Dear colleagues,

To celebrate World Social Work Day you are invited to a conference on 16 March to celebrate and learn about the impact of social work across the world. The conference is being organised as part of the Herts Social Work Teaching Partnership, joining up social workers from Adult Care Services, Children’s Services and HPFT as well as students from the University of Hertfordshire. Looking beyond our own practice, our international speakers will provide an insight into the essential and positive contribution social work can have on furthering human rights and global solidarity.

World Social Work Day on 16 March is the key day in the year that social workers worldwide stand together to advance our common message globally. This year, the 2021 World Social Day highlights Ubuntu: I am Because We Are. This is the first theme of the 2020 to 2030 Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development. Ubuntu: I am Because We are – Strengthening Social Solidarity and Global Connectedness. Ubuntu: ‘I am because we are’ is a concept and philosophy that resonates with the social work perspective of the interconnectedness of all peoples and their environments.