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🗳️ It's polling day across the UK! If you're voting today, please remember 👇 🆔 Take photo ID with you ⏰ Polling stations open 7am-10pm 📮 Postal votes can be handed into polling stations 🔗 Find your polling station: wheredoivote.co.uk #PromoteTheVote | #GE24

Impact of the Cost of Living Crisis on Social Workers Locally and How to Engage Local Candidates on the issues that matter to you! Branch Event please book on below!👇🏻 @BASW_UK @lizzyh20 basw.co.uk/events/impact-…

UK General Election: How do I register to vote? LAST DAY TO GET REGISTERED! Follow the link below 👇🏻 your votes does matter! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Just leaving this here folks.... 🗳️ #GE24

Please read the findings from the cost of living survey carried out earlier this year. This is very linked to unfolding of today with the general election fast approaching. As a profession we need to keep fighting for fair pay rises and better working conditions!

📣 BASW & @SWU_UK are proud to be supporting the launch of an updated activism toolkit for social workers UK-wide to campaign against poverty. It will be launched at SWU's upcoming FREE conference in Manchester on 27 April. 🙌 🔗 Find out more: swu-union.org.uk/2024/04/update…

💫 Happy World Social Work Day! 💫 Today we proudly stand together with social workers across the globe to celebrate #WSWD2024 🌍 A day to acknowledge, recognise & show appreciation for the hard work & dedication of social workers everywhere. Thank you for all you do everyday🙏

If your from the Coventry and Warwickshire please follow the link to complete the branches survey about the costing of living crisis affecting social workers. forms.office.com/e/fLKWyy6igt You can also review the recent BLOG from one of our members of the branch new.basw.co.uk/articles/cost-…

The Coventry and Warwickshire branch will be focusing on the cost of living crisis over the next few weeks and how it has affected social workers and service users.

Gordon Brown slams ‘obscene’ levels of destitution in the UK. Govt shredding social security system. 1m children in destitution, People going without food, heating, clean clothes and toothpaste. 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

The number of sick people waiting 12 hours or more for a hospital bed is 3,000 times higher than when the Conservatives came to power THREE THOUSAND TIMES Please RT if you think everyone should know about the damage the Government have done to the NHS

BASW England Coventry & Warwickshire Branch are inviting members to shape the branch event schedule for 2023/24. Join them on Wednesday, 20 September for a "setting the agenda" branch meeting. Attendance can be recorded for CPD. Find out more ⬇️ basw.co.uk/events/setting…

‘Urgent calls for reform after horrific abuse of young people at private care homes’ theguardian.com/society/2023/a…

So excited that this has been announced is important we give a voice to children in care and care leavers and hopefully this will help case for change @JoshMacAlister @nlcbf @BaswWarks @Become1992 @CoramVoice @CovFamilyValued @coventryDCS channel4.com/press/news/cha…

Junior doctors start their careers on £29,384. There is not a single Conservative MP who would be prepared to do their jobs for that salary. If we’re not careful there won’t be a single junior doctor who is prepared to do so either. #juniordoctorstrikes

Everyone at BASW would like to share our deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Sheffield social worker, Marcia Grant, who tragically died on the evening of Wednesday 5th April. ⬇️ basw.co.uk/media/news/202…