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SWU Conference 2024 attendees hold up limited edition hard copies of the Austerity Action Group's newly updated and launched Campaign Action Pack

May 14

SWU Conference 2024 – solidarity, activism, and social justice

Social workers, students, and trade unionists from across the UK gathered in Manchester to discuss activism and solidarity.

May 03

BASW & SWU statement on the situation in Israel and Palestine/Gaza

BASW and SWU are in solidarity with the Palestinian civilians living in the midst of current extreme military assault by Israeli Defence Forces in Gaza and suffering other attacks in the West Bank and other areas in the region.

Available to download now! "Boot Out Austerity Marches on! Battling the Cost-of-Living Crisis: Campaign Action Pack"

May 02

Austerity Action Group launches updated “Campaign Action Pack” at the SWU Conference in Manchester

SWU and BASW support the Campaign Action Pack and encourage social workers to make use of this brilliant and accessible resource.

Three silhouettes of people marching in protest while holding a sign that says "BOOT OUT AUSTERITY!" with the text underneath it: Social Workers Union (SWU) Austerity Action Group

Apr 23

SWU AGM 2023 Update: Motion 5 Digital Poverty

Angi Naylor brings you up to date with the Annual General Meeting (AGM) Motion 5 and asks for your support and action. “This AGM recognises that the Austerity Action Group (Boot Out Austerity Marches On) continues to identify and lobby Read more

A group photo of attendees of the 2024 Diaspora Dialogues: Celebrating Social Worker on the Move Conference. The Conference was held on 18 March 2024 at Brunel University in London, organised by the BASW Diaspora Social Workers Special Interest Group, and sponsored by the SWU Campaign Fund

Apr 09

Diaspora Dialogues Conference – A Momentous Event

SWU Assistant General Secretary Calum Gallacher reports on the first Diaspora Social Worker Conference in the UK.

Social Workers Union (SWU) - Celebrating Neuro-inclusive Social Work

Apr 09

Countdown is on to neurodiversity pledge launch

Councils and other employers of social workers will soon be able to sign up to a new pledge to celebrate neurodiversity in the profession.

BATTLING THE COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS CAMPAIGN ACTION PACK | Social Workers Union (SWU), British Association of Social Workers (BASW)

Apr 08

Updated Austerity Action Group “Campaign Action Pack” to be launched at the SWU Conference

SWU and BASW are proud to support the updating of this activism toolkit and hope you will join us for its launch on April 27 in Manchester.

Social Workers Union (SWU) Campaign Fund

Mar 19

SWU Campaign Fund continues to support Social Workers

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

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

“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.”