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- BASW | Difference between British Association of Social Workers (BASW) and Social Workers Union (SWU) - https://www.basw.co.uk/media/news/2022/oct/difference-between-british-association-social-workers-basw-and-social-workers
- BBC News | Avon and Somerset Police 'institutionally racist', chief constable says - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-65921150
- BBC News | Windrush: New 50p coin to mark 75th anniversary released - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65932266.amp
- Black Illustrations | Beauty in Diversity: Our Illustrations of Black People for Your Digital Needs - https://www.blackillustrations.com/blog/beauty-in-diversity-our-illustrations-of-black-people-for-your-digital-needs
- Children & Young People Now | Tackling the trauma of racism - https://www.cypnow.co.uk/analysis/article/tackling-the-trauma-of-racism
- Community Care | Ask the expert: what do I include in my social work personal statement? - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/06/12/ask-the-expert-what-do-i-include-in-my-social-work-personal-statement/
- Community Care | Emma Lewell-Buck MP: ‘I was proud to be a social worker’ - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/06/21/emma-lewell-buck-proud-to-be-a-social-worker/
- Community Care | Home Office has recruited just 40% of social workers needed for asylum body - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/06/20/home-office-has-recruited-just-40-of-social-workers-needed-for-asylum-body/
- Community Care | ‘How I overcame imposter syndrome as a social worker and manager’ - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/06/20/how-i-overcame-imposter-syndrome-as-a-social-worker-and-manager/
- Community Care | Legislate to limit social workers’ caseloads, Senedd members tell Welsh Government https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/06/09/legislate-to-limit-social-workers-caseloads-senedd-members-tell-welsh-government/
- Community Care | Mental health social workers consider striking over staffing levels - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/06/20/mental-health-social-workers-consider-striking-over-staffing-levels/
- Community Care | Over three-quarters of social work roles not offered on part-time basis despite small rise in rate - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/06/09/over-three-quarters-of-social-work-roles-not-offered-on-part-time-basis-despite-small-rise-in-rate/
- Critical Publishing | What is Wayne’s Weekly?? - https://thecriticalblog.wordpress.com/2023/02/06/what-is-waynes-weekly/
- Local Government Chronicle | Richard Humphries: Funding reform is huge challenge for Fabians’ national care service - https://www.lgcplus.com/services/health-and-care/richard-humphries-funding-reform-is-huge-challenge-for-fabians-national-care-service-13-06-2023/
- Metro | Blindness has put me in lots of embarrassing spots – this app saved me - https://metro.co.uk/2023/06/18/blindness-has-put-me-in-lots-of-embarrassing-spots-this-app-saved-me-18954985/
- Metro | I attempted suicide twice while awaiting a decision on my asylum case – being in limbo was agonising - https://metro.co.uk/2023/06/20/i-attempted-suicide-twice-while-awaiting-a-decision-on-my-asylum-case-18956305/ (TRIGGER WARNING!) ??
- Metro | ‘I’ll be on antidepressants for the rest of my life – it’s better than being dead’ - https://metro.co.uk/2023/06/21/im-okay-being-on-antidepressants-my-whole-life-18982371/ (TRIGGER WARNING!) ??
- Metro | I thought dementia was just memory loss – I didn’t know Dad’s personality would change - https://metro.co.uk/2023/06/18/i-thought-dementia-was-memory-loss-i-didnt-know-dads-personality-would-change-18957787/
- Metro | I was adopted by a white family and 35 years later it massively shaped my own parenting journey - https://metro.co.uk/2023/06/20/i-was-adopted-by-a-white-family-and-it-shaped-my-own-parenting-journey-18980324/
- Metro | The Repair Shop viewers ‘bawling’ over ‘best episode ever’ - https://metro.co.uk/2023/06/21/the-repair-shop-viewers-hail-best-episode-ever-in-windrush-tribute-18993798/
- MyLondon | London housing activist turns down MBE after raising awareness and says Grenfell was a 'disaster that should never have happened' - https://www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-news/london-housing-activist-turns-down-27143327
- Naomi Adjoa Serwa Alormele (aka Naomi Writes) | Where do you come from?! - https://alormele.com/2023/06/09/where-do-you-come-from/
- Professional Social Work | Massive support for BASW stand on asylum age assessment recruitment - https://www.basw.co.uk/resources/psw-magazine/psw-online/massive-support-basw-stand-asylum-age-assessment-recruitment
- Professional Social Work | Children moved far from home in private outsourced placements fare worse - https://www.basw.co.uk/resources/psw-magazine/psw-online/children-moved-far-home-private-outsourced-placements-fare-worse
- Professional Social Work | Social work apprenticeships: a 360 degree view - https://www.basw.co.uk/resources/psw-magazine/psw-online/social-work-apprenticeships-360-degree-view
- Professional Social Work | Social workers respond to Met police withdrawal from mental health calls - https://www.basw.co.uk/resources/psw-magazine/psw-online/social-workers-respond-met-police-withdrawal-mental-health-calls
- Professional Social Work | Three quarters of local authorities offer no support for children experiencing abuse - https://www.basw.co.uk/resources/psw-magazine/psw-online/three-quarters-local-authorities-offer-no-support-children
- Professional Social Work | When will survivor voices be enough? - https://www.basw.co.uk/resources/psw-magazine/psw-online/when-will-survivor-voices-be-enough
- Social Workers Union (SWU) | Labour urged to include social work in Manifesto plans - https://swu-union.org.uk/2023/06/labour-urged-to-include-social-work-in-manifesto-plans/
- Social Work Today | Northern Ireland Care Review recommends new arm’s length body to deliver services - https://www.socialworktoday.co.uk/News/Northern-Ireland-Care-Review-recommends-new-arm%E2%80%99s-length-body-to-deliver-services
- Telegraph & Argus | Windrush debate held in Bradford for 75th anniversary - https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/23589360.windrush-debate-held-bradford-75th-anniversary/?ref=li
- The Guardian | 180 pupils a day in England given special needs support plan - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jun/21/england-pupils-special-needs-support-plan-local-authority-deficits
- The Guardian | A bit Caribbean, a bit British. We millennials owe it to the Windrush generation to embrace both - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/21/caribbean-british-millennials-windrush-generation
- The Guardian | Ashleigh Nugent: ‘Black stories were always about London’ - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jun/17/ashleigh-nugent-black-stories-were-always-about-london-novel-locks
- The Guardian | Behind bars: how rap lyrics are being used to convict Black British men - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/21/behind-bars-how-rap-lyrics-are-being-used-to-convict-black-british-men
- The Guardian | Black remand prisoners held 70% longer than white counterparts in England and Wales - https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/jun/10/black-remand-prisoners-held-70-longer-than-white-counterparts-in-england-and-wales
- The Guardian | Child refugees could develop PTSD if locked up by UK, medical bodies say - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/19/child-refugees-could-develop-ptsd-if-locked-up-by-uk-medical-bodies-say
- The Guardian | Children in England’s asylum hotels suffering from malnutrition - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/17/children-in-englands-asylum-hotels-suffering-from-malnutrition
- The Guardian | Children raised under UK austerity shorter than European peers, study finds - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/21/children-raised-under-uk-austerity-shorter-than-european-peers-study
- The Guardian | Countering Tory lies on people smugglers - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/21/countering-tory-lies-on-people-smugglers
- The Guardian | Dear white Britain: we hate to say we told you so about Boris Johnson – but we told you so - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/19/boris-johnson-black-britons-warned
- The Guardian | Former Ofsted chief: school inspections should change after headteacher’s death - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jun/16/former-ofsted-chief-school-inspections-should-change-after-headteacher-death
- The Guardian | Home Office diversity training on rise despite Braverman scepticism - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/18/home-office-diversity-training-on-rise-despite-suella-braverman-scepticism
- The Guardian | Ice Cube: ‘Keep your reparations. It’s about access to capital, and we’re being shut out’ - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/15/ice-cube-keep-your-reparations-its-about-access-to-capital-and-were-being-shut-out
- The Guardian | ‘I didn’t expect to be a part of history’: one man’s Windrush story - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/20/didnt-expect-history-one-man-windrush-story-alford-gardner
- The Guardian | ‘I’d like to see more Black surfers’: the UK student turning the tide on diversity in surfing - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/20/id-like-to-see-more-black-surfers-the-student-turning-the-tide-on-diversity-in-surfing
- The Guardian | ‘I live in fear of debt collectors’: disabled people in England tell of toll of soaring care costs - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jun/16/i-live-in-fear-of-debt-collectors-disabled-people-in-england-tell-of-toll-of-soaring-care-costs
- The Guardian | Immigrants deserve to be valued, not vilified - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/28/immigrants-deserve-to-be-valued-not-vilified
- The Guardian | I thought I should always be positive with my patients – until I found out how damaging that can be - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/19/positive-patients-damaging-upbeat-honesty
- The Guardian | Labour will appoint diversity tsar to remove barriers to enter politics - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/21/labour-diversity-tsar-remove-barriers-enter-politics
- The Guardian | Lake District tour boat firm accused of ‘censoring’ Windermere links to slavery - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/16/lake-district-tour-boat-firm-accused-by-boatmaster-of-censoring-windermere-links-to-slavery
- The Guardian | Let asylum seekers work to help themselves and the UK - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/04/let-asylum-seekers-work-to-help-themselves-and-the-uk
- The Guardian | Manston asylum centre could be overwhelmed again, watchdog says - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/15/manston-asylum-centre-could-be-overwhelmed-again-watchdog-says
- The Guardian | More than 5,000 mental health patients sent over 62 miles for treatment - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jun/21/more-than-5000-mental-health-patients-sent-over-62-miles-for-treatment
- The Guardian | Most magistrates courts in England and Wales have accessibility failings - https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/jun/19/most-magistrates-courts-england-wales-accessibility-failings
- The Guardian | Nobody I’ve been locked up with in a psychiatric hospital felt ‘proud’ of their illness - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/19/nobody-ive-ever-been-locked-up-with-in-a-psychiatric-hospital-felt-proud-of-their-illnesses
- The Guardian | Play about NHS creator Nye Bevan is among 12 new National Theatre plays - https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/jun/15/play-nhs-creator-nye-bevan-12-national-theatre-plays
- The Guardian | Refugees like myself want to contribute to UK society, but we aren’t allowed to - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/06/refugees-like-myself-want-to-contribute-to-uk-society-but-we-arent-allowed-to
- The Guardian | ‘Socially stunted’: how Covid pandemic aggravated young people’s loneliness - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jun/19/socially-stunted-how-covid-pandemic-aggravated-young-peoples-loneliness
- The Guardian | Social workers should not assess asylum seeker ages for Home Office, professional body says - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/15/social-workers-should-not-assess-ages-of-asylum-seekers-professional-body-says
- The Guardian | Suella Braverman tells police to ramp up use of stop and search - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/19/suella-braverman-tells-police-to-ramp-up-use-of-stop-and-search
- The Guardian | There can be no ‘moving on’ from the Windrush scandal - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/20/there-can-be-no-moving-on-from-the-windrush-scandal
- The Guardian | They survived and thrived in a hostile Britain. That’s why we revere the Windrush pioneers - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/22/britain-windrush-75-pioneers-country-achievement
- The Guardian | ‘They told us: you’re people of the world, that’s what matters, not skin colour’ - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-interactive/2023/jun/21/the-children-of-windrush-they-told-us-youre-people-of-the-world-thats-what-matters-not-skin-colour
- The Guardian | UK is among countries with the most positive attitude towards refugees, poll finds - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/17/uk-is-among-countries-with-the-most-positive-attitude-towards-refugees-poll-finds
- The Guardian | UK strikes laws must conform with international rules, says UN agency - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/19/uk-strikes-laws-must-conform-with-international-rules-says-un-agency
- The Guardian | Unit tasked with reforming Home Office after Windrush scandal being disbanded - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/19/unit-reforming-home-office-windrush-scandal-being-disbanded
- The Guardian view on teacher shortages: pay must go up, and workload down - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/19/the-guardian-view-on-teacher-shortages-pay-must-go-up-and-workload-down
- The Guardian | Wellbeing of school staff is as vital as pupils’ progress - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jun/19/wellbeing-of-school-staff-is-as-vital-as-pupils-progress
- The Guardian | We took direct action against the UK’s racist policies, and a jury acquitted us. Resistance can succeed - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/16/direct-action-uk-policies-deportations-to-jamaica
- The Guardian | Windrush generation: hundreds ‘sent back to Caribbean from UK hospitals’ - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/21/windrush-generation-hundreds-sent-back-to-caribbean-from-uk-hospitals
- The Guardian | Windrush ‘pardner hand’ saving scheme celebrated at Bank of England Museum - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/16/windrush-pardner-hand-saving-scheme-celebrated-at-bank-of-england-museum
- The Independent | Closure of private hospital service ‘necessary’ to protect children’s safety, watchdog finds - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/private-hospital-children-safety-huntercombe-b2358332.html
- The Independent | Families launch legal action against scandal-hit hospitals after The Independent exposed ‘systemic abuse’ - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/huntercombe-hospital-legal-action-abuse-b2358150.html
- The Independent | Hero Afghan pilot: UK commanders sent me into combat... how can you abandon me? - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/afghan-pilot-uk-small-boat-arap-b2357486.html
- The Independent | ‘Seeking safety by any means they can’: the unimaginable horrors that drive refugees to the sea - https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/refugee-boat-migrant-asylum-b2359005.html
- The Independent | Sunak’s pledge to clear asylum backlog on course to fail as system cost rockets to ￡3.6bn - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-asylum-backlog-clear-pledge-fail-b2358169.html
- The Independent | Windrush campaigner fears Home Office could wind up compensation scheme - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-office-windrush-suella-braverman-government-prime-minister-b2360237.html
- The Star | Sheffield anti-racism campaigners demand more action following landmark commission report - https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/politics/council/sheffield-anti-racism-campaigners-demand-more-action-following-landmark-commission-report-4192099
- The Star | Marcia Grant Sheffield: Boy, aged 13 denies murdering grandmother by driving over her in her own car - https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/crime/marcia-grant-sheffield-boy-aged-13-denies-murdering-grandmother-by-driving-over-her-in-her-own-car-4184319
- The Voice | Braverman’s triple racism whammy - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/06/19/bravermans-triple-racism-whammy/
- The Voice | Disrupting hair discrimination at work - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/lifestyle/2023/06/07/disrupting-hair-discrimination-at-work/
- The Voice | Ed Davey: They played a vital role shaping the UK into a multicultural society - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/opinion/comment/2023/06/20/ed-davey-they-played-a-vital-role-shaping-the-uk-into-a-multicultural-society/
- The Voice | Exploring the generational impact of Windrush - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/entertainment/2023/06/19/exploring-the-generational-impact-of-windrush/
- The Voice | Race Equality Act will be a “core part” of Labour’s plans - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/06/17/race-equality-act-will-be-a-core-part-of-labours-plans/
- The Voice | Sadiq Khan: We owe Windrush generation an enormous debt of gratitude - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/opinion/comment/2023/06/20/sadiq-khan-we-owe-windrush-generation-an-enormous-debt-of-gratitude/
- The Voice | Senior Met Police officer ‘sorry’ for trauma caused to Child Q - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/2023/06/21/senior-met-police-officer-sorry-for-trauma-caused-to-child-q/
- The Voice | Story of Trinidadian RAF hero turned anti-colonial freedom fighter to be shown on BBC - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/06/19/acclaimed-film-about-trinidadian-raf-hero-turned-anti-colonial-freedom-fighter-to-be-shown-on-bbc/
- The Voice | The Empire striked down - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/06/19/social-housing-activist-declines-mbe/
- The Voice | The fight for justice for Windrush is not over - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/opinion/comment/2023/06/15/the-fight-for-justice-for-windrush-is-not-over/
- The Voice | Walking Football Caribbean ready to tackle the world - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/community/2023/06/19/walking-football-caribbean-ready-to-tackle-the-world/
- The Voice | Windrush Scandal ‘has roots in Enoch Powell’s politics’ - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/06/21/windrush-scandal-has-roots-in-enoch-powells-politics/
- Unison | Conference continues debate on the cost of living - https://www.unison.org.uk/news/2023/06/conference-continues-debate-on-the-cost-of-living/
- Unison | Roadmap launched for a national care service to transform lives, says UNISON - https://www.unison.org.uk/news/press-release/2023/06/roadmap-launched-for-a-national-care-service-to-transform-lives-says-unison/
- Yorkshire Bylines | The Teach First effect: quiet takeover of our public sector - https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/education/the-teach-first-effect-quiet-takeover-of-our-public-sector/
- Yorkshire Evening Post | Leeds man admits ripping down plaque to David Oluwale and throwing it in the River Aire - https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/crime/leeds-man-admits-ripping-down-plaque-to-david-oluwale-and-throwing-it-in-the-river-aire-4183463
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