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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In a new report released today, the Centre for Care explores Social Care Co-operatives in the UK. The report authors provide a summary here.
Read More about Social care co-operatives in the UK: what are they and what contribution do they make to social care? Insights from a Centre for Care study
From Crisis to Chronic Shortage: the future of adult social care workforce recruitment in the UK This Working Paper was written by Dr Meherunissa Hamid and Professor Shereen Hussein, and is summarised by Meherunissa below. The adult social care sector in the UK is facing a workforce crisis. With 111,000 unfilled roles and an ageing […]
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Becky Driscoll provides an overview on the UK Government’s recent update on addressing the Independent Review of Carer’s Allowance Overpayments’s recommendations, and presents our new Research Briefing.
Read More about Accountability and action at last for unpaid carers with Carer’s Allowance overpayments? Complexity, vulnerability and harm in the welfare benefits system
We are delighted to virtually welcome Professor Gabriella Alberti and Dr Marketa Dolezalowa to present ‘From low-skilled to good work – labour and migration issues in Social Care’
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In a new report released today, the Centre for Care explores Social Care Co-operatives in the UK. The report authors provide a summary here.
Read More about Social care co-operatives in the UK: what are they and what contribution do they make to social care? Insights from a Centre for Care studyFrom Crisis to Chronic Shortage: the future of adult social care workforce recruitment in the UK This Working Paper was written by Dr Meherunissa Hamid and Professor Shereen Hussein, and is summarised by Meherunissa below. The adult social care sector in the UK is facing a workforce crisis. With 111,000 unfilled roles and an ageing […]
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Dr PJ Annand discusses the themes and issues raised during an All Party Parliamentary Group event on Digital Exclusion, held at the House of Lords on Wednesday 15th April.
Read More about Digital Exclusion, and the question of trust: Reflections on last week’s APPG sessionBecky Driscoll provides an overview on the UK Government’s recent update on addressing the Independent Review of Carer’s Allowance Overpayments’s recommendations, and presents our new Research Briefing.
Read More about Accountability and action at last for unpaid carers with Carer’s Allowance overpayments? Complexity, vulnerability and harm in the welfare benefits system
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.
