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In June every year we celebrate Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Month and I was recently thinking about my second-year placement during my social work training where I was placed with the Educational Social Worker for the many different ethnic groups of Travellers in Oxfordshire County Council.

We are asking for the award to be changed and for new icons, that better represent the true spirit of equality and justice, to be embraced.

DEMAND FOR PROTECTION OF SOCIAL WORKERS WHEN PERFORMING HUMANITARIAN DUTIES

BASW England backs campaign for those who have experienced loss and bereavement to connect, as ONS data reveals 21 social workers have sadly died due to Covid-19 between 9 March and 25 May 2020 in England and Wales

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An overarching statement from BASW

It is with sadness that BASW learns of the untimely death of Dave Hill CBE, Executive Director of Children, Lifelong Learning and Culture at Surrey County Council.

The Higher Education Institutes (HEI) covering Scottish Universities and Colleges have adapted BASW’s Covid chart to suit its students

Covid-19: Together, let's tell our Covid-19 experience and demand better working conditions for social workers.  During the pandemic, the Social Workers Union has been inundated with concerns from social workers about their working conditions.

A campaign to replace Bristol’s controversial Edward Colston statue with someone representative of the city’s black community is being supported by BASW