Mental Health Charter gathers momentum with London event

Mental Health Charter gathers momentum with London event

There is growing support for SWAN's Mental Health Charter (please see attachments below), which was launched at this year's SWAN National Conference in Durham this April, with a London event in November. A list of around 300 signatories to the charter follows this article. To add your name or your organisation's name to this list please email jeremy.weinstein [at] tiscali.co.uk Read More
Stories from the Frontline

Stories from the Frontline

I read this article and the experiences of the people within it with a familiar feeling. While the examples in this article are UK specific, the general experiences that people highlighted bear similarities to those of people I meet through ... Read More
Housing Action Now – Manifesto for Housing
Campaigns

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
Statement of support from SWAN Ireland to the Paris Bakery Workers

Statement of support from SWAN Ireland to the Paris Bakery Workers

 27/05/2014   Re The Paris Bakery Workers   Social Work Action Network (SWAN) Ireland is an organisation whose main aim is to create a space where social workers, social care workers, students, service users, carers, academics and members of the public can come together, equally and collectively, to campaign for a fairer society. We are also part of an international network. The Social Work Action Network Ireland this evening pledges its support to the Paris Bakery Workers. Workers have been occupying the building on Moore Street since last week after the company’s owner Yannick Forel refused to agree to pay over €55,000 which the workers are due in wages. The workers are displaying enormous courage in this situation and are standing up for their rights and demanding what is owed to them – payment for their hard work. Read More
Oxford Conference 28th June: The Crisis in Mental Health Services
Events

Oxford Conference 28th June: The Crisis in Mental Health Services

Ruskin College, Oxford is pleased to announce a Social Work Action Network (SWAN) event - 'The Crisis in Mental Health Services' - which will take place on Saturday 28th June 2014.The crisis in mental health services has become so acute that even the government has had to acknowledge the scale of the problem. Welfare services, which service users and carers rely on are being drastically cut as a result of the politics of austerity and the government’s benefits ‘reforms’ are forcing more and more people into poverty. Meanwhile the gap between the richest and poorest in society is continuing to expand. Practitioners are forced to struggle with high caseloads, reduced resources and a target culture, which is underpinned by market ideology and privatisation. Read More
Reminder: SWAN Dublin Monthly Meeting
Events

Reminder: SWAN Dublin Monthly Meeting

Don’t forget that the monthly Social Work Action network Ireland Dublin meeting is on this Thursday. Come along and get involved! Venue: Seomra Sproai, 10 Belvedere Court, Off Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1. Time : 7-8.30pm Date: Thursday May 22nd.   ... Read More
Demo in Wicklow against cuts to disability services
Events

Demo in Wicklow against cuts to disability services

Here is a message from SWAN supporters Margaret and Ann Kennedy:"Margaret & Ann Kennedy 'the cardboard scissors sisters' are arranging an impromptu demo on Thursday morning against cuts to disability services and welfare supports, including cuts to medical cards that are hugely impacting negatively the lives of sick, disabled and elderly people. Read More
Housing Crisis Protest: RENT CONTROLS NOW
Events

Housing Crisis Protest: RENT CONTROLS NOW

Housing Crisis Protest:  RENT CONTROLS NOW   Join the Social Work Action Network Ireland in supporting and attending this direct action event As people working on the frontline and as those living in these dire situations every day, we need ... Read More

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