Supporting @ageplatformeu.bsky.social’s International Day of Older People #IDOP2025 campaign, the @fra.europa.eu calls for intergenerational fairness. 🗩By strengthening the connections between young and old, we can build a more resilient, just and inclusive Europe for all generations.

On this #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons, remember: human rights don’t fade with age. Across Pakistan, older people keep working, often without pensions or social protection. Together, we can amplify their voices and demand a world where human rights last a lifetime. #IDOP2025

Join the UK Network of Age-friendly Communities in celebrating the power that social connections have in shaping our lives and communities. View our free resources for the day on our website: buff.ly/rgYfwBX #IDOP2025 #CelebratingAgeing #PositiveAgeing #AgeFriendlyUK #Ageing

👵👴 Today is the International Day of Older Persons! We’re launching our Proposal for an EU Action Plan to Combat #Ageism: 9 key initiatives to embed age equality across EU policy. 👉 www.age-platform.eu/solidarity-b... #IDOP #IDOP2025 #AgeingEqual #AgeDiscrimination

It's past time to change the narrative about later life... #socialwork #socialcare #IDOP2025

It’s UN International Day of Older Persons so I’ve teamed up with Gerry Nosowska to share some thoughts about the language of ageing. *New*: ‘The elderly’ and ‘the wellderly’: why the language of ageing makes us go hmmm… rewritingsocialcare.blog/2025/10/01/t... #RewritingSocialCare

This week’s #podcast is an extended one and focuses on the issue of #ageism, its history and origins, its existence in society today and what practical steps can address it. #olderage #humanrights #discrimination. creators.spotify.com/pod/show/don...

“My hope is that we will develop & deliver content that will help...Nearest Relatives be more confident in how they act to help care for their loved ones” Find out about our project to co-develop resources for NRs #MentalHealth #SocialWork nearestrelativeresources.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/05/20/u...

👋 Will you be joining our social work community in Manchester this June for our annual UK conference? Two packed days of discussion, fellowship, learning with a stellar line up of speakers and workshops! Book your place 🔗 basw.co.uk/about-basw/s...

Inspiring to be in York hearing about how #CareConfidence can be used to help people to plan and pay for #socialcare - local authorities and vol sector highlighting their commitment to relational, local, tenacious and ambitious work with older people www.york.ac.uk/business-soc...

Looking forward to going to York on Friday to raise awareness about Care Confidence and launch the Care Confidence in Action research project - all about getting good information to people arranging and paying for their own #socialcare tinyurl.com/43vuyc55

Good to be in Bristol yesterday to plan resources that will provide info and support to family members when a relative is detained under the Mental Health Act. Working with carers, #socialwork, researchers and advisors. nearestrelativeresources.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

The terms of reference for the Casey #socialcare commission are published today (though staff have been working for a while). There are concerns, particularly timing, but they should offer the scope Baroness Casey needs to do a thorough job. Thread below ⬇️ www.gov.uk/government/p...

So glad to see the Social Work with Older People research findings published in the British Journal of #SocialWork. Making visible the expertise, nuance and creativity of social workers, and how they remain hopeful and make a positive difference alongside people in later life. tinyurl.com/4cuuthy3

Social frailty in older people is a growing issue and there are no robust tools available to health and social care practitioners in the UK to identify it. Well, not at the moment anyway... @nihrsphr.bsky.social sphr.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-eve... Watch this space for updates!

📢RESEARCH FELLOW in dementia - post available at UCL! Come and join our friendly team working on a project to improve care and support planning for people with dementia who live alone. Details: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... Please share!

Our research on coastal social work teams is ongoing. We are looking to speak to those involved in supporting this workforce in these communities, including: - Social Work Educators - Social Work Employers - Community representatives Please email [email protected]

A beautiful #DementiaDiaries from George reflecting on his peaceful and beautiful garden. Naming the trees he planted 41 years ago and where he would like to die… but not just yet. dementiadiaries.org/entry/22969/...

We met 80+ Notts County Council staff to talk about www.wigo.org.uk Q: ‘We’re all getting older...a care home or home ‘calls’ can be the only option. Is this what we want? Read wigo.org.uk/nottinghamsh... & join us @socialcarefuture.bsky.social @vicrayner.bsky.social @alexfoxshared.bsky.social

Notts C Council invited us to join 100s of its staff to talk about www.wigo.org.uk Q:'We’re all getting older...a care home or home ‘calls’ can be the only option...Is this what we want? Report wigo.org.uk/nottinghamsh... & join us @juestanny.bsky.social @jonglue.bsky.social @coproisaac.bsky.social

A historic step for older people globally. www.helpage.org/news/a-victo...

www.helpage.org/news/a-victo... UN takes another step towards a rights convention for older people. ‘This resolution is more than a procedural move – it’s a recognition that the time has come to uphold the dignity, equality, and rights of older people everywhere.’

🔎 ICYMI: Last week, we launched our Generative AI and Social Work Practice Guidance. We've included it in our new online hub with guidance and resources for social workers in relation to use of Artificial Intelligence. Find out more 🔗 basw.co.uk/about-basw/c...

Find out more about the #socialwork role when care homes close in this blog swopresearch.wordpress.com/2025/04/01/a...

New research on what happens to older people, families and care staff when care homes close - policy and practice guide & training video via www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/soci...

New #SocialWork with Older People blog from @jonglasby.bsky.social about brilliantly helpful research on how best to support older people when care homes close - social workers can be the person alongside, offering therapeutic and practical help swopresearch.wordpress.com/2025/04/01/a...

The State of Ageing 2025 report is out now - emphasising the need to listen to older people, think carefully about inclusion, work to promote equity and make the support we offer really clear and navigable. Important role for #SocialWork in all of this ageing-better.org.uk/state-ageing...

There are broad perspectives on the role of AI in social work, which we hope to capture through the range of resources and materials we will publish on this fast-evolving area, available on our AI in Social Work online hub. Find out more ⬇️ basw.co.uk/about-basw/c...

@socialworkengland.bsky.social are working with @researchip.bsky.social to find out more about how AI is being used by social work employers and social work educators in social work education and practice. Complete the survey by Friday 28 March at 5pm to give your views: ow.ly/bfhP50VnyHa

❤️ World Social Work Day is an opportunity to shine a light on how social work is making a positive difference to people's lives everyday. BASW CEO, Dr Ruth Allen speaks to The Guardian in this powerful feature article ahead of #WSWD2025 Read here 🔗 www.theguardian.com/social-work-...

✨ Happy World Social Work Day! ✨ Today we proudly stand together with social workers across the globe to celebrate #WSWD2025 A day to acknowledge, recognise and show appreciation for the hard work, care and dedication of social workers everywhere. Thank you for all you do everyday.

Glad to be working with Bristol Uni and Mind to develop better support and information for Nearest Relatives under the #MentalHealth Act. They offer a vital safeguard and can too often feel overwhelmed and alone. nearestrelativeresources.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

Safeguarding adults at risk is a core responsibility for practitioners in adults services. Research in Practice is inviting Partners to share their experiences of positive practice in safeguarding adults for a series of updated resources. ow.ly/Hveb50Vfrgw

👏 Adina Sava 👏 Alex Paczy-Smith 👏 Alicja Wysocka 👏 Amy Callaghan 👏 Anesa Begum 👏 Anna Ireland 👏 Annishia Buss 👏 Ashmarie Berwise 👏 Bernadette Heath 👏 Beth Collis Read about their accomplishments 🔽 basw.co.uk/about-basw/a... #ASW2025 | #WSWD2025

🌟 We’re excited to announce our first Amazing Social Workers for 2025! 🌟 Throughout March as part of our #WSWD celebrations, our ASW campaign will shine a light on the incredible work happening across the social work profession around the UK. Congratulations to today’s Amazing Social Workers 🔽

Looking forward to being part of the IFSW Europe webinar for World #SocialWork Day - how social workers support each other across generations, and how we can help build intergenerational relationships in our communities tinyurl.com/2p8yh34d

"Data with a soul can be lived experience stories" < Love this quote from @coproisaac.bsky.social #PartnershipC

@coproisaac.bsky.social: Advising and promoting the rights of disabled people must be what we do. What if the challenges we face are actually opportunities to work differently? How can we support people to become part of the solution? #PartnershipC

@amltaylor66.bsky.social: If you're procuring technology, you need to be able to understand what it does and be able to explain it clearly. Automation can't come at the expense of relationships #PartnershipC

#PartnershipC @researchip.bsky.social so good to hear about how #SocialWork can be a way of building wellbeing and achieving outcomes...therapeutic, relational support from a social worker is a service in its own right

[email protected] hels us to refocus on what's important by asking us to reflect on what a good life means to us #PartnershipC

Enjoying the @researchip.bsky.social Conference today - thinking about how the Care Act can be a springboard to building the good life for everyone in our society

Richard Humphries: The Care Act was a gamechanger in terms of a policy framework. The process of putting the legislation together was also co-produced. But the impact has not always translated to changes in people's lives due to funding #PartnershipC

Phil Anderson @ncb.org.uk also talks about how Social Care Future are highlighting the value of social care to the public. Our evidence review with them is well worth a read www.researchinpractice.org.uk/adults/publi... #PartnershipC

This is 45mins very well spent - listening to our Strategic Director for External Affairs Phil Anderson reflecting on ten years of the Care Act with Gerry Nosowska, Director of Effective Practice and former chair of @basw-uk.bsky.social 👇

🌟 Nominations are open for the 2025 BASW Social Work Journalism Awards! 🌟 We're on the look out for examples of great media coverage and reporting of the social work profession. ⏳ Entries close on 31st March! Find out more 🔗 basw.co.uk/about-basw/a...

📢 Bookings for our World Social Work Month programme of events are open! 📢 Hear from leading voices in social work along with experts by experience exploring a range of topic areas, while also connecting with colleagues across the UK and around the world. Find out more 🔗 basw.co.uk/about-social...

Ukraine: Where Next? BASW reflects on the third anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Three years on the need for peace with justice is urgent 🔽 basw.co.uk/articles/ukr...

Hurrah for ‘2m extra NHS appointments’ but as @thetimes.com says ..

NEW: In collaboration with The Huntington's Disease Association we've published a guide to social work with adults who have Huntington's Disease. The document contains essential practice guidance and useful resources for social workers. Download here 🔗 basw.co.uk/policy-and-p...