The Right to Family Life
A national scandal: the link between child poverty and forced adoptions
Above: Thomas Croft, Tracey Herrington and Angela Raymer On 26 June 2020, the Child Poverty Action Group and the End (…) Read more
Parent-to-Parent Advocacy
On 9 November 2020, Research in Practice organised a Leaders’ Forum called “Towards a Fairer Future”. Nikki Hewson and Thomas (…) Read more
Poverty-Aware and Anti-Poverty Social Work
In September 2020, Siobhan Maclean (Honorary Secretary of the International Federation of Social Workers) hosted a social work “Student Connect” (…) Read more
New book – ‘Social Work: Past, Present, and Future’
By Jane Tunstill Although the impetus for this collection of chapters* is the 50th anniversary of the formation of the (…) Read more
Poverty Proofing Daily Practice
On 24 November 2020, Amanda Button and Diana Skelton represented ATD Fourth World at a webinar called “Poverty Proofing Our (…) Read more
Why it’s important to involve people with lived experience in strategic discussions
Above right: Nikki Hewson By Dyfrig Williams The evidence-informed practice model is at the heart of our work at Research (…) Read more
The Injustice of Remote Family Court Hearings
Drawing by Marylou Gasser “When you don’t see others in person, you feel even less able to understand the decisions (…) Read more
Human rights implications of the government’s response to Covid-19
Image source: Bilson, A., & Munro, E. H. (2019). Adoption and child protection trends for children aged under five in (…) Read more
A Donation from an Award-Winning Social Work Student
On 26 June, the Social Workers Union awarded Omar Mohamed a prize for in the World Social Work Day Essay (…) Read more
Child Protection Under Covid-19: ‘Parents Are Simply on Their Knees’
Five years ago, “Annie” (a pseudonym) launched a website, Surviving Safeguarding: a Parent’s Guide to the Child Protection Process. Through (…) Read more