Aug
29
SWU Conference 2025: Solidarity at Work
A FREE conference open to all from the world of social work on Saturday 6th September 2025 in Manchester.
Category: SWU Campaign Fund
Aug
21
SWU submits unsafe housing evidence to MPs
Poor housing is placing children and vulnerable people at risk, especially when combined with unaffordable energy bills.
Aug
18
Resilient Diaspora Social Workers: Surviving and Thriving in a Challenging Environment
“We don’t want seats at the table just to be seen — we’re here to be heard, to lead, and to transform the table itself.”
Jul
01
Resilient Diaspora Social Workers: Surviving and Thriving in Challenging Environment conference – July 10th
SWU is proud to continue its sponsorship of these groundbreaking Diaspora Social Work Conferences and is looking forward to attending.
Jun
20
Congratulations to the 2025 BASW Social Work Journalism Award winners
These awards are supported by SWU as part of a wider joint campaign to improve public perceptions of social work.
May
23
Student-led SWU and SASW campaign wins postgraduate social work bursary increase in Scotland
Postgraduate social work student bursaries in Scotland will increase by almost 50% on average in the 2025-26 academic year.
May
15
SWU demands government action on mental health
SWU has written to health ministers for all four UK nations urging them to address the mental health crisis in the UK.
May
09
Reform UK is a looming shadow for workers’ and civil rights
We must stand together firmly, as both social workers and trade unionists, and reject this division which seeks to weaken us as a movement.
Apr
24
Social workers report housing crisis for children
As millions of households struggled through last winter in cold damp homes, the impact on children has been revealed in newly released data. Over a fifth (21%) of social workers working with children, young people and families have seen their Read more
Apr
11
The ‘Case for Change’ in Northern Ireland
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