International Women's Day is a chance to recognise the achievements, activism and leadership of women everywhere, including in social work! ✨ Mandy Jane-Lace, BASW Student Ambassador and BASW Cymru Committee Member, shares some reflections with us. #IWD2026 | #GiveToGain

This Sunday is International Women's Day. ♀ We've been asking our incredible social work mentors and coaches at BASW to share their advice and encouragement for other women in social work. Hear from BASW England Mentor, Siobhan Ojarimoni below! 💥 #IWD2026 | #GiveToGain

📍START POINT ANNOUNCEMENT Park Lane, Central London. Nearest tube: Hyde Park Corner 28 March. Noon. Full route, bloc map and accessibility information coming soon.

We will not be divided. We'll be #Together on 28 March at Park Lane, Central London, 12pm 📍 More info to follow: https://www.togetheralliance.org.uk/ @togetheralliance.bsky.social#Together #GFTU

🚨 International Women's Day Rally - Stand with Palestinian Women ⏰ 6 March, 6PM 📍 Downing Street, London Join us for our International Women's Day rally to stand with Palestinian women who are at the forefront of their people’s struggle for freedom. They need our solidarity more than ever.

How can you settle, work, or make friends when you might be sent back to the country you've fled after just 30 months? And how will a country already struggling with a huge asylum backlog process millions of new case reviews every year? This heartless anti-refugee policy makes no sense.

Good to see @community-care.bsky.social highlighting the concerning development that the ASYE replacement will exclude social workers outside of statutory roles. Already splitting adults and children social workers, now splitting stat and non-stat. Concerning. www.communitycare.co.uk/content/news...

We believe that by working together BASW and SWU provide the best protection and best advice for UK social workers.

The election process for our next General Secretary has begun. Candidates SWU Chair Dave Callow and SWU Assistant General Secretary Calum Gallacher are invited to an online hustings at the end of March with best wishes to both candidates! Members will cast their ballots in April.

Today is #ZeroDiscrimination Day ✊ Equality, dignity, and respect at work are not optional, they are rights worth organising for. At #GFTU, we stand in #Solidarity with all workers and recommit to building workplaces that are fair, inclusive, and free from prejudice.

📉 #WorldWildlifeDay reminds us what’s at stake. The last State of Nature Report shows UK wildlife has declined 19% on average since 1970. 🌸 But we can still turn this around. Join the call for urgently needed legislation to restore nature—the Climate and Nature Bill. 👉 zerohour.uk #CANBill

Get ready for #LondonDemocracyWeek! 🗳️ From 9-15 March, we'll be across the city supporting Londoners to learn more about their civic and democratic rights. For more info, visit the GLA Democracy Hub at registertovote.london and watch this space for more updates! @ldn_gov #NoVoteNoVoice

🗣️"When we fail to make sure we all have a decent home that we can afford, we’re failing in our most basic responsibility to protect people’s dignity." Lead Analyst @jelliott94.bsky.social in @the-independent.com on the two abysmal new records in today's homelessness stats https://bit.ly/4sa931L

🔥 We've created a place where voices come together, ideas spark action, and #Solidarity turns into real momentum. Be part of a growing digital community that stands up, speaks out, and supports one another right from your phone 📳 - https://chat.whatsapp.com/JLfCMDn1ZF33f87GzfZWQ8 #GFTU

Though social workers see benefits of using AI transcription tools, safeguards on their use are inconsistent

Many disabled people have understandably lost trust in DWP after years of dehumanising decision-making. It's time we work together. ➡️Our letter with @disrightsuk.bsky.social @mind.org.uk @turn2us.org.uk @mencap.org.uk @trusselluk.bsky.social www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Racism and hate won’t lower the bills. If you’re sick of immigrants being scapegoated to explain away our problems, march with us. #Together

Check out our events page for our upcoming events: socialworkerswithoutborders.org/events/ Coming up soon ... 1/

🚫 No more children should be placed at risk as a result of flawed assessments and processes that are susceptible to political interference. As a member of The Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium, we welcome the coalition's calls for the NAAB to be disbanded.

SWU Chair Dave Callow (@davesocialist.bsky.social) encourages our union members to join him in London on March 28th for the Together Alliance (@togetheralliance.bsky.social) march: swu-union.org.uk/2026/02/marc...

🌈 It’s LGBT+ History Month 🌈 We’re celebrating LGBT+ contributions and promoting inclusive practice across adult social care. Our LGBTQ+ Learning Framework and Toolkit support care teams to deliver respectful, inclusive and affirming care. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4c9FdFQ

It's unjust that pensioner poverty is set to rise in Scotland. This blog clearly sets out MSPs in the next @scotparl.bsky.social can do about it.

🎙 NEW Podcast! Scotland and Wales Decide. It’s election season (not another one!) and all eyes are on what the parliaments in Edinburgh and Cardiff will look like after May, and how it will affect social work. Listen now on the links below! Apple 🔗 apple.co/3g7YcE0 Spotify 🔗 sptfy.in/d2ur

Reminder - our survey for the review of employer supervision policies and practices for social care practitioners and employer is closing this Friday 27th February at 5pm. We want to hear from all social care practitioners and employers - click on the link tree in our bio to complete the survey.

📢 𝐈𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. On World Day of Social Justice, BASW member and member of SWU Exec, Nana Yabbey-Hagan writes a hard-hitting open letter to Jim Ratcliffe in the wake of his recent anti-immigration comments. Read here 🔗 basw.co.uk/about-social...

Last year we published a report highlighting the difficulties social workers face accessing flexible working. If you'd like to raise this issue with your MSP or candidate at the upcoming election you can find our how using our Election Hub. Report: buff.ly/yKe0gtM Election Hub: buff.ly/goUSIX9

🗣️ We've been hearing from social care workers about things like: 🔸 their health and well-being 🔸 whether they feel valued for the work they do 🔸 how they feel about their level of pay. 👉 Make sure your voice is heard by completing the survey before 4 March: https://ow.ly/ol8G50YhYt3

Cold homes are still killing people in fuel poverty. UKHSA figures showing over 2,500 cold-related deaths in England during winter 2024/25 are a stark reminder that fuel poverty is not just a cost issue, it is a public health emergency. www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/cold-homes-a...

🗞️ Why are four million children still going hungry in the UK in 2026? Food insecurity, child poverty and inequality are not inevitable. They are failures to protect the right to food, housing and an adequate standard of living. Rights must shape policy

"There has never been a more important time to speak up for the 160,000 pensioners in poverty in Scotland. This is the highest number of older people in poverty in over 20" Big Qs for our next MSPs in this great guest blog from Josh at @independentage. www.povertyalliance.org/blog-indepen...

We have been raising the issue of social workers being harassed and targeted online with our colleagues at the Social Workers Union. Our website a features a short guide on how to protect your privacy online and help to keep yourself safe. See more: buff.ly/l6mjCQ3

🌍 The climate and nature crisis is the most urgent challenge facing our communities. 🤝 Join local Climate and Nature Bill campaigners working together to hold decision-makers to account and push for meaningful action. 🌿 Sign up to connect in your area: action.zerohour.uk/nebriefing #CANBill

Join @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social at this online rally with outstanding trade unionists next Monday to learn how a legal Right to Food can tackle food poverty, why hunger is a trade union issue, and what collective action can look like. Register here: bit.ly/therighttofood

UK social work academics, there is still time to join the campaign planning session this afternoon. Hope to see you at 3:30pm ⬇️

Ramadan Kareem to everyone in our social work community and across the world observing the holy month of Ramadan. Wishing you strength for suhoor, sweetness at iftar, and a peaceful and blessed month. #RamadanMubarak🌙

SWU Chair Dave Callow (@davesocialist.bsky.social) encourages our union members to join him in London on March 28th for the Together Alliance (@togetheralliance.bsky.social) march: swu-union.org.uk/2026/02/marc...

Book your transport. Invite your friends. Show up. It’s time to show the far right who the real majority is. Join us on 28 March, Central London. #together #28march

🌍 What’s YOUR MP's emergency response to the climate and nature crisis? MPs need to hear directly from you—about how it is affecting you and your community. 📝 Write to your MP and ask what action they will take to help deliver the Climate and Nature Bill. 👉 action.zerohour.uk/write #CANBill

📢 UK social work lecturers, join the campaign planning session on February 19th from 3:30 - 4:15pm. Your confidential feedback will help determine next steps in a campaign of solidarity with social work academics & university-based programmes: swu-union.org.uk/2026/01/soli... @basw-uk.bsky.social

Happy year of the Fire Horse to everyone celebrating in our social work community! May this New Year bring you courage, resilience, and joy. #ChineseNewYear 🐎🏮

📢 Time is running out to complete our 2026 Have Your Say survey! The survey is only open until 4 March, so don’t miss your chance to have your say! 👉 Complete the survey: https://ow.ly/c6H750YgI3J Everyone who completes the survey will have the chance to win one of five £50 shopping vouchers.

There is still time to complete the second 'Have Your Say' Workforce Wellbeing Survey from the SSSC. Up until 20 Feb. It is important that your views on working environment and conditions are heard. www.research.net/r/HYS2026

📢 UK social work lecturers, join the campaign planning session on February 19th from 3:30 - 4:15pm. Your confidential feedback will help determine next steps in a campaign of solidarity with social work academics & university-based programmes: swu-union.org.uk/2026/01/soli... @basw-uk.bsky.social

We're always stronger together. 🤝 Being part of BASW, the UK's largest professional association for social work, and @swu-uk.bsky.social the only trade union that specifically represents the profession, perfectly equips you to protect and advance your social work career. Find out more 🔽

🚨 Brand-new course: Women's Voices Strengthen women’s leadership in challenging divisive & far-right ideas ✊ In collab w/ Abortion Talk, @soaseconomics.bsky.social, Bombe Places funded by @scottishtuc.bsky.social 🚀 Free to women members of any union in Scotland: https://bit.ly/GFTUETScotland2026

📖 Weekend reading! It's unjust that the poorest people in the UK are getting poorer. Poverty is hardening, not easing. That's the shocking finding in the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's #UKPoverty2026 report, launched this week. www.jrf.org.uk/uk-poverty-2...

Scotland needs social work which is Nationally consistent, Relationship-based, Professionally respected and Supported to thrive: Use our Scottish Parliament Election Hub to tell your MSP you support our campaign. Campaign link: buff.ly/x5P7yEz Election Hub link:https://buff.ly/ZanNKr1

Article: Supporting LGBTQ+ inclusivity: essential resources February is LGBT+ History Month and we’ve rounded up some key resources to support LGBT+ inclusivity in social care. https://bit.ly/4qoBY0U

If we want to build a more equal society, unions must be a key part of that. We know that more unionised societies are more equal, workers are more protected, and communities stronger - but that's far from the only reason to #heartunions this week

We're supporting #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek highlighting the importance of having strong systems around young people to help them feel they belong. 💚 BASW member, Tatenda Muskwe writes for PSW Magazine about the realities of being a social worker in a CAMHS hospital team. Read on the link below.