must stand together firmly, as both social workers and trade unionists, and reject this division which seeks to weaken us as a movement. 

Social Workers Union (SWU) - International Workers' Memorial Day, April 28th
Apr 28

International Workers’ Memorial Day 2025

SWU CommsAAG, Blog, EDI, Featured, GFTU, News, Working Conditions

We believe that everyone should have the right to live full lives, that people ultimately best understand their own capacity, and that human worth isn’t measured by productivity.

Apr 11

The ‘Case for Change’ in Northern Ireland

SWU CommsBlog, EDI, Events, Featured, News, Previous Events, SWU Campaign Fund, SWU Research, SWU-BASW NI, Working Conditions

Gerry Madden reflects on the BASW Northern Ireland and Social Workers Union event held in Derry on 2nd April 2025. “I was absolutely delighted recently to represent SWU at the launch of the BASW NI and SWU research report ‘The Read more

International Romani Day, April 8 - Social Workers Union (SWU)
Apr 08

International Romani Day 2025

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Make a stand today by asking your MP to push for a repeal of Part 4 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act (PCSC) 2022.

Mar 15

International Day to Combat Islamophobia 2025

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As a way to help tackle Islamophobia this Ramadan, the Islamophobia Awareness Month (IAM) campaign has called for people to host an iftar.

International Women's Day #IWD2025 #AccelerateAction
Mar 08

International Women’s Day 2025

SWU CommsBlog, EDI, News, Working Conditions

This International Women’s Day we highlight that employers offering and supporting flexible working positively impacts women’s advancement in the workplace.

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Mar 06

SWU in solidarity with Ukraine – three years of war

SWU CommsBlog, EDI, Featured, News, SWU International

As social workers we call for peace; promote the rights and welfare of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants; and work to counter racism and social exclusion.

Flexible working in Scottish social work - SASW & SWU
Mar 03

New SASW and SWU report calls on social work employers to embrace flexible working

SWU CommsBlog, EDI, Featured, News, SWU Campaign Fund, SWU Research, SWU-SASW, Working Conditions

With recruitment of social workers still proving challenging for employers, now is the time for concerted action.

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