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More highlights from a packed 2025! ✨
Across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales, BASW proudly serves, supports and represents our hard working members in all that we do. Check out a selection of our work over the past year on the link below.
🔗 basw.co.uk/articles/bas...
Across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales, BASW proudly serves, supports and represents our hard working members in all that we do. Check out a selection of our work over the past year on the link below.
🔗 basw.co.uk/articles/bas...
December 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
More highlights from a packed 2025! ✨
Across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales, BASW proudly serves, supports and represents our hard working members in all that we do. Check out a selection of our work over the past year on the link below.
🔗 basw.co.uk/articles/bas...
Across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales, BASW proudly serves, supports and represents our hard working members in all that we do. Check out a selection of our work over the past year on the link below.
🔗 basw.co.uk/articles/bas...
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The two-child limit has impoverished families across the UK for too long. Being a parent is tough, being a parent in poverty is harder.
Today's announcement on the two-child limit will be a relief for many.
Read our comments in Professional Social Work Magazine ⬇️
basw.co.uk/about-social...
Today's announcement on the two-child limit will be a relief for many.
Read our comments in Professional Social Work Magazine ⬇️
basw.co.uk/about-social...
Scrapping 'cruel, inhumane' two-child cap will lift 450,000 out of poverty
Social work profession welcomes policy change unveiled in autumn budget
basw.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The two-child limit has impoverished families across the UK for too long. Being a parent is tough, being a parent in poverty is harder.
Today's announcement on the two-child limit will be a relief for many.
Read our comments in Professional Social Work Magazine ⬇️
basw.co.uk/about-social...
Today's announcement on the two-child limit will be a relief for many.
Read our comments in Professional Social Work Magazine ⬇️
basw.co.uk/about-social...
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🚨 As a member of the End Child Poverty Coalition, we've joined with partners in demanding the Chancellor scraps the two-child limit at the Budget.
It's the only way we can begin to tackle the abysmal levels of child poverty across the UK.
Read more 🔗 basw.co.uk/articles/scr...
It's the only way we can begin to tackle the abysmal levels of child poverty across the UK.
Read more 🔗 basw.co.uk/articles/scr...
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🚨 As a member of the End Child Poverty Coalition, we've joined with partners in demanding the Chancellor scraps the two-child limit at the Budget.
It's the only way we can begin to tackle the abysmal levels of child poverty across the UK.
Read more 🔗 basw.co.uk/articles/scr...
It's the only way we can begin to tackle the abysmal levels of child poverty across the UK.
Read more 🔗 basw.co.uk/articles/scr...
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Did you get your November/December edition of Professional Social Work Magazine through your letterbox? 📬
As a BASW member, you get exclusive access to the UK's leading professional social work publication, with features, articles, editorial and news.
Learn more 🔗 basw.co.uk/why-join-basw
As a BASW member, you get exclusive access to the UK's leading professional social work publication, with features, articles, editorial and news.
Learn more 🔗 basw.co.uk/why-join-basw
November 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Did you get your November/December edition of Professional Social Work Magazine through your letterbox? 📬
As a BASW member, you get exclusive access to the UK's leading professional social work publication, with features, articles, editorial and news.
Learn more 🔗 basw.co.uk/why-join-basw
As a BASW member, you get exclusive access to the UK's leading professional social work publication, with features, articles, editorial and news.
Learn more 🔗 basw.co.uk/why-join-basw
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💙 BASW supports Malnutrition Awareness Week, raising awareness of the risks and signs of preventable malnutrition and dehydration.
Help us spread the word to improve nutritional wellbeing across the UK.
Find out more 🔗 www.bapen.org.uk/malnutrition...
Help us spread the word to improve nutritional wellbeing across the UK.
Find out more 🔗 www.bapen.org.uk/malnutrition...
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
💙 BASW supports Malnutrition Awareness Week, raising awareness of the risks and signs of preventable malnutrition and dehydration.
Help us spread the word to improve nutritional wellbeing across the UK.
Find out more 🔗 www.bapen.org.uk/malnutrition...
Help us spread the word to improve nutritional wellbeing across the UK.
Find out more 🔗 www.bapen.org.uk/malnutrition...
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"Leadership, especially in social work, should never be about control and fear"
For #AntiBullyingWeek read this powerful reflection from Fostering Support Team Manager, Rabya Kataria written for PSW Magazine.
Let's use our #PowerForGood 💙
Read here 🔗 basw.co.uk/about-social...
For #AntiBullyingWeek read this powerful reflection from Fostering Support Team Manager, Rabya Kataria written for PSW Magazine.
Let's use our #PowerForGood 💙
Read here 🔗 basw.co.uk/about-social...
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 AM
"Leadership, especially in social work, should never be about control and fear"
For #AntiBullyingWeek read this powerful reflection from Fostering Support Team Manager, Rabya Kataria written for PSW Magazine.
Let's use our #PowerForGood 💙
Read here 🔗 basw.co.uk/about-social...
For #AntiBullyingWeek read this powerful reflection from Fostering Support Team Manager, Rabya Kataria written for PSW Magazine.
Let's use our #PowerForGood 💙
Read here 🔗 basw.co.uk/about-social...
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Brush up your skills and strengthen your practice with our General Taught Skills Programme!
The next interactive online course will be a BIA & DoLS Legal Update.
🗓️ Wednesday, 10 December
⏰ 09.15 - 16.30
📍 Microsoft Teams
Book your place 🔗 basw.co.uk/training-cpd...
The next interactive online course will be a BIA & DoLS Legal Update.
🗓️ Wednesday, 10 December
⏰ 09.15 - 16.30
📍 Microsoft Teams
Book your place 🔗 basw.co.uk/training-cpd...
November 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Brush up your skills and strengthen your practice with our General Taught Skills Programme!
The next interactive online course will be a BIA & DoLS Legal Update.
🗓️ Wednesday, 10 December
⏰ 09.15 - 16.30
📍 Microsoft Teams
Book your place 🔗 basw.co.uk/training-cpd...
The next interactive online course will be a BIA & DoLS Legal Update.
🗓️ Wednesday, 10 December
⏰ 09.15 - 16.30
📍 Microsoft Teams
Book your place 🔗 basw.co.uk/training-cpd...
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We had such a great time last Friday celebrating Black History Month with the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
Thanks to all our readers, Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi, Jade Jordan, Zainab Boladale, Samuel Yakura, and Ola Majekodunmi.
Our chair Nandi Jola reads her poem 'Black Irish' in this clip. ❤️
Thanks to all our readers, Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi, Jade Jordan, Zainab Boladale, Samuel Yakura, and Ola Majekodunmi.
Our chair Nandi Jola reads her poem 'Black Irish' in this clip. ❤️
October 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We had such a great time last Friday celebrating Black History Month with the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
Thanks to all our readers, Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi, Jade Jordan, Zainab Boladale, Samuel Yakura, and Ola Majekodunmi.
Our chair Nandi Jola reads her poem 'Black Irish' in this clip. ❤️
Thanks to all our readers, Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi, Jade Jordan, Zainab Boladale, Samuel Yakura, and Ola Majekodunmi.
Our chair Nandi Jola reads her poem 'Black Irish' in this clip. ❤️
Pleased to be a contributor to this great @poetryireland.bsky.social pamphlet! A great night in No Alibis! Thanks Nandi Jola!
November 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Pleased to be a contributor to this great @poetryireland.bsky.social pamphlet! A great night in No Alibis! Thanks Nandi Jola!
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Coming soon! 👀
Nominations for our sixth annual Amazing Social Worker campaign will open on Monday, 10 November!
The campaign is your opportunity to give a shout out to a colleague and help us to recognise examples of amazing social work practice! ✨
Nominations for our sixth annual Amazing Social Worker campaign will open on Monday, 10 November!
The campaign is your opportunity to give a shout out to a colleague and help us to recognise examples of amazing social work practice! ✨
October 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Coming soon! 👀
Nominations for our sixth annual Amazing Social Worker campaign will open on Monday, 10 November!
The campaign is your opportunity to give a shout out to a colleague and help us to recognise examples of amazing social work practice! ✨
Nominations for our sixth annual Amazing Social Worker campaign will open on Monday, 10 November!
The campaign is your opportunity to give a shout out to a colleague and help us to recognise examples of amazing social work practice! ✨
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We're on the search for the next BASW Student Ambassadors! 🔎
Are you a BASW Student Member interested in helping students across the UK connect with their professional association?
Then we want to hear from you! More details on the link 👇
basw.co.uk/articles/bas...
Are you a BASW Student Member interested in helping students across the UK connect with their professional association?
Then we want to hear from you! More details on the link 👇
basw.co.uk/articles/bas...
October 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
We're on the search for the next BASW Student Ambassadors! 🔎
Are you a BASW Student Member interested in helping students across the UK connect with their professional association?
Then we want to hear from you! More details on the link 👇
basw.co.uk/articles/bas...
Are you a BASW Student Member interested in helping students across the UK connect with their professional association?
Then we want to hear from you! More details on the link 👇
basw.co.uk/articles/bas...
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A new Scottish tartan memorializing the (mainly) female victims of the Witchcraft Act has been officially registered, created by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign #WomensArt
via Smithsonian Magazine
via Smithsonian Magazine
October 27, 2025 at 4:41 AM
A new Scottish tartan memorializing the (mainly) female victims of the Witchcraft Act has been officially registered, created by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign #WomensArt
via Smithsonian Magazine
via Smithsonian Magazine
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📸 What a brilliant evening at the Social Worker of the Year Awards on Friday!
It was a privilege to join social workers across the country in celebrating our profession and recognising the many wonderful accomplishments across the sector.
Read more 🔗 basw.co.uk/articles/bas...
It was a privilege to join social workers across the country in celebrating our profession and recognising the many wonderful accomplishments across the sector.
Read more 🔗 basw.co.uk/articles/bas...
October 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
📸 What a brilliant evening at the Social Worker of the Year Awards on Friday!
It was a privilege to join social workers across the country in celebrating our profession and recognising the many wonderful accomplishments across the sector.
Read more 🔗 basw.co.uk/articles/bas...
It was a privilege to join social workers across the country in celebrating our profession and recognising the many wonderful accomplishments across the sector.
Read more 🔗 basw.co.uk/articles/bas...
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I recently sat down with three leaders who are part of the @obamafoundation.bsky.social's alumni network to hear more about their work to strengthen democracy in Hungary and Poland. They’re an example for us all. Take a look:
October 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I recently sat down with three leaders who are part of the @obamafoundation.bsky.social's alumni network to hear more about their work to strengthen democracy in Hungary and Poland. They’re an example for us all. Take a look:
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Wildfires devastated the Mournes and Sperrins, destroying habitats and endangering communities.
@andrewmuirni.bsky.social promised action and has today delivered the framework we need to stamp out wildfires.
@andrewmuirni.bsky.social promised action and has today delivered the framework we need to stamp out wildfires.
October 9, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Wildfires devastated the Mournes and Sperrins, destroying habitats and endangering communities.
@andrewmuirni.bsky.social promised action and has today delivered the framework we need to stamp out wildfires.
@andrewmuirni.bsky.social promised action and has today delivered the framework we need to stamp out wildfires.
Pleased to be shortlisted for the 12th Bangor Literary Journal Competition with my poem: The north has always been moving. Winner is by public vote. Please consider voting for me & 2 others before 12 tonight! Launch on Sunday at Bangor Castle! www.thebangorliteraryjournal.com
The Bangor Literary Journal
Poetry, Flash Fiction, Art and Photography
Www.thebangorliteraryjournal.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Pleased to be shortlisted for the 12th Bangor Literary Journal Competition with my poem: The north has always been moving. Winner is by public vote. Please consider voting for me & 2 others before 12 tonight! Launch on Sunday at Bangor Castle! www.thebangorliteraryjournal.com
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I just saw this recent piece from @danielfalcone.bsky.social on 'My Fourth Time, We Drowned'. Thank you to him for engaging so deeply with the book. Hopefully it encourages others to read it too. www.counterpunch.org/2025/08/08/a... @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social
African Migration and the Violence of Global Capitalism
Introduction Irish Journalist Sally Hayden investigates the impacts related to capital and how it marginalizes migrant populations within the
www.counterpunch.org
September 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I just saw this recent piece from @danielfalcone.bsky.social on 'My Fourth Time, We Drowned'. Thank you to him for engaging so deeply with the book. Hopefully it encourages others to read it too. www.counterpunch.org/2025/08/08/a... @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social
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Breaking News: Gaza City and the surrounding area are officially suffering from famine, a global group of experts said. An Israeli agency rejected the finding.
Gaza City and Surrounding Areas Officially Hit by Famine, Global Group Says
At least half a million people in the enclave were facing the most severe conditions measured by U.N.-backed international experts: starvation, acute malnutrition and death.
nyti.ms
August 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Breaking News: Gaza City and the surrounding area are officially suffering from famine, a global group of experts said. An Israeli agency rejected the finding.
This was a great interview and an important book. #JHISS25
Doing a book event on 'My Fourth Time, We Drowned' in Armagh this Friday at the John Hewitt Summer School. Only seven tickets left, available here: marketplacearmagh.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
August 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This was a great interview and an important book. #JHISS25
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Poet Andrea Gibson, candid explorer of life, death and politics, dies at 49
apnews.com/article/andr...
apnews.com/article/andr...
Poet Andrea Gibson, candid explorer of life, death and politics, dies at 49
Andrea Gibson, a celebrated poet and performance artist, has died at age 49. Their wife, Megan Falley, announced the news on Monday.
apnews.com
July 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Poet Andrea Gibson, candid explorer of life, death and politics, dies at 49
apnews.com/article/andr...
apnews.com/article/andr...
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💜 BASW proudly supports Refugee Week 2025.
This year’s theme is “community as a superpower”, celebrating the incredible everyday.
Social workers play a pivotal role in supporting refugees and asylum seekers, helping to ensure their human rights are upheld and their holistic needs are met.
This year’s theme is “community as a superpower”, celebrating the incredible everyday.
Social workers play a pivotal role in supporting refugees and asylum seekers, helping to ensure their human rights are upheld and their holistic needs are met.
June 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
💜 BASW proudly supports Refugee Week 2025.
This year’s theme is “community as a superpower”, celebrating the incredible everyday.
Social workers play a pivotal role in supporting refugees and asylum seekers, helping to ensure their human rights are upheld and their holistic needs are met.
This year’s theme is “community as a superpower”, celebrating the incredible everyday.
Social workers play a pivotal role in supporting refugees and asylum seekers, helping to ensure their human rights are upheld and their holistic needs are met.
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Across #EastAntrim here to help.
You can email, call 📞, walk in 🚶, our constituency services are private and confidential. We have lots of information and resources free to pick up. ℹ️
Carrickfergus 02893360286 or Larne 02828898005. All welcome 🙏🏻
You can email, call 📞, walk in 🚶, our constituency services are private and confidential. We have lots of information and resources free to pick up. ℹ️
Carrickfergus 02893360286 or Larne 02828898005. All welcome 🙏🏻
June 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Across #EastAntrim here to help.
You can email, call 📞, walk in 🚶, our constituency services are private and confidential. We have lots of information and resources free to pick up. ℹ️
Carrickfergus 02893360286 or Larne 02828898005. All welcome 🙏🏻
You can email, call 📞, walk in 🚶, our constituency services are private and confidential. We have lots of information and resources free to pick up. ℹ️
Carrickfergus 02893360286 or Larne 02828898005. All welcome 🙏🏻
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Deeply saddened to hear of the death of my good friend and former Carrickfergus Councillor Sean Neeson.
My sincere sympathy and condolences to Carol and all the family.
My sincere sympathy and condolences to Carol and all the family.
June 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Deeply saddened to hear of the death of my good friend and former Carrickfergus Councillor Sean Neeson.
My sincere sympathy and condolences to Carol and all the family.
My sincere sympathy and condolences to Carol and all the family.
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🎙️ Fantastic to catch-up with Ashley John-Baptiste at last night's BASW Social Work Journalism Awards!
Congratulations again to all our winners and finalists and thank you for supporting our awards celebrating great reporting of social work in the media!
#SWJournalismAwards25 | #BASWConf25
Congratulations again to all our winners and finalists and thank you for supporting our awards celebrating great reporting of social work in the media!
#SWJournalismAwards25 | #BASWConf25
June 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🎙️ Fantastic to catch-up with Ashley John-Baptiste at last night's BASW Social Work Journalism Awards!
Congratulations again to all our winners and finalists and thank you for supporting our awards celebrating great reporting of social work in the media!
#SWJournalismAwards25 | #BASWConf25
Congratulations again to all our winners and finalists and thank you for supporting our awards celebrating great reporting of social work in the media!
#SWJournalismAwards25 | #BASWConf25
@allianceparty.Council in Flowerfield Arts Centre, #Portstewart today. With @richardstewart.bsky.social, Party Leader @naomilong.bsky.social & new Party Chair @peterlaverty.bsky.social
#Causeway #NorthCoast
#Causeway #NorthCoast
June 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
@allianceparty.Council in Flowerfield Arts Centre, #Portstewart today. With @richardstewart.bsky.social, Party Leader @naomilong.bsky.social & new Party Chair @peterlaverty.bsky.social
#Causeway #NorthCoast
#Causeway #NorthCoast