yboyle.bsky.social @yboyle.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Congrats! Great to hear you read & have a chat! 110
yboyle.bsky.social @yboyle.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Just signed. 11 days ago Jason Arday resigned, saying he was at his limits. The press wrote 188 more articles. 9 days later Jason Arday was found dead. Enough is enough: Demand an urgent inquiry into the role the media had on his death: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...you.38degrees.org.ukSign the petition: demand an inquiry into the culture of the press after Jason Arday's death!Tragically, Professor Jason Arday has died after a vicious and deeply personal campaign of press attacks over the last few weeks. The Government must urgently launch an inquiry into the culture and b... 000
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialDavid Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 15/08/2026These nights in the Arcadia are always a liitle bit special. Thank you for being part of it ❤️🙏 011
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialDavid Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Today has 2 notable anniversaries – the end of WW2 and partition in India This poem seems to speak to both events. The end of something that is the beginning of something new that will eventually lead to the end of something ‘Someone listens and nods with unsevered head’ #poetry #poemoftheday 2296
yboyle.bsky.social @yboyle.bsky.social · 15/08/2026It was great to read a poem at this special & well supported poetry event by the sea…. 120
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialAlliance Party @allianceparty.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Stop-go politics isn’t working for people in Northern Ireland. But Alliance has a plan to fix it. It’s time to reform Stormont. 165
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 19/06/2026A message from our Chair, Julia Ross after being awarded a CBE in the King's Birthday Honours last week. Congratulations Julia and to everyone across social work, health and social care and fostering services who have been recognised and celebrated for their outstanding contributions. 🎉 021
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialClare Shaw @clareshawpoet.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Hello, BlueSky. Fancy writing about clouds? Well, you can in tomorrow’s Wild Writing June session, with me. Join us for Cloud Appreciation, tomorrow at 9am, when we’ll be exploring clouds in all their glory and moodiness. Day/week/month tickets available. Book here: thewritingschool.co.uk/writing-thewritingschool.co.ukWild Writing 2026, Online writing workshops with Clare Shaw and Miriam Darlington | The Writing School Online<!-- Ticket Tailor Widget. Paste this into your website where you want the widget to appear. Do not change the code or the widget may not work properly. --><div class="tt-widget"><div class="tt-widget... 032
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Thank you @weareyoungroots.bsky.social for joining us in calling this out. 🙏 042
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 14/05/2026For Mental Health Awareness Week we're resharing this podcast discussion on Nearest Relatives and the Mental Health Act. 🎙 It covers some difficult themes relating to mental ill health, so listener discretion is advised. 🎧 Apple: apple.co/3g7YcE0 🎧 Spotify: sptfy.in/d2ur #Action | #BreakTheStigma 021
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialPoetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Nell Regan reads from her new collection Thirty-Six Views of the Sugarloaf (Arlen House, 2026) followed by Cathy Henderson: An Appreciation. 📍Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Wicklow 📅16 May 🕔2-4pm 🎫Free, booking necessary More details: www.poetryireland.ie/news-events/... 032
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Caring about children's rights means caring about the rights of every child. 🧡 That's why alongside 140+ organisations we're speaking out against new Home Office proposals that will put thousands of migrant and refugee children in the UK at risk of poverty, homelessness and trauma. 154
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 25/03/2026basw.co.uk/why-join-baswbasw.co.ukWhy join BASW?Membership delivers all that you need, from learning and career development opportunities to resources, advice and representation and a lifelong sense of community. 011
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 25/03/2026🌟 Great reasons to join your professional association! 🌟 BASW membership supports every stage of your social work career, with discounts for students and newly qualified, and full protection for social workers in practice. Be part of our growing social work community across the UK! 🔽 111
yboyle.bsky.social @yboyle.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Alliance Party Conference. ‘Hope. Not Fear’. # APNI 2026 000
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialAlliance Party @allianceparty.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Alliance Party Conference 2026 is about to get started! Keep up to date with everything happening with the official hashtag #APNI26 💛 041
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialAlliance Party @allianceparty.bsky.social · 03/03/2026No polluter should be let off the hook for polluting our rivers, lakes and loughs. Alliance Minister @andrewmuirni.bsky.social is taking action: 💧 Ending NI Water's by-ball to pump raw sewage into our waterways 💧 Increasing water pollution fines 💧 Introducing fixed penalty notices 0106
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 09/02/2026BASW and SWU have long been banging the drum for better and fairer financial support for social work students. 🥁 Radical strengthening of our whole profession begins with improving student bursaries so that more people can consider choosing social work as a career. 111
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 10/02/2026We're supporting #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek highlighting the importance of having strong systems around young people to help them feel they belong. 💚 BASW member, Tatenda Muskwe writes for PSW Magazine about the realities of being a social worker in a CAMHS hospital team. Read on the link below. 132
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Social work is tough. That's why, as your professional association, we provide our members with a personalised package of support, tailored to your needs. BASW membership gives you the tools to meet the demands of our profession. 122
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 27/01/2026📰 We're deeply disappointed that the use of Pava Spray has been authorised at young offender institutions, despite strong opposition from across civil society. It risks exacerbating trauma, provoking fear & damaging relationships between staff & young people that underpin effective rehabilitation. 122
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 26/01/2026NEW PODCAST! 🎙 What does the future hold for social work & BASW? In this unique episode to start the year, host Jonny Adamson is joined by guests for a frank discussion on the state of the profession in the UK. Listen now on the links below. Apple 🔗 apple.co/3g7YcE0 Spotify 🔗 spoti.fi/2QjefE6 012
yboyle.bsky.social @yboyle.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Delighted that Causeway Coast and Glens Council has agreed my Motion to confer the Freedom of the Borough on Olympic gold medallist Hannah Scott MBE. She made history at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, winning gold rowing in the Great Britain & Northern Ireland Women’s Quadruple Sculls team. 000
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 04/12/2025More highlights from a packed 2025! ✨ Across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales, BASW proudly serves, supports and represents our hard working members in all that we do. Check out a selection of our work over the past year on the link below. 🔗 basw.co.uk/articles/bas... 011
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 26/11/2025The two-child limit has impoverished families across the UK for too long. Being a parent is tough, being a parent in poverty is harder. Today's announcement on the two-child limit will be a relief for many. Read our comments in Professional Social Work Magazine ⬇️ basw.co.uk/about-social...basw.co.ukScrapping 'cruel, inhumane' two-child cap will lift 450,000 out of povertySocial work profession welcomes policy change unveiled in autumn budget 072
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 19/11/2025🚨 As a member of the End Child Poverty Coalition, we've joined with partners in demanding the Chancellor scraps the two-child limit at the Budget. It's the only way we can begin to tackle the abysmal levels of child poverty across the UK. Read more 🔗 basw.co.uk/articles/scr... 043
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Did you get your November/December edition of Professional Social Work Magazine through your letterbox? 📬 As a BASW member, you get exclusive access to the UK's leading professional social work publication, with features, articles, editorial and news. Learn more 🔗 basw.co.uk/why-join-basw 011
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 17/11/2025💙 BASW supports Malnutrition Awareness Week, raising awareness of the risks and signs of preventable malnutrition and dehydration. Help us spread the word to improve nutritional wellbeing across the UK. Find out more 🔗 www.bapen.org.uk/malnutrition... 021
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 12/11/2025"Leadership, especially in social work, should never be about control and fear" For #AntiBullyingWeek read this powerful reflection from Fostering Support Team Manager, Rabya Kataria written for PSW Magazine. Let's use our #PowerForGood 💙 Read here 🔗 basw.co.uk/about-social... 043
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Brush up your skills and strengthen your practice with our General Taught Skills Programme! The next interactive online course will be a BIA & DoLS Legal Update. 🗓️ Wednesday, 10 December ⏰ 09.15 - 16.30 📍 Microsoft Teams Book your place 🔗 basw.co.uk/training-cpd... 001
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialPoetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 31/10/2025We had such a great time last Friday celebrating Black History Month with the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social Thanks to all our readers, Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi, Jade Jordan, Zainab Boladale, Samuel Yakura, and Ola Majekodunmi. Our chair Nandi Jola reads her poem 'Black Irish' in this clip. ❤️ 043
yboyle.bsky.social @yboyle.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Pleased to be a contributor to this great @poetryireland.bsky.social pamphlet! A great night in No Alibis! Thanks Nandi Jola! 020
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Coming soon! 👀 Nominations for our sixth annual Amazing Social Worker campaign will open on Monday, 10 November! The campaign is your opportunity to give a shout out to a colleague and help us to recognise examples of amazing social work practice! ✨ 111
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 27/10/2025We're on the search for the next BASW Student Ambassadors! 🔎 Are you a BASW Student Member interested in helping students across the UK connect with their professional association? Then we want to hear from you! More details on the link 👇 basw.co.uk/articles/bas... 023
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/10/2025A new Scottish tartan memorializing the (mainly) female victims of the Witchcraft Act has been officially registered, created by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign #WomensArt via Smithsonian Magazine 01497394
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 21/10/2025📸 What a brilliant evening at the Social Worker of the Year Awards on Friday! It was a privilege to join social workers across the country in celebrating our profession and recognising the many wonderful accomplishments across the sector. Read more 🔗 basw.co.uk/articles/bas... 021
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 11/10/2025I recently sat down with three leaders who are part of the @obamafoundation.bsky.social's alumni network to hear more about their work to strengthen democracy in Hungary and Poland. They’re an example for us all. Take a look: 39997622833
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialAlliance Party @allianceparty.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Wildfires devastated the Mournes and Sperrins, destroying habitats and endangering communities. @andrewmuirni.bsky.social promised action and has today delivered the framework we need to stamp out wildfires. 032
yboyle.bsky.social @yboyle.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Pleased to be shortlisted for the 12th Bangor Literary Journal Competition with my poem: The north has always been moving. Winner is by public vote. Please consider voting for me & 2 others before 12 tonight! Launch on Sunday at Bangor Castle! www.thebangorliteraryjournal.comthebangorliteraryjournal.comThe Bangor Literary JournalPoetry, Flash Fiction, Art and Photography 010
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialSally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 06/09/2025I just saw this recent piece from @danielfalcone.bsky.social on 'My Fourth Time, We Drowned'. Thank you to him for engaging so deeply with the book. Hopefully it encourages others to read it too. www.counterpunch.org/2025/08/08/a... @counterpunchmedia.bsky.socialcounterpunch.orgAfrican Migration and the Violence of Global CapitalismIntroduction Irish Journalist Sally Hayden investigates the impacts related to capital and how it marginalizes migrant populations within the 0114
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/08/2025Breaking News: Gaza City and the surrounding area are officially suffering from famine, a global group of experts said. An Israeli agency rejected the finding.nyti.msGaza City and Surrounding Areas Officially Hit by Famine, Global Group SaysAt least half a million people in the enclave were facing the most severe conditions measured by U.N.-backed international experts: starvation, acute malnutrition and death. 48272118
yboyle.bsky.social @yboyle.bsky.social · 01/08/2025This was a great interview and an important book. #JHISS25 142
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialIrish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Poet Andrea Gibson, candid explorer of life, death and politics, dies at 49 apnews.com/article/andr...apnews.comPoet Andrea Gibson, candid explorer of life, death and politics, dies at 49Andrea Gibson, a celebrated poet and performance artist, has died at age 49. Their wife, Megan Falley, announced the news on Monday. 0436
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 16/06/2025💜 BASW proudly supports Refugee Week 2025. This year’s theme is “community as a superpower”, celebrating the incredible everyday. Social workers play a pivotal role in supporting refugees and asylum seekers, helping to ensure their human rights are upheld and their holistic needs are met. 082
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialStewart Dickson MLA @scdicksonmla.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Across #EastAntrim here to help. You can email, call 📞, walk in 🚶, our constituency services are private and confidential. We have lots of information and resources free to pick up. ℹ️ Carrickfergus 02893360286 or Larne 02828898005. All welcome 🙏🏻 021
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialStewart Dickson MLA @scdicksonmla.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Deeply saddened to hear of the death of my good friend and former Carrickfergus Councillor Sean Neeson. My sincere sympathy and condolences to Carol and all the family. 021
Reposted by @yboyle.bsky.socialBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 11/06/2025🎙️ Fantastic to catch-up with Ashley John-Baptiste at last night's BASW Social Work Journalism Awards! Congratulations again to all our winners and finalists and thank you for supporting our awards celebrating great reporting of social work in the media! #SWJournalismAwards25 | #BASWConf25 064
