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Kerri Prince, BASW UK Public Affairs Lead, provides an update from Westminster

BASW England and BASW Cymru have backed an amendment to the Bill that would mean public authorities would have a statutory duty to commission support in the community for all victims of domestic abuse, including children.

Join us and thousands of others by participating in Race Equality Week and taking meaningful action towards tackling the barriers to race equality.

The recent ONS figures highlight how much risk social workers are facing during the pandemic.

​​​​​​​The Government needs to change vaccine prioritisation to prevent further deaths.

A survey of 1119 social workers across the UK by the British Association of Social Workers has revealed a string of concerns, as well as practice issues.

BASW UK acts as the Secretariat for the APPG for Social Work, which is a cross-party group in the UK Parliament giving a voice to social workers and the conditions in which they work.

Dikh He Na Bister/We Will Remember

This week we have reached the heart-breaking milestone in the pandemic with 104,000 lives lost -and 63 social workers have lost their lives to Covid so far.

Kerri Prince, Public and Political Affairs Lead for BASW UK, provides members with an update from Westminster