Wayne's Weekly | December 2023 - Week 2 (THE PENULTIMATE BUMPER EDITION)

Dear all

I hope you are having an inspired week.

Below are the usual links, resources and opportunities which may be of interest.

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PS. Please note that next week will be the final edition of WW for the foreseeable future.? Life has taken over for me and I have decided to focus on my many other commitments, interests and projects.

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Announcements & reports

• BASW calls for Illegal Migration Act to be repealed by the next UK Government - https://new.basw.co.uk/articles/basw-calls-illegal-migration-act-be-repealed-next-uk-government
• BASW | Plans to increase salary thresholds for workers from overseas opposed by BASW - https://new.basw.co.uk/articles/plans-increase-salary-thresholds-workers-overseas-opposed-basw
• BASW | Social Work, Human Rights and Digital Technology Report - https://new.basw.co.uk/policy-and-practice/resources/social-work-human-rights-and-digital-technology-report
• BASW England & SWU landing page for Social Work England consultations - https://new.basw.co.uk/about-basw/social-work-around-uk/basw-england/social-work-england
• BASW England response to Government rejection of Hillsborough Law - https://new.basw.co.uk/articles/basw-england-response-government-rejection-hillsborough-law
• BASW England | Response to Social Work England: Readiness for professional practice consultation - https://new.basw.co.uk/sites/default/files/resources/swe-readiness-for-professional-practice-consultation.pdf
• BASW England | Thematic groups landing page - https://new.basw.co.uk/support/groups-and-networks/thematic-groups-basw-england
• Centre for Mental Health | A Mental Health Commissioner for England report - https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications/a-mental-health-commissioner-for-england/
• HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services | Police not doing enough to tackle group-based child sexual exploitation - https://hmicfrs.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/news/news-feed/police-not-doing-enough-to-tackle-group-based-child-sexual-exploitation/
• King’s College London | 2022 LeDeR report into the avoidable deaths of people with learning disabilities - https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/2022-leder-report-into-the-avoidable-deaths-of-people-with-learning-disabilities
• NHS England London | NHS London Race Strategy | Women of Colour Leadership Development Series January 2024 – March 2024 - https://ebook.nhs.academy/WoC-LDS-2024/
• Office for Health Improvement & Disparities | Statistical report: near to real-time suspected suicide surveillance (nRTSSS) for England for the 15 months to August 2023 – Click here (TRIGGER WARNING!) ??
• Ofsted | Fostering in England 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 - https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fostering-in-england-1-april-2022-to-31-march-2023/fostering-in-england-1-april-2022-to-31-march-2023
• Social Workers Union (SWU) | Newsletter - Dec 23 - Jan 24 - Download from here
• Think Ahead | Workforce Matters: A Manifesto Building a thriving mental health workforce - https://s24042.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/Think-Ahead-Workforce-Manifesto.pdf
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | Changes to legal migration rules for family and work visas in 2024 - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9920/
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | Early years funding in England - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8052/
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | Loneliness and isolation in elderly and vulnerable people - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cdp-2023-0215/
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | Parental responsibility in England and Wales - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8760/
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | Sentencing Bill 2023-24 - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9907/
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | Student loan statistics - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn01079/
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | Students and the rising cost of living - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9886/
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | UK-Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9568/
• UK Parliament | House of Commons Library | Youth unemployment statistics - https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05871/
• Wayne’s Weekly survey report 2023 - https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/waynes-weekly-survey-report-2023-wayne-reid/ or Download from here

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Articles & blogs

• BASW | Difference between British Association of Social Workers (BASW) and Social Workers Union (SWU) - https://new.basw.co.uk/articles/difference-between-british-association-social-workers-basw-and-social-workers-union-swu
• BASW | Home Office urged to reconsider ‘unethical’ age assessments for unaccompanied asylum seeking children - https://new.basw.co.uk/articles/home-office-urged-reconsider-unethical-age-assessments-unaccompanied-asylum-seeking
• BBC News | 'If it wasn't for my foster carer I'd be in prison,' says Swindon man - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-67588341
• Big Issue | Bibby Stockholm: Death of asylum seeker on barge is devastating but ‘not surprising’, charity says - https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/bibby-stockholm-death-asylum-seeker-suicide/ (TRIGGER WARNING!) ??
• Community Care | Anti-racism in social work: no more questions – just actions please - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2020/12/16/anti-racism-social-work-questions-just-actions-please/
• Community Care | Councils breaching guidance by not taking homeless teenagers into care, suggests Children’s Commissioner - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/11/28/councils-breaching-guidance-by-not-taking-homeless-teenagers-into-care-suggests-childrens-commissioner/
• Community Care | Councils face insolvency without rules curbing children’s care costs, warns ADCS head - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/11/30/councils-face-insolvency-without-rules-curbing-childrens-care-costs-warns-adcs-head/
• Community Care | Does discrimination play a role in fitness to practise processes? - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/11/14/does-discrimination-play-a-role-in-fitness-to-practise-processes/
• Community Care | Do employers address issues with high caseloads in social work teams? - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/12/07/do-employers-address-issues-with-high-caseloads-in-social-work-teams/
• Community Care | Do social workers feel valued by senior management? - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/11/30/do-social-workers-feel-valued-by-senior-management/
• Community Care | Government bar on overseas care staff bringing over families sparks workforce concerns - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/12/05/concerns-for-social-care-workforce-as-government-bars-overseas-staff-from-bringing-over-families/
• Community Care | Social work monopoly on asylum age assessments should end, says sector leader - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/12/05/social-work-monopoly-on-asylum-age-assessments-should-end-says-sector-leader/
• Community Care | Specialist child protection role poses workforce challenge for test-bed authorities - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/12/01/specialist-child-protection-role-poses-workforce-challenge-for-test-bed-authorities/
• Community Care | ‘Very bad’ employers exploiting overseas social care staff, warns government migration adviser - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/08/01/very-bad-employers-exploiting-overseas-social-care-staff-warns-government-migration-adviser/
• Critical Publishing | What is Wayne’s Weekly?? - https://thecriticalblog.wordpress.com/2023/02/06/what-is-waynes-weekly/
• Equality 4 Black Nurses | Disturbing Saga of Icilda's Dream & the Battle Against Racial Bias & discrimination in Social Care - https://www.equality4blacknurses.com/post/disturbing-saga-of-icilda-s-dream-the-battle-against-racial-bias-discrimination-in-social-care (TRIGGER WARNING!) ??
• iNews | Benjamin Zephaniah redefined what it means to be a literary great - https://inews.co.uk/opinion/benjamin-zephaniah-redefined-what-it-means-to-be-a-literary-great-2797960
• MA Consultancy | Blogs - https://ma-consultancy.co.uk/blog
• Metro | Boy, 10, who was ‘punched by teacher’ left ‘traumatised and quiet’, says his dad - https://metro.co.uk/2023/12/07/boy-10-punched-teacher-left-traumatised-quiet-says-dad-19941302/ (TRIGGER WARNING!) ??
• Metro | ‘Has Rwanda turned “safe” after the Home secretary’s visit there?’ - https://metro.co.uk/2023/12/07/has-rwanda-turned-safe-home-secretarys-visit-19943238/
• Metro | I was stabbed in a racist attack aged 11 — now I fight for girls like me - https://metro.co.uk/2023/12/10/stabbed-a-racist-attack-aged-11-now-fight-girls-like-19941883/ (TRIGGER WARNING!) ??
• Metro | Refugee kids are being made to feel unwelcome – so I’m giving every last one a present - https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/02/jenrick-doesnt-want-refugee-kids-to-feel-welcome-so-im-giving-them-gifts-19588230/
• Professional Social Work | New immigration rules will be a disaster for social work - https://new.basw.co.uk/about-social-work/psw-magazine/articles/new-immigration-rules-will-be-disaster-social-work
• Professional Social Work | One in five local authorities at risk of going bust in 2024 - https://new.basw.co.uk/about-social-work/psw-magazine/articles/one-five-local-authorities-risk-going-bust-2024
• Professional Social Work | Ten concerns about the Illegal Migration Act every social worker should know - https://new.basw.co.uk/about-social-work/psw-magazine/articles/ten-concerns-about-illegal-migration-act-every-social
• Professional Social Work | We must speak out against ‘oppressive’ Migration Act that challenges our ethics - Download from here
• Russell Webster | Pregnancy, Criminal Justice And Social Services - https://www.russellwebster.com/pregnancy-criminal-justice-and-social-services/
• The Guardian | Across the globe, compassion for migrants has given way to cruel, performative politics - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/12/across-the-globe-compassion-for-migrants-has-given-way-to-cruel-performative-politics
• The Guardian | A cruel visa system is exactly what we’d expect from this callous government - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/12/a-cruel-visa-system-is-exactly-what-wed-expect-from-this-callous-government
• The Guardian | ‘A hero to millions’: Benjamin Zephaniah remembered by Michael Rosen, Kae Tempest and more - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/07/a-hero-to-millions-benjamin-zephaniah-remembered-michael-rosen-kae-tempest-and-more
• The Guardian | ‘A moment when politics doesn’t matter’: Portland responds to Bibby Stockholm death - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/13/a-moment-when-politics-doesnt-matter-portland-responds-to-bibby-stockholm-death
• The Guardian | As we mourn Benjamin Zephaniah’s death, learn this lesson from his brilliant life - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/08/benjamin-zephaniah-death-brilliant-life-progressive-views
• The Guardian | Awful as it was, Thatcherism did transform Britain. Starmerism just promises more of the same - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/08/thatcherism-transform-britain-starmerism-labour-progressive-new-dawn
• The Guardian | Badenoch condemns London plague study after MP calls it ‘woke archaeology’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/dec/13/badenoch-condemns-london-plague-study-after-mp-calls-it-woke-archaeology
• The Guardian | Benjamin Zephaniah’s inspiring words and acts - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/13/benjamin-zephaniah-inspiring-words-and-acts
• The Guardian | Benjamin Zephaniah obituary - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/07/benjamin-zephaniah-obituary ??????
• The Guardian | Benjamin Zephaniah was a genuine radical – I’ll never forget the time I spent with him - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/07/benjamin-zephaniah-genuine-radical-multicultural-britain-poet
• The Guardian | Benjamin Zephaniah was a trailblazer. He broke every glass ceiling going - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/08/benjamin-zephaniah-trailblazer-broke-every-glass-ceiling-lemn-sissay
• The Guardian | Britain needs rescuing from the Tory cult of immaculate sovereignty - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/12/britain-rescuing-tory-cult-immaculate-sovereignty
• The Guardian | Calls grow for Bibby Stockholm barge to close after apparent suicide of resident - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/12/calls-grow-for-bibby-stockholm-barge-to-close-after-apparent-suicide-of-resident (TRIGGER WARNING!) ??
• The Guardian | Cleverly’s clampdown will be a knockout blow to a crumbling care system - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/10/is-this-the-knockout-blow-for-a-crumbling-social-care-system
• The Guardian | ‘Complete disregard’: Charities condemn Barclays over frozen bank accounts - https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/dec/09/charities-barclays-frozen-bank-accounts
• The Guardian | Councils say they are ‘held to ransom’ by private providers of children’s care - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/29/councils-held-to-ransom-by-private-providers-of-childrens-care
• The Guardian | Covid lockdowns had ‘catastrophic effect’ on UK’s social fabric, report claims - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/10/covid-lockdowns-had-catastrophic-effect-on-uks-social-fabric-report-claims
• The Guardian | Curbs on migrant workers would be ‘dangerous’ for social care, warns government adviser - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/25/curbs-on-migrant-workers-would-be-dangerous-for-social-care-warns-government-adviser
• The Guardian | ‘Dark thoughts’: how Ruth Perry’s resolve fell apart after Ofsted visit - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/dec/07/ruth-perry-reading-headteacher-after-ofsted-visit (TRIGGER WARNING!) ??
• The Guardian | Dire state of maternal mental health care is having a devastating impact on families - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/13/dire-state-of-maternal-mental-health-care-is-having-a-devastating-impact-on-families
• The Guardian | ‘Everything is in jeopardy’: how new UK visa rules will tear families apart - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/07/everything-is-in-jeopardy-how-new-uk-visa-rules-are-tearing-families-apart (TRIGGER WARNING!) ??
• The Guardian | Extra 40,000 people in England homeless this Christmas, says charity - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/14/extra-40000-people-in-england-homeless-this-christmas-says-charity
• The Guardian | Families face being split up by UK plan to cut legal migration, lawyers say - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/05/families-face-being-split-up-by-uk-plan-to-cut-legal-migration-lawyers-say
• The Guardian | Former Met officers given suspended sentences for racist WhatsApps - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/07/former-met-officers-given-suspended-sentences-for-racist-whatsapps
• The Guardian | Four bike rides, four years in the life of Black Britain: ‘On the road, we found ourselves again’ - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/dec/07/four-bike-rides-four-years-in-the-life-of-black-britain-on-the-road-we-found-ourselves-again
• The Guardian | Fury grows over Tory visa rules where ‘only the rich’ dare fall in love - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/10/fury-grows-over-tory-visa-rules-where-only-the-rich-dare-fall-in-love
• The Guardian | Gary Lineker and Brian Cox back call to scrap Rwanda scheme - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/11/gary-lineker-and-brian-cox-back-call-to-scrap-rwanda-scheme
• The Guardian | Growing despair of asylum seekers on Bibby Stockholm over living conditions - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/13/growing-despair-of-asylum-seekers-on-bibby-stockholm-over-living-conditions
• The Guardian | Help us support refugees facing destitution to rebuild their lives in safety - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/08/help-us-support-refugees-facing-destitution-to-rebuild-their-lives-in-safety
• The Guardian | ‘His poetry, his activism… I was inspired’: readers pay tribute to Benjamin Zephaniah - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/08/readers-pay-tribute-to-benjamin-zephaniah
• The Guardian | Ignore our shameful politicians, a civilised society protects refugees - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/11/ignore-our-shameful-politicians-a-civilised-society-protects-refugees
• The Guardian | ‘Joy turns to horror so quickly’: the charity helping new refugees made suddenly homeless – Click here (TRIGGER WARNING!) ??
• The Guardian | Let’s be clear on children seeking asylum - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/05/lets-be-clear-on-children-seeking-asylum
• The Guardian | Man jailed for six months after racially abusing Rio Ferdinand at football match - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/08/man-jailed-for-six-months-after-racially-abusing-rio-ferdinand-at-football-match
• The Guardian | ‘Many care homes wouldn’t be here without foreign workers:’ fears over Tories’ plans to limit immigration - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/25/care-homes-foreign-workers-tories-plans-limit-immigration
• The Guardian | Maybe we should be able to laugh at anything. But slavery? - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/13/laugh-at-anything-slavery-taboo-comedy-satire
• The Guardian | Migrant workers face exploitation as result of post-Brexit scheme, says report - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/14/migrant-workers-face-exploitation-as-result-of-post-brexit-scheme-says-report
• The Guardian | More than a million living in pockets of hidden poverty in England, says study - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/11/more-than-a-million-living-in-pockets-of-hidden-poverty-in-england-says-study (TRIGGER WARNING!) ??
• The Guardian | Most British people hold positive view of immigration, survey reveals - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/03/most-british-people-hold-positive-view-of-immigration-survey-reveals
• The Guardian | Neglect, deflect, then scapegoat those you’ve exploited: that’s what passes for UK immigration policy - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/04/uk-immigration-policy-record-levels-net-migration
• The Guardian | New UK immigration rules: would home secretary’s family have been separated? - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/10/new-uk-immigration-rules-home-secretary-james-cleverly-mother-nhs-worker
• The Guardian | Ofsted has much to learn after the Ruth Perry inquest - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/dec/12/ofsted-has-much-to-learn-after-the-ruth-perry-inquest
• The Guardian | Ofsted inspection contributed to headteacher’s suicide, coroner rules - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/dec/07/ofsted-inspection-contributed-to-headteacher-suicide-ruth-perry-coroner-rules (TRIGGER WARNING!) ??
• The Guardian | One in 10 children in parts of London are ‘effectively homeless’, data shows - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/10/one-in-10-children-in-parts-of-london-are-effectively-homeless-data-shows
• The Guardian | One Nation Tories to amend Rwanda bill to comply with international law - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/dec/13/one-nation-tories-consider-amending-rwanda-bill-to-make-it-legally-more-safe
• The Guardian | Our families are being torn apart by cruel new visa laws - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/08/our-families-are-being-torn-apart-by-cruel-new-visa-laws (TRIGGER WARNING!) ??
• The Guardian | Part-time and shift workers to lose up to ￡248m holiday pay in UK rule change - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/dec/08/part-time-and-shift-workers-to-lose-up-to-248m-holiday-pay-in-uk-rule-change
• The Guardian | Peers call for urgent overhaul of secondary education in England - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/dec/12/peers-call-urgent-overhaul-secondary-education-england
• The Guardian | Police more likely to Taser Black people due to institutional racism, report finds - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/13/structural-racism-behind-increased-taser-use-against-black-people-report-finds
• The Guardian | Police still victim blaming in grooming gang cases, watchdog finds - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/08/police-still-victim-blaming-child-grooming-gang-cases-watchdog-finds-inspection-england-and-wales
• The Guardian | Rastafarian soldier says discrimination case has destroyed his faith in the army - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/13/rastafarian-soldier-says-discrimination-case-has-destroyed-his-faith-in-the-army
• The Guardian | Refugees are a symptom of collective failure – only working together will tackle the root causes - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/10/refugees-symptom-collective-failure-work-together-tackle-root-causes
• The Guardian | Rishi Sunak has got through one Rwanda vote but this is just the start - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/dec/12/rishi-sunak-has-got-through-one-rwanda-vote-but-this-is-just-the-start
• The Guardian | Sadiq Khan: plans to cut migration will trigger London recruitment crisis - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/13/sadiq-khan-plans-to-cut-migration-will-trigger-london-recruitment-crisis
• The Guardian | Schools are still reeling from Michael Gove’s arrogant meddling - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/dec/05/schools-still-reeling-from-michael-gove-arrogant-meddling
• The Guardian | School complaints about bullying Ofsted inspectors soar to ‘ridiculous’ levels in England - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/dec/09/complaints-about-bullying-ofsted-inspectors-soar-in-schools-in-england
• The Guardian | Short-staffed sectors in UK respond to measures to cut net migration - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/05/short-staffed-sectors-in-uk-respond-to-measures-to-cut-net-migration
• The Guardian | Showing support for young asylum seekers - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/26/showing-support-for-young-asylum-seekers
• The Guardian | Sister of headteacher who killed herself condemns Ofsted chief’s ‘crass’ comments - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/dec/08/ofsted-comments-kick-in-the-guts-says-sister-of-ruth-perry-headteacher-who-killed-herself (TRIGGER WARNING!) ??
• The Guardian | Sky defends slavery inheritance show from accusations of tone-deafness - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/dec/11/sky-defend-slavery-inheritance-show-from-accusations-of-tone-deafness
• The Guardian | Sulky Sunak solves everything with a panicky press conference - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/dec/07/sulky-sunak-solves-everything-with-a-panicky-press-conference (EXPLICIT LANGUAGE) ??
• The Guardian | Thatcherism is the worst kind of model for Labour - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/dec/06/thatcherism-is-the-worst-kind-of-model-for-labour
• The Guardian | ‘The four centuries of slave trade shaped the spectre of racism and are woven into the fabric of global development’ – Click here
• The Guardian | The new Tory austerity will be like nothing we’ve seen before. Here is its human cost - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/08/tory-austerity-jeremy-hunt-cuts-public-services
• The Guardian | The Observer view on the Conservatives: Rishi Sunak has no purpose: it’s time to call an election - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/10/observer-view-on-conservatives-rishi-sunak-has-no-purpose-time-to-call-an-election
• The Guardian | The west’s dumping of migrants on poor countries is a grisly echo of penal transportation - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/10/the-wests-dumping-of-migrants-on-poor-countries-is-a-grisly-echo-of-penal-transportation
• The Guardian | Thousands of new foster carers urgently needed in England, experts say - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/03/thousands-new-foster-carers-urgently-needed-england-experts
• The Guardian | Tory MP David Davis defends homeless man from attackers - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/dec/13/tory-mp-david-davis-recalls-saving-homeless-man-from-attackers
• The Guardian | Tory MPs divided over social media attack on Labour using pic of BBC presenter - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/07/tory-attack-advert-reveals-more-divisions-in-party-over-immigration
• The Guardian | UK anti-strike law is ‘galvanising moment’ for unions, says TUC boss - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/dec/08/uk-anti-strike-law-is-galvanising-moment-for-unions-says-tuc-boss
• The Guardian | UK taxpayers to bear extra cost over Rwanda treaty - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/05/uk-taxpayers-to-bear-extra-cost-over-rwanda-treaty
• The Guardian | UK union leader’s mass defiance warning over ‘attempt to ban strikes’ - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/03/uk-union-leaders-mass-defiance-warning-over-attempt-to-ban-strikes
• The Guardian | Unions ask education secretary and Ofsted chief to halt school inspections - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/dec/11/unions-ask-education-secretary-and-ofsted-chief-to-halt-school-inspections
• The Guardian | Unions must resist the Tories’ new anti-strike laws – even if that means breaking the law ourselves - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/08/unions-workers-tories-anti-strike-laws-resist-tuc
• The Guardian view on the new Rwanda bill: a draconian disgrace - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/07/the-guardian-view-on-the-new-rwanda-bill-a-draconian-disgrace
• The Guardian view on the human rights of migrants: they must be non-negotiable - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/12/the-guardian-view-on-the-human-rights-of-migrants-they-must-be-non-negotiable
• The Guardian view on Tory ideology: Thatcherism isn’t working – it never did - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/06/the-guardian-view-on-tory-ideology-thatcherism-isnt-working-it-never-did
• The Guardian | What are the Tories trying to achieve with their new Rwanda bill? - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/07/what-are-the-tories-trying-to-achieve-with-their-new-rwanda-bill
• The Guardian | When it comes to the UK’s asylum plan, Rwanda is definitely having the last laugh - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/08/uk-asylum-rwanda-british-government
• The Guardian | Which public services will suffer most to pay for Tory tax cuts? - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/23/which-public-services-will-suffer-most-to-pay-for-tory-tax-cuts
• The Guardian | Why the Tories’ hardline immigration policies won’t win over UK voters - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/dec/09/why-the-tories-hardline-immigration-policies-wont-win-over-uk-voters
• The Guardian | ‘Will I be able to avoid swearing at the inspector?’: a headteacher on an Ofsted inspection - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/dec/08/ofsted-uk-headteacher-experience-school-inspection
• The Independent | And they’re off: Kemi Badenoch takes an early lead in the Tory leadership stakes - https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/kemi-badenoch-tory-leadership-election-sunak-b2461313.html
• The Independent | Are you an independent thinker? - https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/independent-thinking-free-speech-nationwide-b2455434.html
• The Independent | As a member of ‘polite society’, Ms Braverman, I won’t call you dishonest – but you are wrong - https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/suella-braverman-today-programme-rishi-sunak-rwanda-poison-b2460058.html
• The Independent | Benjamin Zephaniah was the heart and consciousness of Black Britain - https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/benjamin-zephaniah-death-poet-black-race-b2460651.html
• The Independent | Gary Lineker hits back after being told to stick to football over Rwanda views - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gary-lineker-twitter-refugees-rwanda-bill-b2462425.html
• The Independent | Homeless man who criticised Suella Braverman’s ‘lifestyle choice’ comment dies on the street - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/homeless-man-dies-cardiff-braverman-b2462020.html (TRIGGER WARNING!) ??
• The Independent | Homeless man whose sleeping bag was soaked by McDonald’s security guard breaks silence - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mcdonalds-victoria-london-homeless-man-soaked-b2462416.html (TRIGGER WARNING!) ??
• The Independent | How the new migration plan works and why foreign spouses could be told to leave UK - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/migration-plan-foreing-spouses-rules-b2459244.html
• The Independent | I met Benjamin Zephaniah several times – he was as open and kind-hearted as his poetry - https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/benjamin-zephaniah-death-poetry-poet-meeting-b2460666.html
• The Independent | Jacob Rees-Mogg: Keir Starmer would be welcomed by the Tories with open arms - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/keir-starmer-jacob-rees-mogg-labour-tories-b2459245.html
• The Independent | Joey Barton claims the ‘British, white, middle-aged man is under attack’ in latest diatribe - https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/joey-barton-tweets-women-men-football-b2461307.html
• The Independent | Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter calls on royal family to pay reparations for colonialism - https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/news/ndileka-nelson-mandela-royal-family-reparations-colonialism-b2457856.html
• The Independent | Now Keir Starmer says Margaret Thatcher did ‘terrible things’, days after piling praise on the former PM - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/keir-starmer-margaret-thatcher-liverpool-b2460875.html
• The Independent | Revealed: Millions of children at risk from killer mould as families struggle to heat homes - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/housing-poverty-energy-bills-sunak-hunt-b2457033.html
• The Independent | Shocking spike in Black inmates targeted with pepper spray in prisons - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/prison-pepper-spray-black-inmates-b2450554.html
• The Independent | Tories slammed for making migration meme out of BBC presenter giving middle finger - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/bbc-presenter-middle-finger-tories-b2460331.html
• The Independent | Tory MP Nick Fletcher compared to Enoch Powell after ‘disgraceful’ rant in Rwanda debate - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nick-fletcher-mp-rwanda-debate-b2463273.html
• The Independent | What does it mean to be independent minded? - https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/independent-minds-thinking-journalism-free-speech-nationwide-b2455426.html
• The Independent | Why are foreigners like me being punished for falling in love with a Brit? - https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/immigration-new-rules-threshold-income-pay-cleverly-b2459430.html
• The Independent | Why Starmer’s praise for Thatcher is so significant - https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/keir-starmer-margaret-thatcher-praise-b2457948.html
• The Independent | Women giving birth at under fire maternity unit left alone with unsupervised workers, NHS watchdog finds - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/labour-maternity-nhs-london-b2460779.html
• The Voice | ‘A great man and a trailblazer’: Tributes pour in for Benjamin Zephaniah - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/12/07/a-great-man-and-a-trailblazer-tributes-pour-in-for-benjamin-zephaniah/
• The Voice | Benjamin Zephaniah? – the life of a legend - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/12/07/benjamin-zephaniah-the-life-of-a-legend/
• The Voice | Labour still labouring on race - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/opinion/comment/2023/10/10/labour-still-labouring-on-race/
• The Voice | Rastafarian soldier wins racial discrimination case against army - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/12/13/rastafarian-soldier-wins-racial-discrimination-case-against-army/
• The Voice | Where and how did anti-Black racism begin ? - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/opinion/comment/2023/12/11/where-and-how-did-anti-black-racism-begin/
• UNISON | Migrant care staff in UK ‘exploited and harassed’ by employers, says UNISON - https://www.unison.org.uk/news/press-release/2023/07/migrant-care-staff-in-uk-exploited-and-harassed-by-employers-says-unison/

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Consultations, petitions & surveys

• All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Race and Community (via Runnymeade Trust)| Call for Evidence to support an upcoming report linking global systemic racism and the environmental emergency, planned for publication in Spring 2024 – Click here
• BASW Annual Survey of Social Workers and Social Work 2023 - https://www.basw.co.uk/basw-annual-survey-social-workers-and-social-work-2023 (ends 08/01/24)
• Department for Education | Revisions to the National Standards and Statutory Guidance for the Provision of Children's and Young People's Advocacy Services – Click here (ends 18/12/23)
• Skills for Care | New survey launched to capture the experiences of those working in adult social care - https://skillsforcare-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/new-survey-launched-to-capture-the-experiences-of-those-working-in-adult-social-care
• The Guardian | Share your tributes and memories of Benjamin Zephaniah - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/07/share-your-tributes-and-memories-of-benjamin-zephaniah
• The Guardian | Tell us: do you work in a youth service in the UK? - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/18/tell-us-do-you-work-in-a-youth-service-in-the-uk
• The Guardian | Tell us which Black British figures you’d like to see on a postage stamp - https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/oct/28/tell-us-which-black-british-figures-youd-like-to-see-on-a-postage-stamp
• The Guardian | Tell us: will you be affected by the UK visa rule changes? - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/05/tell-us-will-you-be-affected-by-the-uk-visa-rule-changes
• The Guardian | UK businesses: how will the visa rule changes affect you? - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/05/uk-businesses-how-will-the-visa-rule-changes-affect-you

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Events & training

• Anglia Ruskin University | Developing Innovative Practice in the Social Work Sector | 19/03/24 at 12:30pm – 4:30pm (in-person) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/developing-innovative-practice-in-the-social-work-sector-tickets-758582098477?aff=oddtdtcreator
• BACC and BBSA | Missing You event | 30/12/23 at 7:00pm – 3:00am (in-person) - https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Huddersfield/Hudawi-Cultural-Centre/MISSING-YOU---Hosted-By-BACC-and-BBSA/37119168/
• BASW England | "Ask an AMHP" Forums | Multiple dates (online - ends 06/03/24) - https://www.basw.co.uk/events/ask-amhp-forums
• BASW England | Criminal Justice group | Pregnancy and early motherhood in the criminal justice system | 07/02/24 at 1:00pm – 2:00pm (online) - https://www.basw.co.uk/events/pregnancy-and-early-motherhood-criminal-justice-system
• BASW England | Kent branch event | Self Care for Social Workers and Social Work Students | 14/12/23 at 4:30pm – 6:30pm (online) - https://www.basw.co.uk/events/self-care-social-workers-and-social-work-students
• BASW England | Social Work with Older People: "The same rights as everyone else" | 24/01/24 at 5:00pm – 6:00pm (online) - https://www.basw.co.uk/events/basw-england-social-work-older-people-same-rights-everyone-else
• BASW and Social Workers Union | Can bursaries for social work students be made fairer? | 16/01/24 at 6:30pm – 7:30pm (online) - https://www.basw.co.uk/events/can-bursaries-social-work-students-be-made-fairer
• HM Inspectorate of Probation | An inspection of work with children subject to remand in youth detention | 19/12/23 at 11:30am – 1:00pm (online) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-inspection-of-work-with-children-subject-to-remand-in-youth-detention-tickets-736467452977
• Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) | Twilight session | Children's services at Christmas | 19/12/23 at 6:00pm – 7:00pm (online) - ?Download from here
• Professional Workforce Development Newham | Social Work Ethics Club | 11/01/24 at 1:00pm – 2:00pm (online) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-work-ethics-club-tickets-763413870437?aff=oddtdtcreator
• The Brain Injury Social Work Group | Heads Together - Social Workers and Brain Injury | 11/01/24 at 10:00am – 1:00pm (online) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/heads-together-social-workers-and-brain-injury-tickets-772884918597
• University of Leeds (via FutureLearn) | Social Model of Disability | Flexible (online course) - https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/social-model-of-disability
• University of Manitoba, Birmingham City University & Universite St-Boniface | Intersectionality: Is Poverty the Missing Link? | 20/03/24 at 2:00pm – 5:00pm (online) – Click here & download Call for Abstracts here

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Opportunities & vacancies

• BASW | Advice & Representation Officer / Trade Union Official - https://new.basw.co.uk/careers/work-basw/advice-representation-officer-trade-union-official (ends 09/01/24)
• BASW | Advice & Representation support - https://new.basw.co.uk/support/advice-representation
• BASW | Chair nominations 2024 - https://new.basw.co.uk/careers/work-basw/basw-chair-nominations-2024 (ends 19/01/24)
• BASW | Council elections 2024 - https://new.basw.co.uk/careers/work-basw/council-elections-2024 (ends 19/01/24)
• BASW | Current vacancies - https://new.basw.co.uk/careers/work-basw
• BASW | External job vacancies webpage - https://www.jobsbasw.co.uk/
• BASW | Professional Social Support Service flyer - Download from here
• BASW | Professional Social Work magazine | Guidance for contributors - https://new.basw.co.uk/about-social-work/professional-social-work-psw-magazine/guidance-contributors
• BASW (via Twitter/X) | PSW magazine is including a tribute to poet and activist #BenjaminZephaniah whose values aligned so closely with social work's… - https://twitter.com/BASW_UK/status/1734541675240759425
• Bradford Metropolitan District Council | Bradford Children and Families Trust Practice Supervisor - https://bradford.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/4617/0/409021/15138/bcft-practice-supervisor-ps2610
• Bradford Metropolitan District Council | Head of Service - Fostering, Residential and Placements - https://bradford.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/5583/0/412827/15138/head-of-service-fostering-residential-and-placements-hosfrp0112 (ends 17/12/23)
• Community Care | Write for Community Care - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/write-for-community-care/
• Coram Voice | The Voices 2024 Creative Writing Competition - https://coramvoice.org.uk/get-involved/voices-writing-competition/ (ends 17/12/23)
• Laurelle Brown Training and Consultancy | Project and Programme Manager (part-time) - https://uk.indeed.com/job/project-and-programme-manager-cda9e54727282887 (ends 15/01/24)
• Make It Plain (via Twitter/X) | To our Black radical family, @makeitplainorg is constantly on the look out for original, witty, groundbreaking, fearless, Black radical commentary on various topics. If you fit the description and have something to say, email us at [email protected] or click here
• NHS London Leadership Academy | Women of Colour Leadership Network - https://london.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/women-leaders-conference-2023/join-the-women-of-colour-leadership-network/
• NHS West London NHS Trust | Vacancies (“social worker”) – Multiple roles - https://www.westlondon.nhs.uk/careers/vacancies#!/job_list/ns?JobSearch_q=social%20worker&JobSearch_QueryIntegratedSubmit=Search&_tr=JobSearch&_ts=1
• Race & Resistance (via Twitter/X) | Call for Papers - Resistance, Renewal, Re-Imagination: Race & Resistance in Black British Scholarship… - https://twitter.com/Race_Resistance/status/1733170873291448762 (ends 26/01/24)
• Replenish Culture (via FosterWiki) | Replenish Culture, Championing the needs of black & mixed heritage children - https://fosterwiki.com/wiki/replenish-culture/
• SEEN | Improving outcomes for children and young people of African, Asian and Caribbean heritage - https://weareseen.org.uk/
• Shabnam Ahmed | Practice Wisdom book opportunity (2 pages) - Download from here or email [email protected]
• Sheffield Hallam University | ASPIRE programme poster - Download from here (ends 15/12/23)
• Skills for Care | New Directors programme - https://events.skillsforcare.org.uk/skillsforcare/frontend/reg/thome.csp?pageID=562806&eventID=1762&traceRedir=2 (ends 15/01/24)
• Social Workers Without Borders (SWWB) (via Twitter/X) | Have you thought about volunteering with SWWB? Here's some information about how you can get involved… - https://twitter.com/SocialWorkersWB/status/1667162086001065988
• The King’s Fund (via FutureLearn) | Leading well for staff health and wellbeing in the NHS - https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/courses/leading-well-staff-health-wellbeing-NHS
• Trades Union Congress (TUC) | TUC Black Activist Development Course - https://www.tuc.org.uk/BlackActivistCourse
• University of Essex | The NEW Routledge International Handbook of Criminal Justice Social Work | Call for Chapters - https://www.essex.ac.uk/blog/posts/2023/10/19/the-new-routledge-international-handbook-of-criminal-justice-social-work (ends 31/12/23)

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Research & resources

• @AkanKwaku (via Twitter/X) | Whatever they tell you is the reason, it never usually is. There is always an ulterior motive. - https://twitter.com/AkanKwaku/status/1734471873755304358
• @haypsych | The 4 distinctions of trust - Download from here
• @ThePresentPsychologist | Types of childhood trauma infographic - Download from here
• Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) | The DASS Guide - https://www.wm-adass.org.uk/the-dass-guide/
• BASW England | Black & Ethnic Minority Professionals Symposium (BPS) | Resources webpage - https://new.basw.co.uk/support/groups-and-networks/basw-england-thematic-groups/black-ethnic-minority-professionals (updated!)
• BASW England | Criminal Justice group | Resources webpage - https://new.basw.co.uk/support/groups-and-networks/basw-england-thematic-groups/criminal-justice-group
• BASW England | Practice Educator Professional Standards (PEPS) refresh 2022 - https://new.basw.co.uk/policy-practice/standards/practice-educator-professional-standards-peps? & promotional video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1c-Eld7Fh8?
• BASW England | Quality Assurance in Practice Learning (QAPL) refresh 2022 - https://new.basw.co.uk/policy-practice/standards/quality-assurance-practice-learning-qapl
• BASW | PCF/PEPS/QAPL - By the profession, for the profession banner – Download from here
• BBC Sounds | Craig Charles - A Tribute to Benjamin Zephaniah - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0gydwd0?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
• Benjamin Zephaniah | "If you didn't have troublemakers..." quote - Download from here
• Commission for Racial Equality | There are lots places in Britain where racism doesn't exist image - Download from here
• Edvard Grieg (via YouTube) | Morning - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vntAKXIuRUI
• Equality 4 Black Nurses (via YouTube) | Help Keep Icilda's Dream Alive - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlZFusPQ30g
• Goldie (via YouTube) | Hyena 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bylY3Qsm3V4
• Hope Not Hate | Clothing - https://hopenothate.bigcartel.com/category/clothing
• Ice-T (via Twitter/X) | ?? - https://twitter.com/FINALLEVEL/status/1732473923944448246
• Jimmy Edgar (via YouTube) | "DREAMZ COME TRUE"- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZi4XyyF7g0
• Kehinde Andrews (via Twitter/X) | We lost a real one. Brum legend. Rise in Power Benjamin Zephaniah ??????? - https://twitter.com/kehinde_andrews/status/1732734921951654120
• Mark Trewin (via Twitter/X) | Very sad to hear about the death of #BenjaminZephaniah… - https://twitter.com/markybt/status/1732752120695201932
• Nia Archives (via YouTube) | Consume Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Y3R4PoioI
• Research in Practice | Promoting anti-racism in children's social care: Video learning resources - https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/children/content-pages/videos/promoting-anti-racism-in-childrens-social-care/
• Research in Practice | Promoting human rights in social care practice - https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/news-views/2023/december/promoting-human-rights-in-social-care-practice/
• Research in Practice | Working with men in Leeds: Journey Project - https://www.researchinpractice.org.uk/children/content-pages/podcasts/working-with-men-in-leeds-journey-project/
• Research in Practice for Adults | Social Work Practice with Older People - https://gsw.ripfa.org.uk/
• Sade (via YouTube) | Like A Tattoo (Skeps Jungle Edit) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS0kVlnnkx4
• Sage Journals | Mental health struggles of social work students: Distress, stigma, and perseverance - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/14733250231212413
• Sean | Drowned in Sound podcast host (via Twitter/X) | Every. Word. Of. This… - https://twitter.com/seaninsound/status/1732868493568094695
• Shereen Daniels (via LinkedIn) | Benjamin Zephaniah was a British writer, dub poet and actor… - https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7138997898880405504/
• Shereen Daniels (via LinkedIn) | On my Instagram feed this short video opened up significant conversations about code-switching and its implications… - https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7138065129673220097/?originTrackingId=C%2FKiEOn6SdqjeyEwJ74KPg%3D%3D
• Sheva Guy | Antiracist vs. Not racist infographic - Download from here
• Social Work Sorted: The Podcast (via Buzzsprout) | Social work and media with Wayne Reid - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1926820/12998600-social-work-and-media-with-wayne-reid
• Taylor and Francis Online | Social Work in Mental Health | Caregiving experience associated with unpaid carers of persons with schizophrenia: a scoping review - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15332985.2023.2282932
• The Guardian | Benjamin Zephaniah – a life in pictures - https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2023/dec/07/benjamin-zephaniah-a-life-in-pictures
• The Guardian | Ben Jennings on Rishi Sunak’s priorities – cartoon - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2023/dec/07/ben-jennings-on-rishi-sunaks-priorities-cartoon
• The Guardian | Martin Rowson on James Cleverly’s Rwanda deportation plan – cartoon - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2023/dec/05/martin-rowson-cartoon-james-cleverly-rwanda-deportation-home-secretary
• The Guardian | Martin Rowson on the Titanic struggles of the Tories’ migration strategy – cartoon - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2023/dec/08/martin-rowson-titanic-struggles-tories-migration-strategy-cartoon-suella-braverman
• The Guardian | Rishi Sunak’s zombie government tries to stop the boats – cartoon - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2023/dec/09/rishi-sunaks-zombie-government-tries-to-stop-the-boats-cartoon
• The Guardian | The word that will get you out of any situation! - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2023/jun/24/the-word-that-will-get-you-out-of-any-situation
• The Guardian | Today in Focus podcast | Revisited: a conversation with Benjamin Zephaniah - https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2023/dec/07/revisited-a-conversation-with-benjamin-zephaniah-podcast
• The Independent | Music Box revisited: Benjamin Zephaniah and Loyle Carner talking art, dyslexia and Shakespeare - https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/culture/benjamin-zephaniah-poet-loyle-carner-video-b2460084.html
• The Social Matters Podcast | Episode 5 (S6). The "Illegal" Migration Act (feat. Lisa Matthews) - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-5-s6-the-illegal-migration-act-feat-lisa-matthews/id1436421996?i=1000638070937
• The Verve (via YouTube) | Bitter Sweet Symphony - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyu1KKwC74
• Thompsons Solicitors | Employment Law Review | Actual comparators - https://www.thompsonstradeunion.law/news/employment-law-review/weekly-issue-849/actual-comparators
• Times Radio (via YouTube) | Clive Myrie: Windrush made me ‘ashamed’ of Britain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x49j2uF-08
• Tony Benn | The way a government treats refugees is very instructive... quote - Download from here
• Unknown | Anti-woke outburst - Download from here
• Unknown | Being Black in the Workplace poem - Download from here
• Unknown | If this child was strong enough to survive it, your child is strong enough to learn about it... image - Download from here
• Unknown | REFUGEES WELCOME image- Download from here
• Unknown | Will trade racists for refugees image - Download from here
• Vibrancy Tribe | Christmas advent calendar - Download from here
• WW advert | Charlie Brown knowledge drop image - Download from here
• WW advert | Curated in the spirit of generosity | That's all (for now) folks! - Download from here ??
• WW advert | The Hearts & Minds Dancehall image - Download from here
• WW advert | The WW trainer image - Download from here
• WW advert | The WW treasure trove image - Download from here
• WW advert | Walking the Walk aka The WW tightrope image - Download from here
• WW advert | WW Afro comb image - Download from here
• WW advert | WW Wipeout 2097 image - Download from here

“One world, one race… the human race!” ?????????