"Leadership, especially in social work, should never be about control and fear"

For #AntiBullyingWeek read this powerful reflection from Fostering Support Team Manager, Rabya Kataria written for PSW Magazine.

Let's use our #PowerForGood 💙

Read here 🔗 basw.co.uk/about-social...

Brush up your skills and strengthen your practice with our General Taught Skills Programme!

The next interactive online course will be a BIA & DoLS Legal Update.

🗓️ Wednesday, 10 December
⏰ 09.15 - 16.30
📍 Microsoft Teams

Book your place 🔗 basw.co.uk/training-cpd...

We had such a great time last Friday celebrating Black History Month with the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social

Thanks to all our readers, Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi, Jade Jordan, Zainab Boladale, Samuel Yakura, and Ola Majekodunmi.

Our chair Nandi Jola reads her poem 'Black Irish' in this clip. ❤️

Pleased to be a contributor to this great @poetryireland.bsky.social pamphlet! A great night in No Alibis! Thanks Nandi Jola!

Coming soon! 👀

Nominations for our sixth annual Amazing Social Worker campaign will open on Monday, 10 November!

The campaign is your opportunity to give a shout out to a colleague and help us to recognise examples of amazing social work practice! ✨

We're on the search for the next BASW Student Ambassadors! 🔎

Are you a BASW Student Member interested in helping students across the UK connect with their professional association?

Then we want to hear from you! More details on the link 👇

basw.co.uk/articles/bas...

Square of tartan with vertical and horizontal thin stripes in red and grey on black

A new Scottish tartan memorializing the (mainly) female victims of the Witchcraft Act has been officially registered, created by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign #WomensArt
via Smithsonian Magazine

📸 What a brilliant evening at the Social Worker of the Year Awards on Friday!

It was a privilege to join social workers across the country in celebrating our profession and recognising the many wonderful accomplishments across the sector.

Read more 🔗 basw.co.uk/articles/bas...

I recently sat down with three leaders who are part of the @obamafoundation.bsky.social's alumni network to hear more about their work to strengthen democracy in Hungary and Poland. They’re an example for us all. Take a look:

Wildfires devastated the Mournes and Sperrins, destroying habitats and endangering communities.

@andrewmuirni.bsky.social promised action and has today delivered the framework we need to stamp out wildfires.

The Bangor Literary Journal Poetry, Flash Fiction, Art and Photography

Pleased to be shortlisted for the 12th Bangor Literary Journal Competition with my poem: The north has always been moving. Winner is by public vote. Please consider voting for me & 2 others before 12 tonight! Launch on Sunday at Bangor Castle! www.thebangorliteraryjournal.com

African Migration and the Violence of Global Capitalism Introduction  Irish Journalist Sally Hayden investigates the impacts related to capital and how it marginalizes migrant populations within the

I just saw this recent piece from @danielfalcone.bsky.social on 'My Fourth Time, We Drowned'. Thank you to him for engaging so deeply with the book. Hopefully it encourages others to read it too. www.counterpunch.org/2025/08/08/a... @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social

Gaza City and Surrounding Areas Officially Hit by Famine, Global Group Says At least half a million people in the enclave were facing the most severe conditions measured by U.N.-backed international experts: starvation, acute malnutrition and death.

Breaking News: Gaza City and the surrounding area are officially suffering from famine, a global group of experts said. An Israeli agency rejected the finding.

You’re welcome! Thank-you for your work! ⭐️

This was a great interview and an important book. #JHISS25

Poet Andrea Gibson, candid explorer of life, death and politics, dies at 49 Andrea Gibson, a celebrated poet and performance artist, has died at age 49. Their wife, Megan Falley, announced the news on Monday.

Poet Andrea Gibson, candid explorer of life, death and politics, dies at 49

apnews.com/article/andr...

💜 BASW proudly supports Refugee Week 2025.

This year’s theme is “community as a superpower”, celebrating the incredible everyday.

Social workers play a pivotal role in supporting refugees and asylum seekers, helping to ensure their human rights are upheld and their holistic needs are met.

Across #EastAntrim here to help.
You can email, call 📞, walk in 🚶, our constituency services are private and confidential. We have lots of information and resources free to pick up. ℹ️
Carrickfergus 02893360286 or Larne 02828898005. All welcome 🙏🏻

Deeply saddened to hear of the death of my good friend and former Carrickfergus Councillor Sean Neeson.
My sincere sympathy and condolences to Carol and all the family.

🎙️ Fantastic to catch-up with Ashley John-Baptiste at last night's BASW Social Work Journalism Awards!

Congratulations again to all our winners and finalists and thank you for supporting our awards celebrating great reporting of social work in the media!

#SWJournalismAwards25 | #BASWConf25

Ald Y Boyle & Ald R Stewart at buffet table at Alliance Council, Flowerfield

Top table including Naomi Long MLA Party Leader at Alliance Council at Flowerfield

Alliance Party Council Delegates at lunch in Flowerfield, Portstewart

@allianceparty.Council in Flowerfield Arts Centre, #Portstewart today. With @richardstewart.bsky.social, Party Leader @naomilong.bsky.social & new Party Chair @peterlaverty.bsky.social
#Causeway #NorthCoast

Richard Stewart announced as Deputy Mayor for Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Richard Stewart announced as Deputy Mayor for Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council

Read more here: www.allianceparty.org/richard_stew...

Image of Alliance Cllr Richard Stewart on a yellow background. Text reads: Deputy Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council.

Congratulations to Cllr Richard Stewart who will be the new Deputy Mayor for Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council.

“I hope my appointment sends a positive message to those who have ever felt unseen or unheard. Diversity strengthens, not divides, our communities,” he said.

The Nutrients Action Programme is a key part of the Lough Neagh Action Plan💧

Resolving the situation in Lough Neagh requires a joint effort, and by ensuring everyone plays their part, we can make a real difference in protecting the future of our waterways.

-@andrewmuirni.bsky.social

🌟 Congratulations to all our Finalists for the 2025 BASW Social Work Journalism Awards! 🌟

Winners will be announced at an awards reception at our UK Conference in Manchester on the evening of 10 June. Tickets are still available to attend!

Find out more 🔗 basw.co.uk/articles/fin...

Migrants aren't the reason you're struggling to get a GP appointment. Refugees don't cause unaffordable housing. Asylum seekers don't raise your heating bills.

These are consequences of decades of chronic underinvestment, unstable government & austerity, says @sianalliance.bsky.social

Chris Van Hollen Meets With Abrego Garcia in El Salvador Earlier in the day, armed military officials stopped Senator Chris Van Hollen from trying to visit the prison where Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia has been held for over a month.

Breaking News: Senator Chris Van Hollen met with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador.

Alliance wants to see Culture Night back on the annual agenda, says McAteer Alliance wants to see Culture Night back on the annual agenda, says McAteer

Alliance wants to see Culture Night back on the annual agenda, says @fionamcateer.bsky.social.

Read more here:
www.allianceparty.org/allian...

Image of a fire in the Mourne Mountains. Text reads: This isn't natural it's rural arson.

Catastrophic damage is being done to our environment with lives, homes and farms being put at real risk.

Anyone with information that can bring those responsible for deliberately lighting malicious fires to justice should bring it immediately to the Police or CrimeStoppers.