BASW England fully supports the calls for urgent government action to end the scandal of family homelessness. Response to the Children’s Commissioner report on the impact of eviction and homelessness on vulnerable children. News 28 Aug 2020
How to Survive in Social Work Social Workers Union General Secretary, John McGowan and BASW Cymru Ambassador Dr Neil Thompson release new book Blog 26 Aug 2020
Research launched to investigate how to improve support for older people with learning disabilities and carers New project ‘Supporting family and professional carers to provide appropriate care and support for older learning-disabled people with behaviours that challenge’ is funded by NIHR Blog 24 Jul 2020
BASW Vodcast with recently re-elected BASW Chair, Gerry Nosowska BASW CEO Ruth Allen is joined by Gerry to talk about the priorities for the coming years News 24 Jul 2020
BASW increases support for social workers overseas in fight against Covid An update on BASW's International Development Fund (IDF) News 17 Jul 2020
BASW’s initial comment on the Summer Economic Statement BASW sets out initial views on Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s summer economic statement News 8 Jul 2020
PM must prioritise children as much as health and economy Plea from over 150 organisations including Social Workers Union News 1 Jul 2020
BASW urges government to continue to provide free school meals this summer. Children will go hungry if the Government doesn’t support families who are facing financial hardship through the summer holidays. News 16 Jun 2020
BASW urges the Northern Ireland Executive to continue to provide free school meals this summer News 16 Jun 2020