BASW UK Conference June 2024 Edinburgh
A Sustainable Future for Social Work
- a better future for our profession, for our communities, for our environment
- Date: Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th June 2024
- Venue: Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, EH8 8AS or ONLINE
Early bird discounts - now open until 29th February 2024
We are delighted to welcome delegates to the two day BASW UK 2024 conference which is being held in Edinburgh at the iconic Dynamic Earth venue. This event is a hybrid event offering keynote speakers and workshops across two days. Those attending in person can enjoy lunch, refreshments, drinks reception and networking. Our online only option provides a discounted virtual conference experience.
Our conference will:
- Explore how the social work profession itself can be sustained better for the long term
- Showcase the part social workers can play in creating thriving sustainable communities and liveable environments.
- Consider how social work can use ideas of sustainability to tackle poverty, austerity and injustice in the UK and globally.
Workshops and presentation proposals now open! Responses to submissions can be expected by end of January 2024.
We have also secured some fantastically discounted accommodation to ensure your visit is affordable and comfortable in the heart of Edinburgh - available on a first come first served basis. Book early to avoid disappointment! Full details are below.
Find out more
Prices - early bird open now, plus discounts for members!
Early bird discounts - now open until 29th February 2024
Two days (18th and 19th June). Includes lunch, refreshments and evening pass to the free drinks reception and journalism awards on the evening of 18th June.
| £ | |
| Member | 66.00 |
| Non-Member | 96.00 |
Standard rates from 1st March 2024
Two days (18th and 19th June). Includes lunch, refreshments and evening pass to the free drinks reception and journalism awards on the evening of 18th June.
| £ | |
| BASW Member | 96.00 |
| Non-Member | 192.00 |
Online only rates - join us for the virtual programme
Two days (18th and 19th June).
| £ | |
| BASW Member | 30.00 |
| Non-Member | 60.00 |
Discounted accommodation - discount code
BASW have sourced some reasonably priced accommodation with the University of Edinburgh. The accommodation is a 1.2 mile walk or drive from Dynamic Earth and 1.5 miles from Waverley Station. Book through the University of Edinburgh website and by using the promo code EVENT you can receive an extra 10% off the standard rate.
Rate includes Full Scottish Breakfast
Modifications & Cancellations are allowed up to 24 hours prior to arrival
Subject to availability
Information on other local hotels can be found here.
Workshop and presentations proposals - submit now!
Here is all the information you need if you are interested in delivering a session at the BASW UK 2024 Annual conference.
Our aspiration is to involve a fantastic range of individuals and organisations to create a truly engaging and memorable experience. The overall theme of the conference is A Sustainable Future for Social Work - a better future for our profession, for our communities, for our environment.
The conference will be exploring a range of topic threads that tie the whole conference theme together.
- The social care and social work workforce
- Wellbeing of social workers
- Social work practice
- Social work research
- Social policy reform
- Equalities and justice
- UK social work and the global UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Social work and economics: e.g. anti-poverty and ‘good work’ initiatives
- Community social work and/or action
- The built environment: e.g. housing, urban design
- Social work and the environment: e.g. climate change, biodiversity, pollution, green spaces
- Buen Vivir: good living for all The Global agenda theme for social work 2024
We welcome diverse contributions and embrace wide interpretations of core themes which could be online or in person:
- Presentation
- Interactive workshop
- Film
Sessions can be 30mins, 45mins, 1 hour or 1hr 30mins (subject to availability)
Closing date: 5pm 12th January 2024
Interested in exhibiting?
BASW is pleased to invite exhibitors to the BASW UK annual conference.
This vibrant two-day event is BASW's biggest event, with anticipated attendance over two days of over 800 social workers from across the UK. This landmark event is led by the voice of social work for social workers and brings together profession leaders, students, academics and social workers to enjoy a range of keynote speakers, workshops.
Date: Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th June 2024
Venue: Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, EH8 8AS or ONLINE
| Charity | Non Charity | |
| 1 Day | £400.00 | £800.00 |
| 2 Days | £600.00 | £1,200.00 |
Contact comms@basw.co.uk if you would like to exhibit or find out more.
How to get there - travel and parking information
Situated at the foot of Arthur’s Seat and neighboring the Scottish Parliament and the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Dynamic Earth is accessible through a number of sustainable routes, including walking, bus and cycle links, and has a 24-hour car park. Find out more here.
BY FOOT
Dynamic Earth is (approximately) a 20-minute walk from Edinburgh City Centre. Accessible from Holyrood Road, Holyrood Gait and a public footpath from Horse Wynd.
BY BIKE
Dynamic Earth is close to the National Cycle Network, with connections via Holyrood Park. We have bike racks located outside the building on Holyrood Road. Click here to help plan your cycle route: https://www.cyclestreets.net/
BY BUS
There are several open top tour buses which make regular stops at Dynamic Earth. The number 35 stops a 3-minute walk away from Dynamic Earth. Alternative routes include the 5, 7, 14, 29, 30, 31, 33, 37, 45 and 49 which stop on North Bridge and are a 10-minute walk away along Holyrood Road. Please visit the Lothian Buses website for more information.
BY TRAIN
The nearest train station is Edinburgh Waverley, which is a 15-minute walk away, when leaving from the Market Street exit. Up-to-date train times and tickets can be found at the Trainline website.
BY CAR
Dynamic Earth has a 24-hour car park located underneath the building, for which charges to apply. Spaces are allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis and cannot be reserved beforehand. The car park has a height limit of 2.3 meters.
Dynamic Earth has three electric car charging points for public use. Our charging points only accept Charge Place Scotland cards (not the app as it is a low signal area). Electricity is free and standard car park charges apply.
We have six disabled parking bays in our car park. Their location can be found in our Access Statement. Free parking is available for all Blue Badge Holders, parking tickets must be validated at the ticket desk or our security entrance before leaving.
Accessiblity
We endeavor to ensure that we are as inclusive to everyone as possible. If there are any specific needs within your party, please contact us beforehand so we can ensure to provide the best possible experience for you.
About the conference
A Sustainable Future for Social Work - a better future for our profession, for our communities, for our environment
Living and working more sustainably is an existential challenge of our times. Our conference will explore how the social work profession itself can be sustained better for the long term, and will showcase the part we play in creating thriving sustainable communities and liveable environments.
Underpinning this approach to sustainability is equality and social justice. Our societies and environment have become more unequal through unsustainable economic exploitation of people and resources. Our conference will explore how social work can use ideas of sustainability to tackle poverty, austerity and injustice in the UK and globally.
The conference will welcome diverse contributions and embrace wide interpretations of core themes. Sustainability underpins much of social work’s and social care’s current role in enabling human growth and development throughout the lifespan and ensuring access to social and human rights.
In the future, social workers will have an increasing role in enabling people to access their rights in respect of environmental safety and wellbeing and tackling inequalities from climate change and environmental risks. Social work’s systemic approach and appreciation of social ecology are a vital perspective to challenges ahead and needs to include collaboration and partnership with wider social care and other colleagues
BASW UK Social Work Journalism Awards
We will also be hosting our second BASW UK Social Work Journalism Awards on the evening of the 18th June. Come and join us for drinks and buffet and hear about the work of national journalists and their coverage of social work.
Further details will also come soon on how to nominate examples of great journalism and the criteria/categories we will be setting for this year. So remember to keep/tag any award-worthy articles or broadcast pieces or podcast episodes for nomination when the call opens!
Early bird discounts - now open until 29th February 2024
Two days (18th and 19th June). Includes lunch, refreshments and evening pass to the free drinks reception and journalism awards on the evening of 18th June.
| £ | |
| Member | 66.00 |
| Non-Member | 96.00 |
Standard rates from 1st March 2024
Two days (18th and 19th June). Includes lunch, refreshments and evening pass to the free drinks reception and journalism awards on the evening of 18th June.
| £ | |
| BASW Member | 96.00 |
| Non-Member | 192.00 |
Online only rates - join us for the virtual programme
Two days (18th and 19th June).
| £ | |
| BASW Member | 30.00 |
| Non-Member | 60.00 |
Im enjoy networking with other people, getting to meet people from practice from policy, from academia and being able to expand on what social work really is.
AttributionConference delegate
SASW Conference 2023
Reclaiming the Social in Social Work
Time: Wednesday, 29 November 2023 - 10:00am to 4:00pm
| £ | |
| BASW Student member | FREE |
| Experts by Experience | FREE |
| BASW member | FREE |
| Non-member | £15 plus VAT |
Programme
Agenda
10:00 - 10:10 Conference Opening Toyin Okpaje Vice Chair of SASW Committee
10:10 - 10:30 Voice of Lived Experience Dr Katriona O'Sullivan, Digital Skills Lecturer, Maynooth University
10:30 - 10:50 Putting the 'Social' back into Social Work Relationships Prof. Mark Smith, Professor of Social Work, University of Dundee
10:50 - 11:00 BASW Codes of Ethics within the Codes of Practice Laura Lamb, Director of Workforce, Education & Standards, SSSC
11:00 - 11:20 How Scottish Government can enable the 'Social' in Social Work Iona Colvin, Chief Social Work Advisor, Scottish Government
11:20 - 11:40 Ministerial Address Angela Constance MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs
11:40 - 12:00 Questions & Closing All Presenters
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00 First Workshop
14:00 – 14:15 Comfort Break
14:15 – 15:15 Second Workshop
Workshop A Community Social Work in Practice, Glasgow Caledonian University
Workshop B Guiding Light: Harnessing Reflective Supervision for Effective Social Work Practice, University of Bath and Social Workers Union
Workshop C Poetry for Wellbeing, Dr Autumn Roesch-March, Dr Ariane Critchley and Samuel Tongue (Scottish Poetry Library)
Workshop D System Change Work around Children and Families, Barnardos and Renfrewshire Council
Workshop E Breaking Down Barriers: The Identification and Support of Adult and Young Carers from Hard-to-Reach Communities, Young Carers and Milan Senior Welfare Organisation
Workshop F The Importance of the Social Work Role to Gaining Access to Self Directed Support, SDS Scotland, Social Work Scotland and Expert by Experience Sarah Anderson
Workshop G Working with African Families: A toolkit for the Social Care Workforce, Passion 4 Fusion and IRISS
15:15 – 15:35 Poetry and Putting the ‘Social’ back into Social Work Jackie Kay, Poet
15:35 – 15:45 Final Thoughts & Conference Closing Alison Bavidge, SASW
Hear all about the BASW UK conference 2024 from those that led sessions!
Highlights: BASW UK Conference 2023- Celebrating the Social Work Community in Tough Times
Thank you to everyone who joined us either in-person or remotely for our annual national conference- recognising and championing the social work profession across the UK. Watch the film for highlights below.
