Swan Scotland Greece Meeting July 22nd – Resources
Can you help us by distributing fliers? Read More
SOLIDARITY WITH THE GREEK PEOPLE!
Following the historic vote by the Greek people to resist the Troika, and their refusal to accept even more crippling austerity, SWAN Scotland is hosting a public meeting in 2 weeks to discuss how we can offer solidarity. Read More
Barnet and Bromley Unison and Unite workers set to strike – July 8th
Barnet and Bromley UNITE and UNISON members on strike July 8th. Read More
DAY OF ACTION JULY 8TH!
DAY OF ACTION JULY 8TH. Are you looking for a gathering point? Read More
SWAN supports calls for a Day of Action, July 8th
SWAN supports calls for Day of Action on 8th July “The Social Work Action Network is supporting calls for a Day of Action on July 8th in response to the Budget announcement from George Osborne to cut £12billion from the welfare budget. Read More
Power Us one day event June 16th
Power Us in partnership with the Higher Education Academy, Health and Care Professions Council and the College of Social Work, are hosting a free one day event exploring the impact of service user, young people and carer involvement in professional ... Read More
Psychopolitics in the 21st Century
On Wednesday 10th June 2015, Liverpool Hope University are hosting a conference fighting for the defence of mental health services, an event strongly supported by SWAN: The 'PsychoPolitics in the Twenty First Century' conference will explore the crisis in mental health services produced by ‘austerity’ and privatisation, and forms of activism that are emerging in opposition to this. The event will examine the work of earlier radical thinkers in mental health such as Peter Sedgwick and Franco Basaglia with the aim of renewing debates around the politics of mental health, as well as building alliances of resistance to cuts, managerialism and medicalisation. Read More
Call to Action:Shut Down Dungavel
URGENT CALL TO ACTION SHUT DOWN DUNGAVEL - MAY 30TH 12.00PM Read More
PsychoPolitics in the Twenty First Century: Peter Sedgwick and radical movements in mental health
SWAN is pleased to announce a conference at Liverpool Hope University on Wednesday 10th June 2015, entitled 'PsychoPolitics in the Twenty First Century: Peter Sedgwick and radical movements in mental health'.The conference is supported by SWAN and the Critical and Radical Social Work Journal. It will be a relatively low cost event and we are keen to encourage participation by SWAN and other activists. A flyer and call for papers are attached below. Read More
Educators and Researchers Stand up for Social Work!!
On Friday (17 October, 2014) the annual meeting of the ‘All Ireland Social Work Educators and Researchers’ Forum’ took place. Held this year at the National University of Ireland (NUI) Galway and representing social work educators, located in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, this motion was agreed; Read More
Letter to Sir Albert Bore – underinvestment in Birmingham children’s social care
West Midlands SWAN, in conjunction with Birmingham Unison and Birmingham Against the Cuts, have written to Sir Albert Bore - Leader of Birmingham City Council - about its cuts to children's services budgets and links between these cuts and public criticism of children's services in the city. This includes the OFSTED Inspection of safeguarding services in September 2012 which rated those services to be inadequate. Read More
CORU Registration Board – Election of Next Round of Members
The people putting themselves forward for the next round of the CORU registration board have been put up on CORU’s website. CHECK THIS OUT ASAP. Voting will be by post and will close on July 29th. Whether you love CORU ... Read More
Housing Action Now – Manifesto for Housing
Get yourself to this important meeting on Thursday in the Teachers Club, Dublin at 6pm. Members of the Dublin SWAN group will be there. We urgently need to align with grassroots groups like this in order to properly empower the people we work with. Read More