Why we updated our co-production payment rates (and what it means): a shared reflection
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.
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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.
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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.
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The life course costs of caring: Understanding unpaid carers’ financial wellbeing over time
Dr. Maxine Watkins and Dr. Louise Overton report on the first study to apply subjective notions of financial wellbeing directly to the experience of care and caring and with an emphasis on capturing and understanding changes in carers’ financial lives over time.
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Invisible Again: Unpaid Carers and Disabled People are absent from the Autumn Budget
The Centre for Care and CHASM respond to the Autumn Budget 2025, highlighting the lack of mention for unpaid carers and disabled people.
Read more about Invisible Again: Unpaid Carers and Disabled People are absent from the Autumn BudgetBecky 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 Carers60th Anniversary: Happy Birthday to Carers UK and to the global carers’ movement
Professor Sue Yeandle OBE looks back on the global carers’ movement on Carers UK’s 60th Anniversary.
Read more about 60th Anniversary: Happy Birthday to Carers UK and to the global carers’ movementHere we provide links to our recent key outputs around unpaid carers.
Read more about Carers Rights Day 2025: ‘Know your rights, use your rights’Unpaid carers share their stories of being affected by an outdated benefit system
Leanne and Alison share their stories of caring and being affected by Carer’s Allowance- a benefit in need of urgent reform.
Read more about Unpaid carers share their stories of being affected by an outdated benefit systemCentre for Care Impact Specialist, Fay Benskin, writes about our second Policy Breakfast event at the House of Commons in June, which focused on Carer’s Allowance reform.
Read more about Policy breakfast: Carer’s Allowance reformPolicy breakfast: the evidence in support of Paid Carer’s Leave
Centre for Care Impact Specialist, Fay Benskin, provides highlights from our first Policy Breakfast event at the House of Commons, which explored the evidence in support of Paid Carer’s Leave.
Read more about Policy breakfast: the evidence in support of Paid Carer’s Leave‘Mind the Gap’ one year on: Tackling Digital Exclusion at the House of Commons
Dan Williamson writes about the journey of our board game, ‘Mind the Gap: Tackling Digital Exclusion’, one year on from its launch.
Read more about ‘Mind the Gap’ one year on: Tackling Digital Exclusion at the House of CommonsCare home undercover – What does the BBC expose tell us about the state of care?
The Centre for Care reflects on the recent BBC expose into abuses at a Scottish care home, looking at pressures and cultural attitudes in the adult social sector contributing to disparities in the quality of care provided and unstable conditions of employment for care home staff across the UK.
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