📣Call for Papers: Sustainable Welfare Workshop. This one-day workshop in Glasgow explores how welfare institutions, labour markets, and systems of care can be re-imagined to ensure equity and wellbeing within ecological limits. 📅Deadline: 12 December 2025 ▶️ social-policy.org.uk/events/call-...

43% of adult social care workers in England earn below the real #LivingWage. This week, we, alongside @livingwageuk.bsky.social, published an open letter, urging the Gov't to pay all social workers at least the real #LivingWage. Read the coverage 👇 chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Early Career Workshop on Comparative Social and Public #Policy in back! Join us in Barcelona in april. Open to PhD students and early postdocs. Please submit your abstract by completing this questionnaire #REPS docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Whether you’re up for the school run, taking Mum to a doctors appointment or helping a neighbour with their shopping, we all want to care and be cared for. But in the economy we have millions who care are struggling to survive, left to worry about how to care for someone and look after themselves..

Enjoyable day in Manchester capped by seeing Welch and Rawlings at the Apollo - magical show

CHICAGO: “They took my son. He’s only 16. I just want my baby back.”

And please major new RF research that set the context for today's discussion. False starts: What the UK’s growing NEETs problem really looks like, and how to fix it. By @louisemurphy.bsky.social & Julia Diniz. www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...

Scotland's capital in the mist this morning

New #book by TASA member Benjamin Hanckel et al. Researching with Young People: An Introduction to Youth-Centred Research Methods www.bloomsbury.com/uk/researchi...

Chapter and verse: our Books Editor @emmacraddock.bsky.social‬ is seeking contributions to our regular Bedside Books column. If you've recently read a good book, why not share a brief comment on what makes it noteworthy? Send your 100-word review via our quick online form: buff.ly/Fr28pvl

"This thoroughly researched book is essential reading for all those concerned with understanding who needs care and - most importantly - who provides this care." Marian Baird, The University of Sydney Publishing #OpenAcess: buff.ly/CHg8WN4

🚨We're hiring a Policy Manager Do you have substantial public affairs experience, a deep understanding of how immigration and employment laws can perpetuate exploitation, and a genuine passion for social justice? Yes? ➡️ Apply now! No? ➡️Send to a friend 😉 www.workrightscentre.org/publications...

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

A great shop that’s so supportivr of writers, and run by the best people. They’re open today if you’re passing, or you can buy a book via their website. @booksupstairs.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

As the government puts a figure on how much it will provide for the first Fair Pay Agreement (FPA) for social care in England, Lucinda Allen looks at what we know about how FPAs will work and whether investment matches scale of Labour’s ambitions of fair pay in the sector ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4mFa5jb

Beta Band at the Barras the night wiz really gid

🔶Futures of Work is now on LinkedIn! The Futures of Work blog offers critical perspectives on the changing world of work, from technology and labour to culture and policy. 👉 Follow us here to join the conversation: buff.ly/m9labBI

Hate self promoting posts! And not going to say 'I am delighted' 😂 but also no one will promote this for me 😂. So sod it! Please give my article some love or a repost. This article means a lot to me on food aid beyond the food bank! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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

I (Ruth) have just attended the launch of @centreforcare.bsky.social launch of their research into adult social care worker organising. A really interesting area, especially as Care Full is exploring solidarity in and across care. Thoughts. 🧵 The report is here: centreforcare.ac.uk/publications...

Met some traffic on Hadrian's Wall path

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...

On Monday, MPs will debate whether the qualifying period for settlement should be doubled from 5 years to 10. This would double the time sponsored migrant workers must spend in precarity. If you oppose these proposals, write to your MP to tell them. www.workrightscentre.org/write-to-you...

Social Policy and Society (SPS) are looking for a new Co-Editor! Deadline for applications: 20th October. Read all information here: social-policy.org.uk/news/call-fo...

🚲 The GALLANT project is looking for adults (18+) in Glasgow to join the Cycle Nation Trial - a free programme to support people cycling again! Register your interest ➡️ tinyurl.com/2svs6yf5

FYI @rfmacdonald.bsky.social

SRO is still accepting proposals for their next special issue! The proposed special issue can be on any theme and should offer an exciting contribution to emerging sociological debates. Submit by 24 September 2025. Details below. www.britsoc.co.uk/media/26923/...

📋 The Adult Social Care Workforce survey is live! By sharing your experiences, challenges, and ideas, you help shape a stronger future for the sector. If you work in a care-related role in England, complete the survey today 👉 bit.ly/3HjKU7g

FYI @centreforcare.bsky.social

📣 We're hiring! 📣 Do you have an interest in the economic and social policy of the UK and an eye for detail? Find out more about joining our team as a Researcher ⤵️ buff.ly/EmREN1c

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...

The launch event will introduce the briefing and generate discussion of organising and union activity among paid adult social care workers and those who represent their interests. For more information and to register, please follow this link: centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2025...

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

Using my first Bluesky post to share that Marsha Wood & I have a new article out! 🎉 We take a gendered street-level look at how Universal Credit policies shape parents’ everyday realities of navigating work, care & welfare. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The Dept of Labor is trying to strip home care workers of the right to minimum wage and overtime pay. Public comment closes on 9/2 - let them know what we think of this move. @domesticworkers.bsky.social act.domesticworkers.org/a/dol-companio…

WRITE FOR US: we’re inviting early career scholars to submit pitches for The Sociological Review magazine's Research Insights series. The editors are currently seeking proposals for our December issue, with a pitch deadline of 5 September. 🔎 Read more about contributing: buff.ly/Q5KZlcJ

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

I wrote this piece inspired by Polly Morland's stunning book A Fortunate Woman futuresofwork.co.uk/2025/07/30/p... It's part of the new Futures of Work issue, which I co-edited with Vanessa Beck, featuring perspectives on continuity and change in care contexts @brisunipress.bsky.social

I wrote this piece inspired by Polly Morland's stunning book A Fortunate Woman futuresofwork.co.uk/2025/07/30/p... It's part of the new Futures of Work issue, which I co-edited with Vanessa Beck, featuring perspectives on continuity and change in care contexts @brisunipress.bsky.social

Hot of the press: Not one but two articles written by our members for a special edition of Futures of Work. - "Continuity and change in the homecare sector: A fine balance", by Hannah and Rachel: futuresofwork.co.uk/2025/07/30/c... - "Client: Nancy S", by Julie: futuresofwork.co.uk/2025/07/30/c...

So many festivals! Govanhill International Festival, Edinburgh International Book Festival and Book Fringe all bring books centre stage, alongside a handful of other launches and workshops Read our book events column for August 📚

We have an opening for a one-year Sociology Lectureship in Glasgow focused on teaching the sociology of class. Please share it with anyone interested. www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

💻Register now to join CPEC researcher Nicola Brimblecombe and her colleagues for the online launch of their new book 'Care Poverty and Unmet Needs: Inequalities in Theory and Practice', part of the #TransformingCare book series!📚 🗓️10th Sept, 2-3. swanseauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Caring for older people and disabled people is vital and fulfilling work, but it has long been underpaid and undervalued. Our analysis finds persistently high levels of poverty and deprivation among residential care workers and their families. Read more ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4lSiik2

Bonnie day in Tallinn

We held our Members’ Panel meeting at #TCC2025. The Members’ Panel is the space where TCN members can organise and promote activities. To join as a coordinator or propose new initiatives, contact the Members’ Panel coordinators, Prof. Con Wright and Prof. Read. www.transforming-care.net/chairs/

Beautiful to gather under the roof of the charming and historic Helsinki City Hall for a warm and well-deserved reception — a moment of pause after all the hard work by attendees. Thank you to everyone — municipality, staff and volunteers — who make events like this possible. #TCC2025

📢 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...

A couple of days in lovely Tampere ahead of Transforming Care 2025 @centreforcare.bsky.social @tcaren.bsky.social