PARLIAMENTARY RECEPTION

One of the highlights of the Social Worker of the Year Awards is our Parliamentary Reception, held at the House of Commons. It is at this exclusive event that the awards are officially launched for the year ahead by representatives from the Department of Health and Social Care, the Department for Education and Social Work England. We also invite the Gold award winners from the previous year and our sponsors to be part of the celebration.

Our 2022 reception was hosted by Tim Loughton MP, patron of the Social Work Awards charity. Speakers included Dame Rachel de Souza DBE, Children’s Commissioner for England; Gillian Keegan MP, Minister of State for Care and Mental Health; Lord Patel of Bradford OBE; Vava Tampa, Chair of BASW England; Ashley John-Baptiste, BBC broadcaster and journalist; and Clenton Farquharson MBE, Chair of Think Local Act Personal.

As the charity’s first in-person event since 2019, this Parliamentary Reception celebrated winners and thanked sponsors from both the November 2019 awards and 2021 virtual awards.

Take a look at the official event photography here