By Emma Maier

As Joanna Lumley will tell you following her recent success over settlement rights for Gurkhas, individuals can make a difference. And you don't have to be famous either. From universal suffrage to the rejection of animal testing on cosmetics, many legal and societal changes have been a direct result of people power.

Public perceptions of social work are no different. Negative media coverage and low public esteem may seem ingrained. But they can be altered - if enough social workers speak out.

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