About SWBT
We are the UK’s only charity dedicated to helping social workers when times are difficult. And now times are very...
Help and Advice
If you are experiencing financial hardship and want to see whether we can help please read the information below and...
Positive action where it's most needed
The Social Workers' Benevolent Trust offers financial help to social workers and their dependents in times of hardship, for example when experiencing sickness, bereavement, family difficulties or sudden catastrophe. The trustees consider grants at their bi-monthly meetings, and applicants need to complete an application form if they wish to be considered for a grant.
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Margaret’s blog on blogging
Margaret's blog on blogging for SWBT
A quick look at who’s applying for grants from SWBT
After a lengthy career in child care Social Work, I naively thought that I had a fair idea about who...
Being a Trustee
Stresses amongst professionals are not always talked about and not always recognised. As trustees of the Social Workers’ Benevolent Trust...
What could Social Workers learn from the Junior Doctors?
Somethings are within our control and some aren’t – I sometimes think there are somethings that appear to be in...
SWBT Trustees talk to BASW’s AGM
Learn more about the SWBT in 2023 from the Trustees talking to BASW's AGM
In this post-Covid world, we feel the strain on social work
Working from home, the cost of living crisis and rising need among service users has put social workers under intolerable...
SWBT – Welcoming more applications from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
The Trustees of the Social Workers Benevolent Trust have noted some discrepancies in applications from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland....
More social workers facing financial hardship due to debt or illness
More practising social workers are seeking financial aid from charity after facing hardship due to spiralling debts or illness
The cost of not promoting the health and wellbeing of social workers
Care giving depends on how we support the care givers, says Mike Bush
Social Workers Changing Times
Social workers have seen changes to the way they work since the beginning of the Covid 19 Pandemic.
