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This year we're raising funds for charities that support refugees and asylum seekers across the UK, including the Kent Refugee Action Network (KRAN), who provide safety and support to unaccompanied asylum seeking children.

Ahead of the Autumn Statement, campaigners are ramping up calls for the Chancellor to deliver greater support for low-income families.

The UK Government's Autumn Statement will be delivered by the Chancellor on Wednesday, 22 November 2023.

The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) is calling for the Illegal Migration Act to be revoked by the next UK Government.

On World Mental Health Day, we are pleased to launch on our website a film- Daphne McKenna: A life in social work.

The British Association of Social Workers strongly condemns the comments made by Home Secretary, Suella Braverman MP on 26 September 2023 which were that anti-gay discrimination is not a qualification for asylum.

The delay ignores everyday crisis situations that face many of the most vulnerable people and their families.

Shock and much sadness following tragic loss of social worker Sarah Fensom

BASW UK has expressed concern about the impact of repeated absence of children from school as statistics from the Department for Education (DfE)

BASW has joined with 30 health and social care organisations from across the UK to call for an Essentials Guarantee to address the serious risks the cost-of-living crisis is posing to people’s mental and physical health.