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
Professor Clare Gardiner reflects on the needs of unpaid carers providing end of life care who are in employment, what support is available to them in the UK, what we can learn from international examples and opportunities for change available to us as part of the Department for Business and Trade Consultation into employment support for unpaid carers.
Read More about Supporting end of life carers in paid employment
Centre for Care Director Professor Kate Hamblin responds to Andy Burnham’s speech today outlining his approach to social care change, with three key actions.
Read More about Our statement on Andy Burnham’s speech today on social care change
Are you a carer for someone with a learning disability? We are inviting people to complete a survey for a research project called TEC-LD (Enhancing Transparency, Explainability, and Consent in Technology for adults with learning disabilities), carried out at the University of Sheffield in the National Institute for Health and Care Research School for Social […]
Read More about New survey explores how adults with a learning disability use everyday technologies
The Centre for Care has been commissioned by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to pilot the design and delivery of a new nationally representative survey of unpaid carers in England. Unpaid carers are people who provide support to others for a range of reasons related to long-term illness, disability, physical and […]
Read More about New survey of unpaid carers to launch this year
Commentary
Our latest commentary pieces
Centre for Care Director Professor Kate Hamblin responds to Andy Burnham’s speech today outlining his approach to social care change, with three key actions.
Read More about Our statement on Andy Burnham’s speech today on social care change
Becky Driscoll provides an overview of our most recent policy breakfast event in Westminster, where attendees heard research evidence from our team and contributed to a discussion on how the Department for Work and Pensions can re-build a meaningful releationship with carers.
Read More about How can the Department for Work and Pensions re-build trust with carers? Highlights from our policy breakfast
John Perryman and Kate Hamblin explore the case for paid carers leave as the Department for Business and Trade seeks views on the leave options available to unpaid carers.
Read More about The Case for Paid Carer’s Leave
Duncan Fisher writes about his recent trip to visit long-term Centre for Care and CIRCLE collaborators in Finland, made possible by our Capacity-building fund.
Read More about Progressing our international relationships in Finland
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.
