Strathclyde Social Work

So how are LGBTQ+ older people in London doing with recent changes and developments in services? Lets find out! If you have experience please complete this survey sponsored by the LGBTQ+ London Consortium york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5B… @Woman4Equality @MiddlesexLGBT @AgeUK_Islington

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Eid Mubarak to all who celebrate it. May your days be happy. May peace be your companion. May justice prevail. May war stop. May oppression cease. May hard times be over. May you be safe. May you be supported. May you find love near you & within you. ❤️🤗☀️

Is there anyone in the Stevenage area who'd like to come along to a WORLD PREMIERE playreading of a brand new piece of theatre, 'At the Rainbow's End' a verbatim piece based entirely on interviews with older LGBT people who have suffered homophobia and transphobia in 'care'?

@ArchwayDiva @womensaid @theRCOT @basw @adi_coo @TransActualUK @1adass @theRCN @Store store.york.ac.uk/product-catalo…

One Day Workshop April 'Understanding the abuse of older LGBTQ+people in domestic and institutional contexts' @womensaid @theRCOT @basw @adi_coo @TransActualUK @1adass @theRCN @@@store.york.ac.uk/product-catalo…

One day event to explore abuse of older LGBTQ+ people in domestic and institutional contexts, we welcome your input and contributions! York venue @UniqueCare8 @CQC @Angelasamata @StrathSWSPKE @MiddlesexLGBT @lgbtqdementia @LOASCA_LGBTQ @switchboardLGBT @ScottishTrans

Understanding abuse of older LGBTQ+ people in domestic/institutional contexts @SWSexuality @KeKe_McC @LGBTHealthy @skillsforcare store.york.ac.uk/product-catalo…

@SSSCnews @SWSexuality @ndvh @DvdaAwareness @AdultPSWNetwork @lgbtqdementia @LGBTHealthy @Safeguardisivo @ScotsSW @BASW_UK @SWU_UK @SocialCareElf

Research suggests there are significant barriers and gaps for LGBTQIA+ people in the health and care services they access as they get older, leading to an adverse effect on their wellbeing and quality of life.

📰 Members, don't miss this month's OTnews. This month, we're focusing on three awareness events that are central to our profession: LGBT+ History Month, National Apprenticeship Week and Eating Disorders Awareness Week. ➡️ Find out more: loom.ly/DBokeqE

Opinion: I'm an American doctor who went to Gaza. I saw annihilation, not war - Los Angeles Times I know it’s tempting to avoid reading this but my heart feels the duty to at least bear witness, and I hope yours will too. 1/ latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Thousands of little children, doctors, academics, poets, journalists whose homes are targeted, not hit at random or by accidental bombing. This is not defence- this is deliberate erasure of an entire nation and its future generations, while the world is watching #Gaza_Geniocide

The Scottish Physical Restraint Action Group (SPRAG) have today held their final full group meeting of 2023. Over the next few weeks members are voting to shape priorities and actions for 2024. As they do, I’m reflecting on all that has happened for the group this past year…

***exciting news alert*** Continuing on from hosting a series of successful international conferences this year we are so PROUD to announce that we will be hosting the @SocialPolicyUK conference in 2024!! Please come and join us in Glasgow for what will be a wonderful event

Excited to be sharing some of the early findings from this @NuffieldFound funded S.25 project with @BLLoughDennell and Micky Anderson. Still time to be involved if you have experience of 'Voluntary' care arrangements! 👉celcis.org/vca

Congratulations to @RubyWhitelaw1 on the publication of this journal article on the impact of group size on children and young people's experience of residential care. Important findings to bear in mind as we consider how to develop trauma-informed, rights-respecting provision 👏

📢Call for abstracts: SPA Conference 2024! 📢 The organisers of the 2024 Social Policy Association Annual Conference (3rd – 5th July, University of Strathclyde) invite presentations and symposia which engage with the idea of social policy futures. ⬇️social-policy.org.uk/news/spa-confe…

We are very proud to announce the publication of our new research briefing series! In the first issue @S_M_Paul and Laura Del Carpio discuss coverage of loss and grief in the school curriculum. Take a look here 👇 strath.ac.uk/humanities/soc…