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- 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
- BBC News | Family in gymnastics racism row say apology is 'useless' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66937302
- BBC News | Woman waited five days in A&E due to bed shortage - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cljer8w56r8o
- BBC News | Police officers widely misusing body-worn cameras - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66809642
- Byline Times | ‘Left in the Lurch’: The Systemic Failure and Under-Funding of Respite Care - https://bylinetimes.com/2023/09/25/left-in-the-lurch-the-systemic-failure-and-under-funding-of-respite-care/
- Community Care | Agency social work rules: ‘hugely frustrating’ delay to DfE consultation response - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/09/22/agency-social-work-rules-hugely-frustrating-delay-to-dfe-consultation-response/
- Community Care | Black, male and 40-plus social workers disproportionately subject to fitness to practise process - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/10/02/black-male-and-40-plus-social-workers-disproportionately-subject-to-fitness-to-practise-process/
- Community Care | Employers chosen to design and test social work early career framework - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/09/21/employers-chosen-to-design-and-test-social-work-early-career-framework/
- Community Care | Government presses ahead with scientific asylum age assessments in face of criticisms - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/09/22/government-presses-ahead-with-scientific-asylum-age-assessments-in-face-of-criticisms/
- Community Care | How does negative media coverage of social work affect you? - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/10/03/how-does-negative-media-coverage-of-social-work-affect-you/
- Community Care | How much unpaid overtime do social workers work? - https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/09/14/unpaid-hours-overtime-social-workers-readers-take/
- Community Care | Social Work England consults on best interests assessor training standards – Click here
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- 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/
- CoramBAAF | Learning from Windrush: a kinship care context - https://corambaaf.org.uk/updates/learning-windrush-kinship-care-context
- Disability News Service | Anger as Labour omits ‘vital’ promise on disability rights from policy document - https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/anger-as-labour-omits-vital-promise-on-disability-rights-from-policy-document/
- Labour Research | Black Workers and the crisis | Conference debates ethnic impact of crisis (3 pages) - Download from here
- Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman | Amplify the vulnerable and voiceless, Ombudsman says - https://www.lgo.org.uk/information-centre/news/2023/sep/amplify-the-vulnerable-and-voiceless-ombudsman-says
- Metro | ‘Being a carer has left me at breaking point’ - https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/02/being-a-carer-has-left-me-at-breaking-point-19565421/
- Metro | Britain’s secret history: How 70,000 Black children ended up being privately ‘farmed’ to white families - https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/04/how-70000-black-children-were-privately-farmed-to-white-families-19576461/
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- Metro | If Suella Braverman were white, she wouldn’t get away with spouting the hate she does - https://metro.co.uk/2023/09/19/if-suella-braverman-were-white-she-wouldnt-get-away-with-spouting-hate-19523269/
- Metro | Lee Anderson tells poverty-stricken families to ‘get off their arse’ - https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/03/lee-anderson-tells-struggling-families-that-poverty-doesnt-exist-19599733/
- Metro | NHS trust to give men a year off if they’re experiencing menopause symptoms - https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/03/nhs-trust-to-give-men-a-year-off-if-theyre-experiencing-menopause-symptoms-19597718/
- Metro | People mistreated and abused in ‘prison-like’ conditions at immigration centre - https://metro.co.uk/2023/09/19/immigration-detainees-kept-in-prison-like-conditions-inquiry-finds-19521942/
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- 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/
- Metro | Suella Braverman refugee speech ‘one of the most grotesque by a minister ever’ - https://metro.co.uk/2023/09/26/braverman-refugee-speech-one-of-the-most-grotesque-by-a-minister-ever-19561769/
- Metro | The Sisterhood List: Saluting the women who have opened doors for other Black women in Britain - https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/01/the-sisterhood-list-saluting-the-uk-black-women-whove-opened-doors-for-others-19558944/
- Now Then | Don’t ask and don’t assume – no matter what the government says - https://nowthenmagazine.com/articles/dont-ask-and-dont-assume-no-matter-what-the-government-says-disability-rights
- Refugee Council | Dentists warned not to use x-rays to attempt to judge age of young asylum seekers - https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/latest/news/4482_dentists_warned_not_to_use_x-rays_to_attempt_to_judge_age_of_young_asylum_seekers/
- Research Live | Most Black Britons change themselves to fit in at work, study on Black British identity finds - https://www.research-live.com/article/news/most-black-britons-change-themselves-to-fit-in-at-work-study-on-black-british-identity-finds/id/5117583
- Runnymede Trust | Building an anti-racist classroom - https://www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/building-an-anti-racist-classroom
- Professional Social Work | How to be an anti-racist ally explored in 'chinwag' - https://new.basw.co.uk/about-social-work/psw-magazine/articles/how-be-anti-racist-ally-explored-chinwag
- Professional Social Work | ‘It became clear that I have experienced racism’ - https://new.basw.co.uk/about-social-work/psw-magazine/articles/it-became-clear-i-have-experienced-racism
- Professional Social Work | Rap-classical music fusion celebrates less racist Britain - https://new.basw.co.uk/about-social-work/psw-magazine/articles/rap-classical-music-fusion-celebrates-less-racist-britain
- Professional Social Work | Social work recruitment crisis highlighted as barrier to children's social care reform - https://new.basw.co.uk/about-social-work/psw-magazine/articles/social-work-recruitment-crisis-highlighted-barrier
- 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
- Sky News | Study reveals how early humans left Africa 84,000 years ago - https://news.sky.com/story/study-reveals-how-early-humans-left-africa-84-000-years-ago-12975688
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- Social Work England publishes initial analysis of social workers' diversity data in relation to its fitness to practise process - https://www.socialworkengland.org.uk/news/social-work-england-publishes-initial-analysis-of-social-workers-diversity-data-in-relation-to-its-fitness-to-practise-process/
- Social Workers Union | Ken Loach talks to SWU - https://swu-union.org.uk/2023/09/ken-loach-talks-to-swu/
- Social Work Today | Charity calls for end to children in care being moved miles away from their communities - https://www.socialworktoday.co.uk/News/Charity-calls-for-end-to-children-in-care-being-moved-miles-away-from-their-communities
- The Guardian | Black History Month to celebrate women and UK’s Windrush generation - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/30/black-history-month-women-uk-windrush-generation-october
- The Guardian | Blue’s Lee Ryan avoids jail for drunkenly assaulting Black flight attendant - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/28/blue-lee-ryan-avoids-jail-term-for-drunkenly-assaulting-black-flight-attendant
- The Guardian | Boy, 13, admits killing Sheffield woman by driving over her in her own car - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/03/boy-13-admits-killing-sheffield-woman-by-driving-over-her-in-her-own-car
- The Guardian | Braverman’s claim about ethnicity of grooming gangs was false, regulator rules - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/28/braverman-ethnicity-child-grooming-gangs-false-mail-on-sunday
- The Guardian | Braverman’s claim over lowering of threshold for asylum seekers debunked by lawyers - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/29/bravermans-claim-over-lowering-of-threshold-for-asylum-seekers-debunked-by-lawyers
- The Guardian | Britain’s the best place to be Black, says Kemi Badenoch. But ask yourself: is it as good as being white? - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/03/britains-best-place-to-be-black-kemi-badenoch-tory
- The Guardian | Calls for more prison funding drowned out by tough talk on sentencing - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/28/calls-for-more-prison-funding-drowned-out-by-tough-talk-on-sentencing
- The Guardian | Cartoonists create colouring book for refugees in rebuff to UK government - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/22/cartoonists-colouring-book-refugees-welcome-to-britain
- The Guardian | Catholic and C of E primary schools in England ‘take fewer Send pupils’ - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/oct/02/catholic-and-c-of-e-primary-schools-in-england-take-fewer-send-pupils
- The Guardian | Charity challenges home secretary’s claims about ‘economic migrants’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/02/charity-challenges-home-secretarys-claims-about-economic-migrants
- The Guardian | Children were failed by pandemic policies, Covid inquiry told - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/04/children-were-failed-by-pandemic-policies-covid-inquiry-told
- The Guardian | Come with me to a Home Office centre for disabled asylum seekers. See Britain’s hidden shame - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/01/home-office-centre-for-disabled-asylum-seekers-care-home
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- The Guardian | Councils ‘on their knees’ as they face record ￡3.5bn funding shortfall - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/28/councils-in-england-scotland-and-wales-facing-record-cash-shortfalls
- The Guardian | Criminal gangs in UK sending recruits to train as prison officers, union warns - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/27/organised-crime-gangs-uk-sending-recruits-to-train-as-prison-officers-union-warns
- The Guardian | Criminals in England and Wales spared jail sentences because of overcrowding - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/28/criminals-in-england-and-wales-spared-jail-sentences-because-of-overcrowding
- The Guardian | Dear Jeremy Hunt, I have a job but still need benefits and can barely make ends meet. You have no idea - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/03/jeremy-hunt-job-life-on-benefits-chancellor
- The Guardian | ‘Deeply concerning’ inequalities in NHS heart valve surgery, report finds - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/03/deeply-concerning-inequalities-nhs-heart-valve-surgery-report-england
- The Guardian | Doctors in England told not to start new patients on ADHD drugs due to shortage - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/29/doctors-in-england-told-not-to-start-new-patients-on-adhd-drugs-due-to-shortage
- The Guardian | Far-right figures praise Braverman’s illegal migration comments and vow to ‘capitalise’ on her intervention - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/30/far-right-figures-praise-bravermans-migration-comments-and-vow-to-capitalise-on-her-intervention
- The Guardian | Former race lead sues EHRC for race discrimination - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/01/former-race-lead-sues-ehrc-for-race-discrimination
- The Guardian | Hampshire police officer sacked for using ‘extreme’ force against detainees - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/29/hampshire-police-officer-simon-lythgoe-sacked-for-using-extreme-force-against-detainees
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- The Guardian | I have 30 years’ experience as a prison officer and feel the fear every single day - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/27/i-have-30-years-experience-prison-officer-feel-fear-every-single-day
- The Guardian | ‘Incoherence and inconsistency’: the inside story of the Rwanda deportation plan - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/05/incoherence-and-inconsistency-the-inside-story-of-the-rwanda-deportation-plan
- The Guardian | Just take a bubble bath!’ Why faux self-care won’t solve our problems - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/sep/25/just-take-a-bubble-bath-why-faux-self-care-wont-solve-our-problems?CMP=share_btn_tw
- The Guardian | Most people prosecuted under joint enterprise from minority ethnic background - https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/sep/30/most-people-prosecuted-under-joint-enterprise-from-minority-ethnic-background
- The Guardian | Music has a magical powe - r for people with dementia - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/21/music-has-a-magical-power-for-people-with-dementia
- The Guardian | One in 10 prisons in England and Wales should be shut down, watchdog says - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/25/one-in-10-prisons-in-england-and-wales-should-be-shut-down-watchdog-says
- The Guardian | Pepper spray could be used at young offender institutions in England and Wales - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/26/pepper-spray-young-offender-institutions-england-wales
- The Guardian | Plan for 20,000 more prison places in England and Wales won’t be complete until 2030 - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/29/plan-for-20000-more-prison-places-in-england-and-wales-wont-be-complete-until-2030
- The Guardian | Pointe Black: the London ballet school breaking racial barriers – in pictures - https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/oct/04/pointe-black-london-ballet-school-breaking-racial-barriers-in-pictures
- The Guardian | Prison inmates ‘at risk of death’ due to healthcare failings, says inquest report - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/03/prison-inmates-at-risk-of-death-due-to-healthcare-failings-says-inquest-report
- The Guardian | Prisons struggle to keep staff as officers leave for Border Force and police - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/28/prisons-struggle-to-keep-staff-as-officers-leave-for-border-force-and-police
- The Guardian | Psychologists having to talk to young offenders through cell doors - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/27/psychologists-having-to-talk-to-young-offenders-through-cell-doors
- The Guardian | Revealed: UK government keeping files on education critics’ social media activity - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/30/revealed-uk-government-keeping-files-on-education-critics-social-media-activity
- The Guardian | Rishi Sunak rejects Braverman claim multiculturalism has failed - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/28/rishi-sunak-rejects-braverman-claim-multiculturalism-has-failed
- The Guardian | Rwanda ambassador: Suella Braverman ‘absolutely wrong’ on immigration - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/30/rwanda-ambassador-suella-braverman-absolutely-wrong-on-immigration
- The Guardian | Saviour Suella rouses Tory faithful with speech full of bile - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/03/suella-communes-with-the-loons-with-a-conference-speech-from-the-gutter
- The Guardian | Seeing a young gymnast’s pain, I saw myself – and just how far Ireland has to go on racism - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/30/young-gymnast-ireland-racism-black-child
- The Guardian | Showing support for young asylum seekers - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/26/showing-support-for-young-asylum-seekers
- The Guardian | Smirking Suella trashes 70 years of human rights in 30 minutes - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/26/smirking-suella-trashes-70-years-of-human-rights-in-30-minutes
- The Guardian | Southall Black Sisters director left angry and upset after alleged racist attack - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/05/southall-black-sisters-director-left-angry-and-upset-after-alleged-racist-attack
- The Guardian | Suella Braverman claims ‘hurricane’ of mass migration coming to UK - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/03/suella-braverman-claims-hurricane-of-mass-migration-coming-to-uk
- The Guardian | Suella Braverman’s bigoted attack on multiculturalism shouldn’t blind us to its problems - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/01/diverity-has-worked-in-britain-trouble-starts-when-we-try-to-manage-it
- The Guardian | Suella Braverman makes fresh attack on European court of human rights - https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/sep/24/suella-braverman-makes-fresh-attack-on-european-court-of-human-rights
- The Guardian | Suella Braverman’s message of divide and rule must be resisted - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/29/suella-bravermans-message-of-divide-and-rule-must-be-resisted
- The Guardian | Sunak refuses to rule out welcoming Farage back into Tory party - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/03/sunak-refuses-to-rule-out-welcoming-farage-back-into-tory-party
- The Guardian | Teenage fix: the London council spending big on youth services - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/01/teenage-fix-the-london-council-spending-big-on-youth-services
- The Guardian | The world can solve this migration crisis. A more humane approach is the answer - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/10/solve-migration-crisis-humane-windrush-generation
- The Guardian | Thousands of refugees could be made homeless in UK’s asylum backlog clearance - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/05/more-than-50000-refugees-could-be-made-homeless-in-asylum-backlog-clearance
- The Guardian | Time After Time by Chris Atkins review – a former inmate explores the reasons for reoffending - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/01/time-after-time-repeat-offenders-inside-stories-by-chris-atkins-review-a-former-inmate-explores-the-reasons-for-reoffending
- The Guardian | UK could rent space in foreign jails to ease shortage of cells - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/03/uk-could-rent-space-in-foreign-jails-to-ease-shortage-of-cells
- The Guardian | UK equality watchdog refuses to allow staff to speak up on race, tribunal hears - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/04/uk-equality-watchdog-refuses-to-allow-its-staff-to-speak-up-on-race-tribunal-hears?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
- The Guardian | UK inmates broadcast prison life online from contraband phones - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/27/uk-inmates-broadcast-prison-life-online-from-contraband-phones
- The Guardian | UK outspends rest of Europe on housing asylum seekers by at least 40% a person - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/29/uk-outspends-rest-of-europe-on-housing-asylum-seekers-by-at-least-40-a-person
- The Guardian | University students more at risk of depression than non-students – study - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/29/university-students-more-at-risk-of-depression-than-non-students-study
- The Guardian | UN rebukes Suella Braverman over her attack on refugee convention - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/26/un-suella-braverman-refugee-convention-unhcr-migration
- The Guardian | Values we teach our kids change – but good manners are timeless - https://www.theguardian.com/society/commentisfree/2023/sep/17/kids-children-good-manners-blind-obedience
- The Guardian view on prisons: staff will be key to any turnaround - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/29/the-guardian-view-on-prisons-staff-will-be-key-to-any-turnaround
- The Guardian | Violence, isolation and rat-infested cells: insiders on the state of English and Welsh prisons - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/25/insiders-on-the-state-of-english-and-welsh-prisons
- The Guardian | Warning over unconscious bias against working-class pupils in English schools - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/03/warning-unconscious-bias-working-class-pupils-schools-england
- The Guardian | Watchdog commissioner says Met sabotaged her career over investigations of racism - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/28/watchdog-commissioner-says-met-sabotaged-her-career-over-investigations-of-racism
- The Guardian | ‘We feel we’ve earned it’: UK over-50s on switching to part-time work - https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/sep/27/over-50s-on-switching-to-part-time-work
- The Guardian | We have all felt powerless as poverty mounts in Tory Britain. Here is a practical way to hold back the tide - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/29/poverty-tory-britain-essential-bills-social-tariff-covid-universal-credit
- The Guardian | West Ham’s Hawa Cissoko: ‘Some people are just racist and find every opportunity to be racist’ - https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/sep/29/west-ham-hawa-cissoko-racist-abuse-become-referee
- The Guardian | What are Labour’s new migration plans? - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/14/what-are-labours-new-migration-plans
- The Guardian | What judges have said about the state of prisons in England and Wales - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/28/what-judges-have-said-about-the-state-of-prisons-in-england-and-wales
- The Guardian | Windrush generation in East Staffordshire to be honoured by council - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/01/windrush-generation-in-east-staffordshire-to-be-honoured-by-council
- The Guardian | Why are slave traders still being commemorated? - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/22/why-are-slave-traders-still-being-commemorated
- The Independent | Alex Beresford on his mental health documentary Black Boys Can Cry and that Piers Morgan row: ‘I was trolled so much in that period’ - https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/alex-beresford-black-boys-can-cry-piers-morgan-b2420883.html
- The Independent | Almost half of young Black Britons plan to migrate amid racism concerns, landmark study highlights - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/black-britons-voice-newspaper-study-b2421048.html
- The Independent | Bias row as Suella Braverman to be interviewed on ‘toxic’ GB News by Tory deputy chair despite misogyny scandal - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/lee-anderson-suella-braverman-gb-news-b2420370.html
- The Independent | Black organisations to receive free advertising through The Independent - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/black-history-month-advertising-independent-b2419689.html
- The Independent | Bristol murder: ‘Heartbroken’ tributes to Black man killed in alleged race hate attack - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/bristol-murder-police-race-isaac-b2422287.html
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- The Independent | Criminals may be freed early to ease overcrowding as prison crisis laid bare - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/prisons-overcrowding-early-release-daniel-khalife-wandsworth-b2416855.html
- The Independent | Idris Elba reveals he’s been in therapy for over a year after work realisation - https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/idris-elba-therapy-films-work-bad-habits-b2423611.html
- The Independent | It’s about the rhythm, not blues: 2023’s Black British trailblazers - https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/rye-lane-yomi-adjani-bhm-b2419544.html
- The Independent | First they send migrants to Rwanda - now Tories want to send British prisoners abroad - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/prisons-abroad-tory-conference-overcrowding-b2423240.html
- The Independent | Migrants sexually harassed and injured in ‘unsafe’ Home Office detention centre - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/yarls-wood-detention-centre-home-office-b2422992.html
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- The Independent | Nursing watchdog accused of discrimination for letting racism complaints ‘go unchecked’ - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/racism-nursing-midwifery-council-nmc-b2419542.html
- The Independent | Record number of trials adjourned over failure to bring suspects from prison to court - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/trial-prisons-court-backlog-delays-b2414412.html
- The Independent | Striking university staff ‘forced to cut back on food’ as they ‘can’t pay the bills’ - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/university-strikes-queen-mary-london-b2418145.html
- The Independent | Survivors being neglected, charities warn, as they mark one year without a victims’ commissioner - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/victims-commissioner-vacancy-alex-chalk-b2418270.html
- The Independent | The cesspit of anti-woke, anti-science conspiracy theories that is GB News - https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/laurence-fox-dan-wootton-gb-news-b2420027.html
- The Independent | Trevor Monerville: Coroner criticises ‘unacceptable’ care of Black epileptic man who died in prison - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/inquest-epilepsy-death-prison-b2422333.html
- The Independent | Vicar calls on equalities watchdog to investigate ‘institutional racism’ in Church of England - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/vicar-racism-ehrc-church-equalities-b2415813.html
- The Independent | Young inexperienced prison officers at risk of ‘grooming’ from most dangerous criminals - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/prison-officers-high-security-jails-daniel-khalfe-b2418940.html
- The Star | Marcia Grant: Boy said 'looks like I've got my first kill' after running down Sheffield grandma with own car - https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/crime/marcia-grant-boy-13-said-looks-like-ive-got-my-first-kill-after-running-down-grandmother-with-own-car-4357102
(TRIGGER WARNING!) ??
- The Voice | 87% say Black patients get worse healthcare - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/black-british-voices/2023/10/02/89-say-black-patients-get-worse-healthcare/
- The Voice | 98% of Black Brits have to compromise who they are at work - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/09/28/98-of-black-brits-have-to-compromise-who-they-are-at-work/
- The Voice | Just 1 in 10 Black Brits are ‘definitely proud to be British’ - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/09/28/just-1-in-10-black-brits-are-definitely-proud-to-be-british/
- The Voice | Make Black History compulsory in schools - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/history/2023/10/02/make-black-history-compulsory-in-schools/
- The Voice | Pay Black workers for organising BHM activities - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/opinion/comment/2023/10/03/pay-black-workers-for-organising-bhm-activities/
- The Voice | Political parties must tackle racial injustice, race equality think-tank warns - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/09/29/political-parties-must-tackle-racial-injustice-race-equality-think-tank-warns/
- The Voice | Racism ‘the biggest barrier to achievement’ in education - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/black-british-voices/2023/10/03/racism-the-biggest-barrier-to-achievement-in-education/
- The Voice | The time for action – and talk – is now - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/opinion/comment/2023/09/29/the-time-for-action-and-talk-is-now/
- The Voice | Time to bin BAME - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/black-british-voices/2023/09/29/time-to-bin-bame/
- The Voice | UK best place to be Black, gaslighting Kemi tells Tories - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/10/03/uk-best-place-to-be-black-gaslighting-kemi-tells-tories/
- The Voice | Warm words have failed – it’s time for action to tackle racial injustice - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/opinion/comment/2023/09/29/warm-words-have-failed-its-time-for-action-to-tackle-racial-injustice/
- The Voice | Young Black Britons do not see Britain as their permanent home - https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2023/09/28/young-black-britons-do-not-see-britain-as-their-permanent-home/
- Trades Union Congress (TUC) | Don’t Ask, Don’t Assume - https://www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/dont-ask-dont-assume
- 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/
Consultations, petitions & surveys
Opportunities & vacancies
- 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 | Homes not Hospitals landing page - https://new.basw.co.uk/about-basw/social-work-around-uk/basw-england/campaigns/homes-not-hospitals
- BASW England | Practice Educator Professional Standards (PEPS) refresh 2022 - https://new.basw.co.uk/policy-practice/standards/practice-educator-professional-standards-peps
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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1c-Eld7Fh8
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- BASW England | Quality Assurance in Practice Learning (QAPL) refresh 2022 - https://new.basw.co.uk/policy-practice/standards/quality-assurance-practice-learning-qapl
- BASW England (via YouTube) | Black & Ethnic Minority Professionals Symposium (BPS): SMASHING the Glass Ceiling Employment Skills - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTJJuxsZ500
- BASW | PCF/PEPS/QAPL - By the profession, for the profession banner – Download from here
- BBC Sounds | The Bottom Line podcast | Back to the office - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001qtrz?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
- Black History Studies (via Twitter/X) | Grand Rising Global Family ?????? - https://twitter.com/BlkHistStudies/status/1705114781139583163
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- Black Knowledge | I consider myself a crayon... image - Download from here
- British Library | Black literature timeline | Explore the rich history of Black writing and literature in Britain - https://www.bl.uk/20th-century-literature/activities/black-literature-timeline
- Channel 4 News (via Twitter/X) | EXCL: The Met Police spent over ￡1m on a criminal investigation against former IPCC commissioner Jennifer Izekor, one of the few Black people to have held the post. She had been investigating alleged police racism… - Click here
- Channel 4 News (via Twitter/X) | “They infringe on fundamental human rights.”? Imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentences were abolished in 2012, but there are nearly 3,000 prisoners still being held… - https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1709538218855587955
- Channel 5 (via YouTube) | White Nanny Black Child | Trailer | Brand New Documentary on Channel 5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDiilPLxs6k
- Clive Lewis MP (via Twitter/X) | Suella Braverman is using the oldest trick in the book… - https://twitter.com/labourlewis/status/1706605686333821265
- Dara Starr Tucker (via TikTok) | Racism laundering - https://www.tiktok.com/@darastarrtucker
- Hope Not Hate | Clothing - https://hopenothate.bigcartel.com/category/clothing
- Irish Nurses in the NHS (via Apple podcasts) | Louise Ryan and Grainne McPolin - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/irish-nurses-in-the-nhs/id1693370978
- Kofi Stone (via YouTube) | Hugh - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBXfGMUifO4
(TRIGGER WARNING!) ?? (re-added due to human error last week! ????)
- Lemn Sissay (via Twitter/X) | The wicked witch of the west… - https://twitter.com/lemnsissay/status/1709472769040068777
- Let’s Talk Social Work (via Apple podcasts) | Age assessment of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/age-assessment-of-unaccompanied-asylum-seeking-children/id1511140451?i=1000628711646
- Make It Plain (via Apple Podcasts) | Black Studies W/Professor Nicola Rollock: Her book "The Racial Code," Black women in higher education, White antiracist allyship + more – Click here
(re-added due to human error last week! ????)
- Menopause Whilst Black (via Apple podcasts) | Karen Arthur - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/menopause-whilst-black/id1537012198
- National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) | Resources from Research about work and learning disability - https://www.ndti.org.uk/resources/research-project/resources-from-research-about-work-and-learning-disability
- Nitin Sawhney (via Twitter/X) | I never imagined I would wake up one morning to see a Home Secretary of South Asian descent tell us that multiculturalism is toxic… - https://twitter.com/thenitinsawhney/status/1707274253358272964
- Professional Social Work | Powerful stories about the lived realities of Black people that must be heard - https://new.basw.co.uk/about-social-work/psw-magazine/articles/powerful-stories-about-lived-realities-black-people-must-be
- Protecting Young Black Lives, Celebrating Black Professionals conference October 2023 | A picture of Professor Carlene Firmin, Shantel Thomas, Patriche Bentick and I - Download from here
- Protecting Young Black Lives, Celebrating Black Professionals conference October 2023 | A picture of Professor Claudia Bernard and I - Download from here
- Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto (via Goodreads.com
) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60382737-rest-is-resistance
- Robert Bob (via Twitter/X) | A message for @SuellaBraverman - https://twitter.com/MrRobertBob1/status/1706916954399801487
- Shantel Thomas (via Twitter/X) | Beginning to unpack the residential I attended at @CumberlandLodge.? My heart is full - I was able to just Be… - https://twitter.com/ShantelThomas77/status/1709463804969435183
- The Guardian | Ben Jennings on the troubles at GB News – cartoon - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2023/sep/28/ben-jennings-on-the-troubles-at-gb-news-cartoon
- The Guardian | Black History | A timeline of two millennia of world-shaping individuals and momentous events that define Black history - https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2020/jul/11/black-history-timeline
- The Guardian | Martin Rowson on Labour’s plans for asylum and refugees – cartoon - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2023/sep/15/martin-rowson-labour-plans-asylum-refugees
- The Guardian | Science Weekly | Everything you need to know about the menopause – podcast - https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2023/oct/03/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-menopause-podcast
- 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 | Overcrowded and understaffed: life in England’s crumbling prisons - https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2023/sep/27/overcrowded-and-understaffed-life-in-england-crumbling-prisons-podcast
- Tony Benn | The way a government treats refugees is very instructive... quote - Download from here
- Trades Union Congress (TUC) | Anti-Racism Tracker - https://www.tuc.org.uk/tracker
- Trades Union Congress (TUC) - Black Activist Development Programme (Yorkshire & Humber region) - Cohort 2023 (photograph by Robert Palmer) - Download from here
- Trades Union Congress (TUC) - Minimum service levels: issuing work notices - https://www.tuc.org.uk/research-analysis/reports/minimum-service-levels-issuing-work-notices
- Trades Union Congress (TUC) | Trade union membership, organisation and strategy presentation - 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
- Wayne Reid (via Twitter/X) | “Dodging Devils” ?? ?? - https://twitter.com/wayne_reid79/status/1394798724199686152?s=20
- WW advert | On point image - September 2023 - Download from here
- WW advert | So, let me get this right... image - Download from here
- WW advert | THINK - it's not illegal yet image - Download from here
- WW advert | Unconventional, but always mentionable image – September 2023 - Download from here
“One world, one race… the human race!” ???????
