BASW and SWU jointly call for the immediate lifting of the blockade on Gaza by the Israeli government and the full, safe passage of humanitarian aid by international humanitarian organisations.
Postgraduate social work student bursaries in Scotland will increase by almost 50% on average in the 2025-26 academic year.
All three motions delivered by SWU at the GFTU’s 106th Biennial General Council Meeting were received positively and unopposed.
We must stand together firmly, as both social workers and trade unionists, and reject this division which seeks to weaken us as a movement.
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.
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
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.
As a way to help tackle Islamophobia this Ramadan, the Islamophobia Awareness Month (IAM) campaign has called for people to host an iftar.
This International Women’s Day we highlight that employers offering and supporting flexible working positively impacts women’s advancement in the workplace.
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.