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BASW/SWU office hours over the festive break
Dec 17

SWU/BASW office hours over the festive break

SWU CommsA&R, Blog, News, SWU-BASW Cymru, SWU-BASW England, SWU-BASW NI, SWU-BASW UK, SWU-SASW

We will close on Tuesday, 24th December 2024 and will reopen on Thursday, 2nd January 2025.

Social Workers Union (SWU) Campaign Fund | BASW
Jul 08

New campaign aims to provide better mental health care for most vulnerable in society

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

SWU and BASW are working together on a new campaign to highlight the challenges facing mental health workers in the UK.

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

SWU CommsA&R, AAG, Blog, EDI, Events, GFTU, News, Previous Events, SWU Campaign Fund, SWU-BASW Cymru, SWU-BASW England, SWU-BASW NI, SWU-BASW UK, SWU-SASW, Union Contacts, Working Conditions

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

Cymru Wrth-hiliol | An Anti-Racist Wales
Dec 15

ADSS Cymru Staff Insights Project: Implementing the Anti-racist Wales Action Plan

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ADSS Cymru is calling for views of past and present social care staff to inform the Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan.

SWU Campaign Fund, SWU Union Contacts, Campaign Collective: creating positive change
Oct 03

SWU Union Contacts examine campaign successes

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Learn about successful campaigns that have been supported by Campaign Collective, including several led by SWU members.

Social Workers Union (SWU) Campaign Fund, BASW Cymru - The professional association for social work and social workers
Jun 29

Campaign Fund calls for bids from Wales – SWU and BASW Cymru Community of Practice

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Social Workers are urged to find out more about how the SWU Campaign Fund could help them raise awareness of issues which they see in their work and among the vulnerable people they support.

Social Workers Union (SWU) Campaign Fund, BASW Cymru - The professional association for social work and social workers
Jun 09

Campaign Fund calls for bids from Wales

SWU CommsBlog, Events, News, Previous Events, SWU Campaign Fund, SWU-BASW Cymru

Join SWU and BASW Cymru on June 28th from 12:30-13:30 for this online Community of Practice.

The Romani flag - which is a red wagon wheel on a split background with the top half blue and the bottom half green
Apr 07

International Romani Day 2023: A time for celebration, a call for solidarity

SWU CommsBlog, EDI, News, SWU-BASW Cymru

Senior Lecturer in Social Work Allison Hulmes shares Romani history, past and contemporary struggles, and a call for allyship.

(LGBTQ+) Care in Later Life: A learning framework for knowledge, skills, values for working affirmatively with LGBTQ+ people in later life | LGBT Foundation, University of Strathclyde Glasgow, Skills for Care
Mar 27

Learning to Deliver Affirmative Care to LGBTQ+ people in later life

SWU CommsBlog, EDI, News, SWU-BASW Cymru

This new framework offers us an opportunity to identify and articulate key topics that should underpin best practices with LGBTQ+ older people and their carers in social care.

SWU Blog Series | Part 2: Dog whistles at large - racism
Jan 24

Part 2: Dog whistles at large – racism

SWU CommsBlog, EDI, News, SWU-BASW Cymru

Narinder Sidhu, Professional Officer for BASW Cymru, writes on how social workers can be vigilant to racial dog whistles with recent examples of these coded messages.

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