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 breakfastAuthor: Becky Driscoll
Becky joined the Centre for Care in June 2022 as a Research Associate, working closely with Professor Sue Yeandle. Her role is to ensure that our research makes a difference to care policy, using our evidence to respond to parliamentary inquiries and government consultations across the four nations of the UK.
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 systemBecky Driscoll and Kate Hamblin comment on the report from the Independent Review of Carer’s Allowance Overpayments inquiry and the Government’s response.
Read more about The Independent Review of Carer’s Allowance Overpayments: A Welcome Step Towards Wider Reform of Welfare Benefits for CarersPathways to Work or Pathways to Poverty? The Risks of Welfare Reform for Disabled People and Carers
Centre for Care Researchers Lucy Wood and Becky Driscoll analyse the recent policy discussions around welfare reform in the UK, exploring at the Universal Credit Bill and the Pathways to Work Green Paper published in March 2025.
Read more about Pathways to Work or Pathways to Poverty? The Risks of Welfare Reform for Disabled People and CarersCentre for Care researcher Becky Driscoll provides an update on our recent contributions to government inquiries and committees relevant to social care.
Read more about Contributions to committees and inquiriesFor National Children’s Day (UK), Becky Driscoll discusses our research in collaboration with Kinship, highlighting the need to provide further support to kinship carers.
Read more about Time to value kinship carersCentre for Care’s response to House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee inquiry.
Read more about Adult Social Care Reform: The Cost of InactionLearning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodivergence Bill focus group
If you are a person with a learning disability (over 18 years old) or an unpaid carer in Scotland and you would like to say something about your experience please join us for this online meeting. Update- group is now full, thank you for your interest!
Read more about Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodivergence Bill focus groupContributions to committees and inquiries (April- November 2023)
Centre for Care researcher Becky Driscoll provides an update on our recent contributions to government inquiries and committees relevant to social care.
Read more about Contributions to committees and inquiries (April- November 2023)Work, life care? Supporting carers to find the right balance for them
This European Carers Day we explore the importance of a work-life-care balance for carers, and the support and policies needed to make that a reality.
Read more about Work, life care? Supporting carers to find the right balance for themContributions to committees and inquiries (January- March 2023)
Centre for Care researcher Becky Driscoll provides an update on our recent contributions to government inquiries and committees, relevant to social care and unpaid carers.
Read more about Contributions to committees and inquiries (January- March 2023)Podcast- The EU Care Strategy: a watershed moment for unpaid carers and care workers across Europe?
In this episode of the podcast we’re discussing the new EU Care Strategy, which was formally adopted by the European Commission in December 2022. Becky Driscoll, one of our Research Associates, is joined by guests Stecy Yghemonos (Eurocarers) and Zoe Hughes (Care Alliance Ireland).
Read more about Podcast- The EU Care Strategy: a watershed moment for unpaid carers and care workers across Europe?