At a recent training session for Social Workers Union frontline organisers, Simon Francis, Campaign Collective founder member, shared inspiration for successful campaigns. Drawing on campaigns delivered by the Collective, including those supported through the SWU Campaign Fund and from the wider world, delegates explored the key elements that successful campaigns have in common. 1. Have …
The Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce has launched a groundbreaking survey to give a voice to people affected by a terminal diagnosis of one of the deadliest cancers. Patients and their loved ones will have the opportunity to share their experiences after receiving a diagnosis for one of the less survivable cancers: brain, liver, lung, stomach, …
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This month the Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce (LSCT) welcomed the new Cancer Strategy for Scotland as a big step in the right direction for people diagnosed with a less survivable cancer. The LSCT was invited to contribute to the strategy due to its expertise in the country’s deadliest cancers – those of the pancreas, lung, …
Shop workers union Usdaw has become the latest trade union to change its policy in favour of proportional representation for UK parliamentary elections. Usdaw represents over 400,000 people, many on low incomes, who work on the frontline of retail. The union campaigns for improvements to working life for their members including a £12 minimum wage …
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Experts have voiced concerns in response to the new data released today by the charity Melanoma Focus which shows that 32% of British people reported rarely or never using sunscreen when in the UK and only 11% saying that they always use it. Male respondents were particularly reluctant to use sunscreen with 40% saying they …
Experts have raised concerns about the number of people suffering with undiagnosed microscopic colitis, a debilitating bowel condition thought to affect thousands of adults in the UK. The national charity Guts UK has published a resource for patients during Microscopic Colitis Awareness Week to raise awareness of the disease and is calling for more research …
Student social workers in Scotland will have their petition for better support heard by MSPs on 22 March. Over 2,000 people signed the petition on the Scottish Parliament website after more than 300 students wrote to officials and ministers in the Scottish Government. The students are calling for the Scottish Government to make funding available …
The British public is decisively in favour of a swift transition away from fossil fuels in order to ensure a reliable and affordable supply of energy, according to new research released as a petition to call for more support for those in fuel poverty has been handed in to Downing Street. Over half of adults in …
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Over 1,000 people died in England as a result of living in cold damp homes in December 2022. [1] Based on new analysis by the End Fuel Poverty Coalition of official data for December 2022, the levels of excess winter deaths caused by cold homes exceeded those of December 2021 and were similar in level …
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The Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce (LSCT) has released new data on Less Survivable Cancers Awareness Day to highlight the critical importance of symptom awareness for early diagnosis of these cancers. The taskforce represents six less survivable cancers, lung, liver, brain, oesophageal, pancreatic and stomach, with an average five-year survival rate of just 16%. Together, these …
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