The Right to Family Life
At the United Nations: Voices of Children in State Care
On 18 November 2019, ATD Fourth World UK presented a collective message at the United Nations in Geneva to mark (…) Read more
‘Let Me Tell You About Social Discrimination’
To mark the World Day for Overcoming Poverty in London on 17 October 2018, one woman gave this speech: I (…) Read more
Practice Guide by British Association for Social Work Features ATD Fourth World
Above: Laura Mason, Tom Croft, and Eric Knibbs represented ATD Fourth World at the launch event. On 4 September in (…) Read more
A story about learning from the participation—and the non-participation—of people living in poverty
This article by Dr. Orna Shemer was first published in the Israeli Journal of Social Workers, “Meidaos”.* Irit Aizik translated (…) Read more
‘It’s a Scandal that Experiencing Poverty So Often Leads to Children Being Forcibly Removed from Their Parents’
Above: Tom Croft is second from left. (Photo by Diana Skelton.) On 15 February 2019, Just Fair convened a meeting (…) Read more
When the Right to Family Life Is Violated: “Trust Betrayed, Again and Again”
Photo by Karen A. Hart “The way parents in poverty are treated is massively disproportionate. When you’re scrimping on the (…) Read more
Social Worker Training Programme Study Group Eight Summary
Reacting to the findings of The Role of the Social Worker in Adoption – Ethics and Human Rights: An Enquiry, (…) Read more
British Association of Social Workers: ‘Austerity Has Exacerbated Difficulties’
This blog post was written in April 2018 by Guy Shennan, chair of BASW, the British Association of Social Workers. (…) Read more
Radical Practice in a Risk-Averse Environment: Learning from ATD Fourth World
The article Radical Practice in a Risk-Averse Environment: Learning from ATD Fourth World has been published by Aotearoa New Zealand (…) Read more
Division, Disrespect and Disengagement: on Relationships Between Social Workers and Parents
The guest post below was written by “Annie”, the creator of a website called Surviving Safeguarding. I launched my website (…) Read more