WATCH: Whose Side Are You On?

Social Work Action Network co-founder discusses the coming the several crises impacting on society and social work. This talk was give to radical social workers in the Philippines who are now part of SWAN-I, our international network of radical social ... Read More

Workers’ Experience Meeting – 23rd July

Book here for the second Workers’ Experience meeting for UK social work practitioners, a closed event accessible to those who have registered via eventbrite. These meetings are safe spaces. We can only challenge the status quo, which forgets the centrality ... Read More

Support for Imprisoned Hong Kong Social Worker

This is an appeal for Support for a Hong Kong Social Worker Sentenced to one-year Imprisonment in the Anti-extradition Bill Movement.  A registered social worker from Hong Kong, Mr. Lau Ka-tung, has been convicted and sentenced to one-year imprisonment for ... Read More

STATEMENT: Black Lives Matter

“It is our duty to fight for our freedom It is our duty to win We must love and protect each other We have nothing to lose but our chains” Assata Shakur The Social Work Action Network International (SWAN-I), a ... Read More

Being a social worker during COVID…

…and where this sits in the broad context of Children and Families social work. Read this interview with a Children and Families practitioner, as they reflect upon how COVID has stressed the inadequacies of modern social work. “I just don’t ... Read More

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We want to develop a network of service users, practicitioners, academics and students to support radical and progressive social work. We need a social work that is ready to challenge oppressive practice, that means working collectively across the country and internationally to advance Social Work.