Colin Turbett
@colinturbett.bsky.social
Former UNISON TU activist. Writer on social history & social work matters. Website: colinturbett.co.uk . Strong supporter of Ukraine's resistance to Russian aggression 🏴🇺🇦🇵🇸
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A year ago the UK's largest trade union, public sector union UNISON, affiliated to USC.
UNISON branches and activists in Scotland have been building links with unions in Kharkiv. In September they'll be visiting there, taking aid and funds. Please help!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/unisonscot...
UNISON branches and activists in Scotland have been building links with unions in Kharkiv. In September they'll be visiting there, taking aid and funds. Please help!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/unisonscot...
Unison Scotland Branches Visit to Ukraine Aid Fund
To visit and support trade union organisations in Kharkiv Ukraine and provide financial aid for humanitarean activity.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
August 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A year ago the UK's largest trade union, public sector union UNISON, affiliated to USC.
UNISON branches and activists in Scotland have been building links with unions in Kharkiv. In September they'll be visiting there, taking aid and funds. Please help!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/unisonscot...
UNISON branches and activists in Scotland have been building links with unions in Kharkiv. In September they'll be visiting there, taking aid and funds. Please help!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/unisonscot...
Really saddened to hear of Sarah's passing in @heraldscotland.bsky.social yesterday. Her commitment & passion will be missed. Last year she contributed an amazing chapter to book Jane Pye & I edited on rural social work practice in UK. @basw-uk.bsky.social @scotssocialwork.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Really saddened to hear of Sarah's passing in @heraldscotland.bsky.social yesterday. Her commitment & passion will be missed. Last year she contributed an amazing chapter to book Jane Pye & I edited on rural social work practice in UK. @basw-uk.bsky.social @scotssocialwork.bsky.social
Showing off Arran to Vlada - not long in Scotland from Kryvyi Rih - and remembering what's going on back in Ukraine
March 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Showing off Arran to Vlada - not long in Scotland from Kryvyi Rih - and remembering what's going on back in Ukraine
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A brilliant book now on our essential reading for post graduate course Social Work and Community Development Approaches programme.
March 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A brilliant book now on our essential reading for post graduate course Social Work and Community Development Approaches programme.
Join Strathclyde Uni for this free 1hr online event for World Social Work Day on Tues. "The Rise & Fall & Rise Again, of Community Social Work in the UK". Tickets still available. Looking forward to talking posts about SW!
Date: 18 mar • 12:00
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rise-a...
Date: 18 mar • 12:00
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rise-a...
March 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Join Strathclyde Uni for this free 1hr online event for World Social Work Day on Tues. "The Rise & Fall & Rise Again, of Community Social Work in the UK". Tickets still available. Looking forward to talking posts about SW!
Date: 18 mar • 12:00
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rise-a...
Date: 18 mar • 12:00
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rise-a...
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The article that Dr. Danielle Mackle, Dr. Katheryn Pascoe, and myself, comparing community development teaching in QUB and Otago has just been published. It contains practical tools to strengthen community development teaching to social workers across the curriculum doi.org/10.1080/0261...
Opportunities to strengthen community development teaching in undergraduate social work programmes: an international curriculum comparative case study analysis
This study is a comparative case study analysis between Otago University, Aotearoa New Zealand, and Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland to evaluate the prevalence of community development c...
doi.org
March 16, 2025 at 6:26 AM
The article that Dr. Danielle Mackle, Dr. Katheryn Pascoe, and myself, comparing community development teaching in QUB and Otago has just been published. It contains practical tools to strengthen community development teaching to social workers across the curriculum doi.org/10.1080/0261...
The Rise and Fall and Rise Again, of Community Social Work in the UK
Date: Tue, 18 Mar • 12:00
Location: Learning and Teaching Building - Mary Dunn Wing, TL455
Tickets available again. All welcome to look at social work's future.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rise-a...
Date: Tue, 18 Mar • 12:00
Location: Learning and Teaching Building - Mary Dunn Wing, TL455
Tickets available again. All welcome to look at social work's future.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rise-a...
The Rise and Fall and Rise Again, of Community Social Work in the UK
Join us for World Social Work Day to learn practical tips and strategies for making a positive impact in your community through social work!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The Rise and Fall and Rise Again, of Community Social Work in the UK
Date: Tue, 18 Mar • 12:00
Location: Learning and Teaching Building - Mary Dunn Wing, TL455
Tickets available again. All welcome to look at social work's future.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rise-a...
Date: Tue, 18 Mar • 12:00
Location: Learning and Teaching Building - Mary Dunn Wing, TL455
Tickets available again. All welcome to look at social work's future.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rise-a...
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@glasgowgreens.bsky.social Glasgow Greens Cllrs Stand with Ukraine - be there on Monday February 24th 6pm St Enoch Square.
February 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
@glasgowgreens.bsky.social Glasgow Greens Cllrs Stand with Ukraine - be there on Monday February 24th 6pm St Enoch Square.
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@glasgowsnp.bsky.social SNP Councillors Stand With Ukraine - be there on Monday 24th February 6pm St Enoch Square
February 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
@glasgowsnp.bsky.social SNP Councillors Stand With Ukraine - be there on Monday 24th February 6pm St Enoch Square
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⚡️'Massive demolition site' — Trump claims Ukraine in ruins while pressing Zelensky to hold elections.
Trump alleged without evidence that Zelensky holds a "4% approval rating" in Ukraine and blamed his leadership for "allow(ing) the war to go on."
Trump alleged without evidence that Zelensky holds a "4% approval rating" in Ukraine and blamed his leadership for "allow(ing) the war to go on."
'Massive demolition site' — Trump claims Ukraine in ruins while pressing Zelensky to hold elections
Trump alleged without evidence that Zelensky holds a "4% approval rating" in Ukraine and blamed his leadership, not Putin, for "allow(ing) the war to go on."
kyivindependent.com
February 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
⚡️'Massive demolition site' — Trump claims Ukraine in ruins while pressing Zelensky to hold elections.
Trump alleged without evidence that Zelensky holds a "4% approval rating" in Ukraine and blamed his leadership for "allow(ing) the war to go on."
Trump alleged without evidence that Zelensky holds a "4% approval rating" in Ukraine and blamed his leadership for "allow(ing) the war to go on."
It was predictably appalling that Trump would throw Ukraine under the Russian bus in the same way he did with the people of Gaza. Ukraine too big to turn into a seaside resort (Putin already has Crimea) but will stay vulnerable. No wonder Putin has that smug grin. Solidarity! Слава Україні! 🇺🇦🇵🇸
February 13, 2025 at 8:29 AM
It was predictably appalling that Trump would throw Ukraine under the Russian bus in the same way he did with the people of Gaza. Ukraine too big to turn into a seaside resort (Putin already has Crimea) but will stay vulnerable. No wonder Putin has that smug grin. Solidarity! Слава Україні! 🇺🇦🇵🇸
Coming soon! Social history with lots of stories of islanders at war from friends neighbours & museum archives - unity of purpose with hope, love, loss and death in the fight against fascism. 300 pages packed with images. A real people's history out in time for 80th anniversary of VE Day.
February 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Coming soon! Social history with lots of stories of islanders at war from friends neighbours & museum archives - unity of purpose with hope, love, loss and death in the fight against fascism. 300 pages packed with images. A real people's history out in time for 80th anniversary of VE Day.
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At least one woman died, and 20 households were ruined or damaged in today's Russian missile attack on Kharkiv.
February 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
At least one woman died, and 20 households were ruined or damaged in today's Russian missile attack on Kharkiv.
Yesterday @ukrainesol.bsky.social supporters in Scotland held a lobby of the US Consulate in Edinburgh - asking the new administration not to waver in support of Ukraine. I was proud to have taken part along with TU, political party and support org reps - and Vlada from Dnipro
January 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Yesterday @ukrainesol.bsky.social supporters in Scotland held a lobby of the US Consulate in Edinburgh - asking the new administration not to waver in support of Ukraine. I was proud to have taken part along with TU, political party and support org reps - and Vlada from Dnipro
Happy New Year one n all.. Let's make it a better one 🏴🇺🇦🇵🇸
January 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Happy New Year one n all.. Let's make it a better one 🏴🇺🇦🇵🇸
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Christmas 2024 in Udachne, near Pokrovsk, Donetsk 🇺🇦: once home to miners & families, now shattered by Russian bombardment. Rewarding colonial conquest fuels more aggression.
Stand with Ukraine. ✊
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussianAggression
Stand with Ukraine. ✊
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussianAggression
December 31, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Christmas 2024 in Udachne, near Pokrovsk, Donetsk 🇺🇦: once home to miners & families, now shattered by Russian bombardment. Rewarding colonial conquest fuels more aggression.
Stand with Ukraine. ✊
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussianAggression
Stand with Ukraine. ✊
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussianAggression
Last night friends in Kharkiv went to the underground theatre. The Timur group play was a fantasy romance about a fallen soldier from a volunteer unit from the city - & dedicated to them - showing images of all those KIA at the end. A comic scene set in London had a Scotsman! Life goes on...
December 22, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Last night friends in Kharkiv went to the underground theatre. The Timur group play was a fantasy romance about a fallen soldier from a volunteer unit from the city - & dedicated to them - showing images of all those KIA at the end. A comic scene set in London had a Scotsman! Life goes on...
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Ukrainian kids deserve light, warmth, and a future.
As Russia’s bombs target energy infrastructure, schools face freezing classrooms this winter.
Help us provide power generators and keep education alive 👇
https://buff.ly/3VikS8j
As Russia’s bombs target energy infrastructure, schools face freezing classrooms this winter.
Help us provide power generators and keep education alive 👇
https://buff.ly/3VikS8j
December 15, 2024 at 10:06 PM
Ukrainian kids deserve light, warmth, and a future.
As Russia’s bombs target energy infrastructure, schools face freezing classrooms this winter.
Help us provide power generators and keep education alive 👇
https://buff.ly/3VikS8j
As Russia’s bombs target energy infrastructure, schools face freezing classrooms this winter.
Help us provide power generators and keep education alive 👇
https://buff.ly/3VikS8j
Letter in @scotnational.bsky.social today explaining why we resigned from @scottishcnd.bsky.social . Hope to rejoin at some point when their rhetoric matches their non-nuclear peaceful values. Meanwhile we will support 🇺🇦 in it's struggle for existence and freedom
December 15, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Letter in @scotnational.bsky.social today explaining why we resigned from @scottishcnd.bsky.social . Hope to rejoin at some point when their rhetoric matches their non-nuclear peaceful values. Meanwhile we will support 🇺🇦 in it's struggle for existence and freedom
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A typical school in Ukraine after russian war criminals bombed energy companies
December 14, 2024 at 10:58 PM
A typical school in Ukraine after russian war criminals bombed energy companies
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Common Weal Repost
My roundup of Common Weal's policy work this year.
My roundup of Common Weal's policy work this year.
A Year In Common Weal – 2024 Policy Review
Common Weal Newsletter Repost A roundup of Common Weal's policy work in 2024.
thecommongreen.scot
December 14, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Common Weal Repost
My roundup of Common Weal's policy work this year.
My roundup of Common Weal's policy work this year.
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🔴 Ukraine is ready to export food to Syria, says Agriculture Minister Koval, as Russia halts wheat shipments.
Ukraine Prepares to Reopen Food Supplies to Syria
Ukraine is ready to supply food to Syria, according to Agriculture Minister Vitalii Koval, highlighting commitment amid changes in Syrian leadership.
buff.ly
December 13, 2024 at 6:48 PM
🔴 Ukraine is ready to export food to Syria, says Agriculture Minister Koval, as Russia halts wheat shipments.
Hi @scottishcnd.bsky.social Just to let you know that after many yrs of membership I'm resigning due to your awful take on Ukraine & its struggle against the Russian invasion. Your 'peace' call alongside @stopthewaruk.bsky.social is nothing less than appeasing capitulation to Russian imperialism.
December 13, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Hi @scottishcnd.bsky.social Just to let you know that after many yrs of membership I'm resigning due to your awful take on Ukraine & its struggle against the Russian invasion. Your 'peace' call alongside @stopthewaruk.bsky.social is nothing less than appeasing capitulation to Russian imperialism.
Speaking to an online London social work audience tomorrow about my "Practical Guide to Community Social Work Practice in the UK" book. Looking forward to it. I'm now quitting social work stuff but up for talking about the book for a bit anyway - culmination of a long journey & all that stuff..🤔
December 10, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Speaking to an online London social work audience tomorrow about my "Practical Guide to Community Social Work Practice in the UK" book. Looking forward to it. I'm now quitting social work stuff but up for talking about the book for a bit anyway - culmination of a long journey & all that stuff..🤔
@jena.ng really is a lovely human being! This gift through the post - makes me feel very humble as it's hardly deserved - better than any prize. Thanks so much
December 10, 2024 at 7:18 PM
@jena.ng really is a lovely human being! This gift through the post - makes me feel very humble as it's hardly deserved - better than any prize. Thanks so much