SWAN Edinburgh event – foodbanks: where does social work stand?

admin - November 7, 2013

Speakers include Adrian Sinfield, Profesor Emeritus of Social Policy and University Fellow (University of Edinburgh) and Ewan Walker of The Trussell Trust and the Rock Trust, Edinburgh.

A little background to the use of foodbanks in Edinburgh and the Lothians can be found in this Scotsman article from December 2012. All are welcome for this discussion – how should radical social workers respond to the foodbank phenomenon? While there is no need to RSVP, to register your interest in the event and to keep in touch about future SWAN Edinburgh events, please email swanedinburgh@outlook.com

Please share news of this event widely and download and distribute the flyer attached below – see you on the 14th November!

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