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

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

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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.

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

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...

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

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

As Russia's poodle falls from power in Syria, we did some great solidarity work in Scotland today at UNISON regional conference in Glasgow - motion passed supporting our Seapeak campaign to stop UK shipping of Putin's gas, and lots of interest in our stall @ukrainesol.bsky.social

Great full house mtg on Arran this pm re Gaza. Coll McColl & Katy Clark speaking up for truth & justice for the Palestinian people and an end to Israeli aggression & barbarism. Discussion around what we can do to end UK government complicity.

Participating in North Ayrshire conference looking at redesign of front door social work teams - fantastic hard worked proposals based on best of UK community based practice. Proud to have been a part of this work over past year.

My 4 books offering a critical account of various aspects of USSR & our own history - all published by @penandswordbooks.bsky.social . DM me if you want to know more about them

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