We had a great time at the Mind the Gap event, hosted by @centreforcare.bsky.social & Steve Darling MP. The Mind the Gap board game is a clever way to explore the barriers people face to accessing digital services. Social care can thrive in a digital world, but only if we bring everyone with us.

Lucy Wood reflects on the recent BBC expose into abuses at a 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. centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/2...

Our new commentary, written by @emilyholzhausen.bsky.social & @nathanjhughes.bsky.social, unpacks Carers UK’s 'State of Caring 2025: The cost of caring'—the UK’s largest study of #unpaidcarers —and what needs to happen next. centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/2...

Today's the day we launch our Care in Comics series in Sheffield!! Graphic Novel Reading Room 15th October: 3:30-5:30pm Book FREE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1688536651... at Showroom Cinema We hope to see you there, learn more about the comics here: sheffield.ac.uk/circle/care-... #sheffieldissuper

Centre for Care Director, Kate Hamblin, has contributed to a new House of Commons Library briefing entitled 'The implications of population ageing for social policy'. commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri... @houseofcommons.parliament.uk @commonshealth.bsky.social @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social

Yesterday at the Liberal Democrats conference we were delighted to be joined by Helen Walker, Wendy Chamberlain MP, Alison Bennett MP, Tim Fassam, and Professor Kate Hamblin to discuss the challenges faced by those juggling work and care.

Few thoughts from me on the newly launched report from @centreforcare.bsky.social

Registration is open for the NCRM Annual Lecture 2025! A panel of four experts will discuss how to use #AI responsibly in #research. The free event takes place on 1 October 2025 at the @BritishAcademy_ and will be streamed online. Register: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/lecture25/index.php

Research briefing launch event: "Successfully engaging paid care workers in organising: Challenges, opportunities, and what works". 12pm to 1pm, 18th September 2025 via Zoom w/ Duncan Fisher( @duncfsh.bsky.social) and Liam Foster, Uni of Sheffield. Info ▶️ social-policy.org.uk/events/resea...

In a recent article for Transforming Society, Kate Hamblin, Grace Whitfield & James Wright explore the growing momentum behind AI adoption in UK #socialcare, asking 'More than economy, efficiency and effectiveness: What about ethics, equity and ecology?' www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/08/07/a...

Join us online on 18th September 2025 as we launch our new Research Briefing, 'Successfully engaging paid care workers in organising: Challenges, opportunities, and what works'. centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2025... @duncfsh.bsky.social @skillsforcare.bsky.social

Our latest commentary explores the UK Gov's 10 year plan for the NHS and identifies the opportunities for social care and how the sector can make the most of them. centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/2... It also features some great artwork by @pjcreates.bsky.social, follow the Thread to view all! 1/7

Our new commentary, in collaboration with the Social Care Institute for Excellence, explores the UK Government's 10 year plan for the NHS: centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/2... #NHS #SocialCare

New on our website: Laura Sbaffi gives a 2-part summary of a recent discussion of the Eurocarers Policy Working Group regarding; ➡️ the concerns of unpaid carers about long-term care systems relying on migrant care workers ➡️ work-life balance and carers’ leave. centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/

The Universal Credit Bill has seen major concessions and The Pathways to Work consultation signals further #welfarereforms ahead – changes that could have serious implications. Our new commentary explores what this might mean for disabled people and carers: centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/2...

'From the Vatican to Workforce Change: Reflections on Global Ageing, Dignity and the Care Economy' Professor Shereen Hussein reflects on attending the Symposium on Global Ageing at the Vatican, emphasising the need for equitable and sustainable care systems: centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/2...

I'll be honest, I don't really like the word #innovation. Or maybe I just don't like how it's used. SCIE's Innovation Through #Coproduction event for #CoproductionWeek got me thinking about hard questions we need to be asking rn. #copro #researchethics #socialcare #ppi @centreforcare.bsky.social

We joined the discussion at the @commissioners.bsky.social Children’s Services Commissioners’ Conference last week, alongside colleagues from @centreforcare.bsky.social, to present and discuss initial findings from our @nuffieldfoundation.org funded project. Read more here: tinyurl.com/538dekyy

📢Join our experts by experience groups! 📢 NCB is recruiting young people with experience of children’s social care and with special educational needs and/or disabilities. You must be between 13 to 25 to apply. Find out more and apply here: shorturl.at/B3eg3

🚀 RobustiPy is out of beta! Feature rich, we hope it becomes useful for model uncertainty / #datascience. We include 🔟 replications, including “unexplained discrepancies” in prior work! 📄 Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2506.19958 💻 GitHub: github.com/RobustiPy/robustipy 🌐 Homepage: robustipy.github.io

Join our team! We are recruiting a Research Associate to support important research and impact activity within the Centre’s ‘Digital Care and Innovation’ theme. Learn more and apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNN783/r... #hiring #job #research @sheffielduni.bsky.social @acadsocsciences.bsky.social

📢 Webinar Join us 9 July: #SocialCare Reform in England: taking stock and setting the agenda 🪏 With @blimeysimon.bsky.social @natashacurry.bsky.social @richardhumphries.bsky.social @clentonf.bsky.social 🔗 lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

At #PMQs yesterday @libdemdaisy.bsky.social was right to highlight the serious impact that the UK gov's proposed #welfarereforms could have on #carers. As @charliegrosset.bsky.social sets out, these changes risk pushing more carers into poverty and crisis: centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/2... 1/2

Hei! I’m in Helsinki at #TCC2025 with @qar-netcare.bsky.social - Promoting the network and our future events! Find the stand in the lunch hall and come for a chat! @mariapetrillo.bsky.social @j-zhang.bsky.social @centreforcare.bsky.social

Call for Papers, Please share! Our second workshop, 'Care and Inequality: Bridging Research and Practice', will be held in Sheffield on the 15th & 16th of December 2025. Find out more here & submit your papers! centreforcare.ac.uk/qar-net-care... @mariapetrillo.bsky.social @j-zhang.bsky.social

Don't miss the final national #ARCseminar of 2025 Wed 9 July - Creative arts for #dementia eventbrite.com/e/creative-a... Short talks explore the impact of music therapy, singing & dancing interventions for people with dementia & using creative arts to involve people with dementia in research.

The Centre for Care team are over the moon that our former Director, Professor Sue Yeandle, has been appointed OBE in the King's Birthday Honours! centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2025... @sheffielduni.bsky.social @carers-uk.bsky.social @impadultcare.bsky.social #birthdayhonours #OBE

Our second piece in response to the UK gov's Spending Review explores changes to children's social care: 'Can New Money Shift Old Systems? What the 2025 Spending Review Might Mean for System Change in Children’s Social Care' Read the article here: centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/2... #socialcare

We have 2 posts on our website today in response to the UK government's 2025 Spending Review, the first is focused on #AdultSocialCare: 'Left on the Back-Burner: Adult Social Care and the 2025 Spending Review' centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/2... ‪@catherineneedham.bsky.social‬ @duncfsh.bsky.social‬

Becky Driscoll is speaking at a @kinshipcharity.bsky.social Knowledge Exchange event today, discussing our recently published report, 'Valuing Kinship Care in England' in which we estimate the contributions kinship carers make to society to be £4.3B/year Find out more: kinship.org.uk/for-professi...

We now have more details about our symposium at Transforming Care Conference this month in Helsinki! Follow this link and please share! centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2025... @mariapetrillo.bsky.social @j-zhang.bsky.social

It was a real pleasure to be joined by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk as we played our giant boardgame, 'Mind the Gap: tackling inequalities for unpaid carers' at Greenwich Carers Centre yesterday! @libdems.org.uk For more information on the game, follow this link: centreforcare.ac.uk/mind-the-gap...

🚨 Our research on the income penalty of informal care was cited in Parliamentary debate by MP @wendychambld.bsky.social (thank you 🙏) Work by our own @dvaldenegro.bsky.social & @crahal.com with @mariapetrillo.bsky.social & co-authors from @centreforcare.bsky.social — here’s what we found 🧵1/6

Our new research report, produced with @centreforcare.bsky.social, looks at the risks children in contact with the social care system face that could result in criminal justice involvement & explores practical responses to mitigate these. Read it in full: ow.ly/VIKE50W2qYj

Join us on 11th June 2025 for the launch of the Unpaid Care Dashboard! In partnership with @carers-uk.bsky.social, South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and people with lived experience of care – we have created the Unpaid Care Dashboard! Find out more here: centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2025...

We're delighted to see Patrick Butler and @joshhalliday.bsky.social‬ honoured and recognised for the contribution these @theguardian.com journalists made to uncovering and sharing the Carer's Allowance scandal. #paulfootawards #carersallowance #socialcare

To mark National Children's Day in the UK (18th May), Centre for Care Researcher, Becky Driscoll updates us on policy progress regarding support for kinship carers, also providing context on this crucial issue: centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/2... @kinshipcharity.bsky.social

Next week we launch our new research with @centreforcare.bsky.social on reducing the risk of CJS involvement for children in contact with the care system. Sign up to hear from Anna Leyland, senior researcher, Caroline Adams, @CollegeofPolice & Charlene Richardson, Safer Options. ow.ly/LOoX50VTLzn

Yesterday at a Parliamentary debate on Carer’s Leave, @wendychambld.bsky.social shared our research findings, including the Centre for Care’s recent work estimating the value of unpaid care to the UK economy- £162 billion a year. @sheffielduni.bsky.social @houseofcommons.parliament.uk

🗓️ Wed 11 June national #ARCseminar: Exploring lived experience with creative arts www.eventbrite.com/e/exploring-... Prof Caroline Sanders @arc-gm.bsky.social Prof Monica Lakhanpaul @ucl.ac.uk Dr Laura Abbott @arceastofengland.bsky.social Barbara Czyznikowska & Lis Naylor @arc-em.bsky.social

Yesterday the House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee published its report following the 'Adult social care reform: the costs of inaction' inquiry. You can read the inquiry report here: committees.parliament.uk/work/8583/ad...

🗓️ 7 May #ARCseminar Improving #MentalHealth & wellbeing with creative arts www.eventbrite.com/e/improving-... Simon Gilbody @arc-yharc.bsky.social Briana Applewhite @arc-oxtv.bsky.social Christalla Pithara-McKeown @arc-west.bsky.social Tony Woods & Ioannis Bakolis @arc-southlondon.bsky.social

QAR-Net Care will be hosting a symposium and an exciting stand at the Transforming Care Conference 2025, taking place in Helsinki in June! Attending the conference? Join us for an insightful exploration of the latest research on care inequalities. Read more: centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2025...

PhD Student @charliegrosset.bsky.social explores the recent UK welfare reforms, focusing on the emotional, social and financial impact on disabled people: centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/2... #socialcare #welfarereforms

@crahal.com was asked to be part of a Methodological Advisory Group for the Office for National Statistics, as they develop a Machine Language framework to estimate the size of the Adult Social Care workforce in the UK. Read more here: centreforcare.ac.uk/care-workfor... @oxforddemsci.bsky.social

In @duncfsh.bsky.social's latest commentary he reflects on meetings with a group of paid #careworkers to bring together their views on what they want to see change in their work situation: centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/2... @sheffielduni.bsky.social

Our half marathon runners absolutely smashed it on Sunday in Sheffield, running for Sheffield Mencap & Gateway! We're all very proud of our team from the @circleshef.bsky.social and @impadultcare.bsky.social who enjoyed the event thoroughly. Donate here: sheffieldmencap.enthuse.com/pf/centre-fo...

On Wednesday morning, I hosted a roundtable organised by @centreforcare.bsky.social. We heard from working carers and employers who generously shared their experiences of juggling work and care, as well as from researchers who presented research evidence in support of paid carer’s leave.

We're hosting a Policy Breakfast today with @wendychambld.bsky.social, we will discuss support for working carers to balance caring responsibilities with paid employment, including the evidence in support of paid carer’s leave. #unpaidcarers @sheffielduni.bsky.social