Looking forward to the child welfare inequalities panel happening at EuSARF on September 12th. Panellists will discuss 'why should CW inequalities be addressed in your country?' with respondents from the UK, Canada, Aotearoa NZ and Australia.
📢 I’m delighted to announce that @shirleylewis21 and I have officially launched our new project ‘Everyday Parenting with Care experience’. The project focuses on positive parenting journeys.
https://t.co/A2KuRfr26R
Paper now published in BJSW: Racially Minoritised Young People’s Experiences of Navigating COVID-19 Challenges: A Community Cultural Wealth Perspective https://t.co/10ItE0bHlL @AnnaGupta2@ProfLakhanpaul
WEBINAR TOMORROW
New research findings that suggest the needs of parents with learning disabilities or difficulties might not be currently being met by the family courts will be presented, ahead of a new report coming very soon
https://t.co/ZdPvqYLDXz
Lord Beveridge; the father of social welfare bureaucracy and its case managers as a substitute conscious, intellect, and firewall for privileged society from the poor.
We're running online focus groups to discuss Romani & Traveller women's experiences of domestic violence and are seeking participants who are aged 18 or over and identify as Romani. To take part, get in touch with the brilliant Michaela Rogers @m[email protected]
Interested in the power of community action and documentary filmmaking?
Join us for: 'Belonging: Tiger Bay Boxing Club' by Florence Ayisi
🗓️3 June, 4:30-6pm
🧭Pevensey 1A6
With the documentary participants and @AnnaGupta2 (Co-POWeR)!
🔗https://t.co/2dnhNKWWuG
Free Webinar
WHAT IS THE POINT OF CHILDREN’S SOCIAL CARE?
In this session, we've gathered some of the most influential leaders in social work to explore this important question.
Beverley Barnett‑Jones is Associate Director for System and Impact at the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory.
Donald Forrester is Professor of Child and Family Social Work and Director of CASCADE Centre for Children's Social Care Research and Development at Cardiff University.
Isabelle Trowler is Chief Social Worker for Children and Families
Josh MacAlister chaired the Independent Review of Children's Social Care between March 2021 and May 2022.
Link to sign up
https://t.co/PYqM10neUI
A huge congratulations 🎊 to @RuthLightbody on her new publication: ‘Evaluating the Role of Public Hearings within Deliberative Democracy: Operationalising the Democratic Standards as a Framework’, featuring in @delibdemjournal 20(1). doi: https://t.co/DKnOp7hQAy
Happy Monday from all here at @GCU_SPIRU. Have a great week!
Today's news:
John is attending the @ChildWelfareIn1 Webinar, which describes the results from a pilot for a basic income for care leavers in Wales.
I'm very honoured that the article received the award. This is a meaningful step towards the recognition of the value of children's views (pun intended).
I urge everyone to please read the article and hear what children say about their lives.
In the act - the force of activism, of activist philosophy- is not about
the individual. At its best, it is about how the collective operates as a group- subject.
Erin Manning
This won’t be a surprise to many, but good to see such a high profile figure speak out about the impact of austerity on local authority early help and family support services: https://t.co/todBpj9Had
"Academic freedom provides us with a space to stand in the wings of discrimination in a way that’s not available to other people.” ✊🏽 Academia and activism should co-exist. Great article with the incredible @cblackst https://t.co/Wez6gW7DMt