Had this leaflet through my door today. No party branding at all, just a leaflet made to look like a handwritten letter from a neighbour. Really odd! Especially from a party defending a 72% majority. Labour clearly v.nervous about the vote in Ladywood #Election2024 #LabourParty

UoB encampment for Palestine has been cleared. Real missed opportunity for the Uni to engage with dialogue & model a different way of conflict resolution, IMO. Instead the VC refused to talk to the students, took them to court & then hired bailiffs to evict them overnight.

Scandalous that while the government promotes and injects funding into fast-tracks and apprenticeships, every year mainstream social work programmes, that still educate the vast majority of future social workers, have support for their students treated as such an afterthought...

Really useful thread debunking some of the myths we frequently hear about migration:

On board a Potteries bus to Burslem with a Minton tile-style floor...

Break: we caught up with the protestor from the PM's speech

Brum at dusk 😍🌇 📷 @troywalkerphotography on Instagram

RIP Paul Stephenson (aged 87), known for being the first black social worker in Bristol, and for his civil rights campaigning, including leading the Bristol Bus Boycott in 1963. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Between Monday 9th and Friday 13th December we'll be spreading the festive cheer 🎁 As all our buses will be free to use from 7pm onwards, with customers able to simply hop onboard and travel anywhere across the West Midlands! 🎄 Find out more here: bit.ly/4fHLQ1g

Horrific case 'Girl, two, who drowned in bin in London was failed by council, coroner finds' #NRPF theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/n…

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We made a podcast about life after migration with young Europeans in Glasgow. Episode 1 is out today if you want a different perspective on immigration in Britain. #universityofglasgow #EUcitizens #podcasting I'm Migrant shows.acast.com/im-migrant/epi… via Acast

A joint message from Bethlehem 🇵🇸, with Rev Dr. Munther Isaac منذر اسحق, for the British people and all friends celebrating Christmas and New Year.

Get creative & explore the history of social work zines at our workshop on March 19th in Brum. Design & make our own collective zine for social work week. Don't miss out! #creative #ZineMaking #SocialWorkWeek2025 eventbrite.com/e/social-work-…

Get creative for social work week & explore the history of social work zines at our free workshop on 19th March Uni of Birmingham. Design & make your own collective zine. Don't miss out! Social Work England BASW #creative #ZineMaking #SocialWorkWeek2025 eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-work-…

If you were told to take an £8,000 pay cut by your employer, you'd be on strike too. Solidarity with the Birmingham bin workers.

Dear UK Media: No, Disabled People Aren’t Getting Free BMWs — And Here’s the Truth You Keep Ignoring By Emma Dolan Horlock (Chronically ill, slightly sarcastic, and extremely tired of correcting you) A thread 🧵

Scrutinising bank accounts and intermittently zoning in with demands on why someone spent money on something is a known tactic of ‘coercive control’.