Start of a new semester

Hello everyone, It’s been a while since I wrote a blog post for the website, so apologies for the lack of updates and news. As many of you will know, we sadly lost a wonderful colleague and friend earlier this month this month and this has been a huge blow to...

News and events at Northumbria University

Hello everyone, This is the first of a series of blog posts that will keep you posted on what is happening at Northumbria in the social work programmes. I’d like to start by saying a huge thank you to everyone who was involved in the recent NESWA Experts by...

Steve’s blog: March 2019

Hi everyone, it’s Steve here. Sorry its been so long since I have written a blog but I have been really busy as usual. Last July was a big month for me and also a very scary one. Why, you may ask. Well as most people know many years ago I tried to take my own...

Steve’s Blog: April 2018

LIFE AFTER THE RICHMOND FELLOWSHIP. Hi everyone its Steve O`Driscoll here and I was a Service User with the R.F. for around 4 years and it was in 2010 that R.F. changed my life for the better. I became very heavily involved in Service User opportunities. I left the...

Steve’s blog: November 2016

Hi everyone for the last few months I have been really busy (a thing I always like to be ) interviewing for the new intake of Social Work students a job which I really enjoy. I have also co-facilitated a training day with Sarah Lonbay to show new people who are...