Care matters. It is a complex and important issue that affects everyone at some point in their life.
The Centre for Care provides accessible evidence on care to inform changes that could improve the lives of millions of people.
The Centre for Care links experts on care in 5 universities, 3 major charities and the UK’s Office for National Statistics.
Funded as an ESRC Research Centre to address the need for evidence on care that can make a difference, we have built a large research team to co-produce excellent research on care topics that really matter. We work closely with partner organisations in the care sector and people with direct experience of care.
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News and latest content from the Centre for Care
Towards a better future for care: impactful events Fay Benskin and Dan Williamson discuss some of the key recent impact events which the Centre for Care have hosted and/or been involved in. They reflect on policy breakfasts at the House of Commons which focussed on Carer’s Allowance reform and the evidence in support of Paid […]
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We are very pleased to launch our new impact report today, ‘Towards a better future for care’.
Read More about Towards a better future for care: Centre for Care Impact report (November 2021-April 2025)
Announcing plans for our 2026 Summer School, applications now open!
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We are delighted to virtually welcome Professor Jennifer M. Piscopo, from the Royal Holloway University of London, to present ‘Care as a Public Good and a Human Right: Latin America’s Transformative Care Agenda’ on Tuesday 17th February 2026
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Our latest commentary pieces
We are very pleased to launch our new impact report today, ‘Towards a better future for care’.
Read More about Towards a better future for care: Centre for Care Impact report (November 2021-April 2025)
Robert Walker and PJ Annand explore how lived experience in care research is valued and recognised, and why this has led to a change in the Centre for Care’s payment policy.
Read More about Why we updated our co-production payment rates (and what it means): a shared reflection
Ella Monkcom writes about connecting with experienced researchers on a recent trip to Australia, providing her with conceptual and empirical insights which will impact her thesis.
Read More about Care, migration and social research in a new context: How my academic visit to Australia is shaping my thesis
In this commentary Community Associates and Catherine Needham reflect on the process of working together, as we design and run a scoping project around the charges that disabled people in England pay towards non-residential care.
Read More about Social care charging – is it worth it?
Explore our cross-cutting Research Themes
Exploring how digital technology, care and caring relationships intersect and interact.
Read moreabout Digital Care: roles, risks, realities and rewards
Improving the social care data and analytical infrastructure.
Read moreabout Care Data InfrastructureExplore our Research Groups
Here we explore experiences of care at different life stages, when families are geographically dispersed and as people experience different parts of the care system.
Read moreabout Care Trajectories and Constraints
We use statistics and link data to study how socio-economic, health and other inequalities shape experiences of care for groups and individuals in different places and over time.
Read moreabout Inequalities in Care
We study change, innovation and challenges in paid care work: recruitment, organisation, conditions, digitalisation and their effects on job and service quality.
Read moreabout Care Workforce Change
Who we’re working with
The Centre for Care links experts on care in 5 universities, 3 major charities and the UK’s Office for National Statistics.
