We were delighted to sponsor, attend and contribute to this year’s Carers UK State of Caring Conference 2026. Lucy Wood updates us on the day here.
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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.
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Digital Exclusion, and the question of trust: Reflections on last week’s APPG session
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.
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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 systemJayanthi Lingham and Majella Kilkey explore the UK government’s recent announcement of plans for extensive changes to laws around migrants’ rights to settle in the UK.
Read more about When migration policy meets everyday care: a commentary on the ‘biggest shake-up of the migration system in 50 years’Fragility across the care system: Baroness Casey speaks at Nuffield Trust summit.
We explore the issues raised during Baroness Casey’s speech at the Nuffield Trust summit on 5th March 2026.
Read more about Fragility across the care system: Baroness Casey speaks at Nuffield Trust summit.2nd QAR-Net Care Workshop Round Up – “Care and Inequality: Bridging Research and Practice”
Maria Petrillo provides a round up of the 2nd QAR-Net Care workshop held in December 2025.
Read more about 2nd QAR-Net Care Workshop Round Up – “Care and Inequality: Bridging Research and Practice”Lucy Wood writes about the recent Carer’s Trust all day event – Caring Across London: Collaborating for change.
Read more about Carers Trust: Caring across LondonTowards a better future for care: Centre for Care Impact report (November 2021-April 2025)
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)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.
Read more about Why we updated our co-production payment rates (and what it means): a shared reflectionElla 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 thesisIn 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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