🎫Ticket sales for the Leaders in Care Awards 2025 will close this Friday, 26 September🎫 We are proud that Kathryn Marsden OBE (Formerly Kathryn Smith OBE), Chief Executive of SCIE, will deliver the keynote speech. Click the link to find out more👉🏽.

World Alzheimer’s Month is an annual, international campaign to raise dementia awareness and challenge stigma. In this blog, Matthew Ford, PhD, Research Analyst at SCIE, explores how we’re using conversations to innovate in dementia care—and social care more broadly.

SCIE is a leadership partner of Improving Adult Care Together (IMPACT)🔎📊. IMPACT has now launched an application process to identify sites that will host 2026-27 IMPACT Demonstrator or Facilitator projects or participate in one of the IMPACT Networks. To find out more, visit the IMPACT website.

SCIE and The Access Group are convening a series of policy roundtables to develop a framework for national standards of care. The initiative will build a shared vision of how national standards can deliver consistency, equity and quality across the country. Follow the link to find out more.

This week marks Professional Care Workers’ Week📅. Professional Care Workers’ Week, hosted annually by The Care Workers'​ Charity, is an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the invaluable contributions of professional care workers. Today, we are sharing Rob's story📹💙. 1/3

On Wednesday, we concluded two inspiring days of learning, collaboration and reflection at SCIE’s staff away days. The sessions gave us the opportunity to strengthen connections, share ideas and explore innovative ways to drive improvement in social care for both adults and children.

Join Alison Ridley, Safeguarding Audit and Review Team Manager at SCIE, at The Adult Safeguarding Conference 2025 next Tuesday, where she will be delivering her keynote ‘Safeguarding Culture & Looking Back Over 10 Years of implementation of The Care Act 2014.’

Today, FutureDotNow, in partnership with the Behavioural Insights Team, have published a new report, ‘Learning that clicks’, which aims to be an indispensable, practical, evidence-based guide for employers who want to build digital capability in their workforce.

SCIE’s Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, has written to The Guardian about the role of social care in relieving the growing pressure on hospitals. Kathryn stressed that NHS reform will only succeed if health and social care are treated as equal partners.

At SCIE, we have a simple but powerful vision: a society which enables people who draw on social care to live fulfilling lives. 📷Our new film captures how we can work with you to drive progress towards it. Watch it in full on our website: www.scie.org.uk

“These are not just numbers; they are lives cut short.” SCIE has today responded to the 2023 ‘LeDeR Annual Report: Learning from Lives and Deaths – People with a Learning Disability and Autistic People’. Read our full statement here.

Today marks the start of World Alzheimer’s Month—an annual, international campaign to raise dementia awareness and challenge stigma🌎. To find out more about the campaign and how you can get involved, visit Alzheimer's Disease International’s website➡️: www.alzint.org/get-involved...

The King’s Fund’s new research highlights that the ‘scale, scope and effectiveness’ of community-based mental health care services are ‘currently insufficient to reduce demand for inpatient care to the extent that the NHS is able to meet those needs in a timely way’.

🚨Webinar: Understanding the role of the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) Join us to hear key insights from our panel of experts🔗. 📅 3 September | 🕑 12:00 PM

SCIE’s ‘Embracing change' report, launched in Westminster last month, found that urgent action is needed to scale up innovation in adult social care and meet the growing demands on services. 📊Learn more about the report on our website🔗: www.scie.org.uk/innovation/a...

“With rising demand, mounting delays and legal ambiguity, continuing inaction will only deepen injustice and increase costs, both human and financial.”

SCIE has been supporting local areas to innovate for unpaid carers through the Department of Health and Social Care’s Accelerating Reform Fund. To learn more about these projects, visit our website or read our report📝. 🔗: www.scie.org.uk/innovation/a... 🔗: www.scie.org.uk/app/uploads/...

Module 6 of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has now closed, shining a spotlight on the fragility of social care exposed during the pandemic. The question is: how do we turn this learning into action? Read SCIE’s latest blog on what we have learned from the pandemic and what’s needed next.

SCIE and Lilli have published a step-by-step roadmap to help you plan, implement and embed digital tools with confidence. Kelly Hudson, Lilli’s CEO, has written a blog for SCIE on this work and the work Lilli is doing more broadly. Read it in full here: www.scie.org.uk/why-were-thi...

80% of local unpaid carer services see rising unmet need. To help overcome this, through the Department of Health and Social Care’s Accelerating Reform Fund, SCIE is helping areas innovate — like Worcestershire’s project guiding unpaid carers through hospital discharge.

SCIE's mission is to support best practice, shape policy and raise awareness of the importance of social care. Read our Impact Report to find out more about what we do, why we do it, the impact we're having, and how we can work with you📝. 🔗: www.scie.org.uk/about/impact...

Tomorrow at 10:30AM SCIE is hosting a webinar to share findings from recent West Midlands ADASS research exploring the experiences of parents seeking support for children and young people who may be autistic. 🔗: www.scie.org.uk/safeguarding...

In our new commentary with @centreforcare.bsky.social we explore the 10-Year Health Plan, looking at the opportunities for social care and how the sector can make the most of them. centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/2...

Tomorrow, join Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE (Formerly Kathryn Smith OBE), and The Access Group to explore the barriers preventing widespread innovation across the care sector—and what can be done to overcome them. 🔗: pages.theaccessgroup.com/FY26-P01-HSC...

The 10-Year Health Plan sets out a welcome ambition to move care closer to home, to focus on prevention, and to invest in digital tools, but these aims will fall short unless the government reimagines the partnership between health and social care. 1/3.

🚨 Innovation in Care – What’s Holding the Sector Back? There’s one week left to register for The Access Group’s webinar with our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE (Formerly Kathryn Smith OBE). 📅 12 August | 🕑 2:00 PM BST

🚨 Recognising Autism – Parents’ and Practitioners’ Perspectives 📅 13 August ⏰10:30 – 12:00 📍Online webinar

🚨 Live Webinar | Innovation in Care – What’s Holding the Sector Back? 📅 12 August | 🕑 2:00 PM BST Join our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, and The Access Group to explore the barriers preventing widespread innovation across the care sector—and what can be done to overcome them.

The social care sector relies heavily on 4.7 million unpaid carers—who often don’t get the support and recognition they need. SCIE’s work through the Department of Health and Social Care’s Accelerating Reform Fund is creating learnings that can be deployed now to improve their quality of life. 1/3.

SCIE is a leadership partner of Improving Adult Care Together (IMPACT)—the UK centre for implementing evidence in adult social care📈. 1/2.

In April 2024, SCIE published its Co-production Impact Resource—which aims to support groups and organisations to assess and report on the impacts of co-production. We have now updated it based on your feedback📊📈.

Today, 29 July, Skills for Care has launched its annual ‘Size and structure of the adult social care sector and workforce in England’ report. Read our statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE (Formerly Kathryn Smith OBE), here.

SCIE provides innovative consultancy, expert training, extensive resources and information and evidence-based insights to support best practice, shape policy and raise awareness of the importance of social care💙. 📷Watch our new film or visit our website to learn more: www.scie.org.uk

💻CHC: How to Support Effective Partnership Working💻 📅Friday 25 July. ⏰15:00 - 16:00. 📍Online webinar. 1/3

SCIE’s 10th annual Co-production Week celebrated the role that meaningful collaboration with people who draw on care and support plays in designing and developing better ways of working in social care💙. 1/3

📅It’s been one year since Skills for Care launched its Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care. Together, we can help ensure that the sector is better equipped to meet the challenges ahead and deliver the care and support people deserve💙.

SCIE provides innovative consultancy, expert training, extensive resources and information, and evidence-based insights to drive progress towards our vision. Our new film captures how we can work with you. Watch it in full here: www.scie.org.uk

Today, Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) has launched its new report, ‘I just want to be able to dance.’ This report promotes the wellbeing of people living with dementia through community development, social innovation and personalised support. Read it in full on TLAP's website.

Yesterday, 15 July 2025, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) published its annual Spring Survey. Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE (Formerly Kathryn Smith OBE) on our website: www.scie.org.uk/news/detail/...

In April, SCIE launched our Toolkit for Place-Based Strategies for Housing for Autistic Adults and Adults with a Learning Disability. In this article for Inside Housing Management, Dr Daniel Jupp Kina, research analyst at SCIE, outlines how local areas can use the Toolkit.

SCIE was pleased to attend the first anniversary celebration of Skills for Care’s Adult Social Care Workforce Strategy on Wednesday💙 The Strategy sets out a crucial roadmap for how to tackle the workforce and skill shortages in social care. Learn more here: www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Workforce-St...

SCIE’s national Co-production Week 2025 revealed compelling new insights into how co-production is reshaping adult social care. Read statements from Kathryn Marsden OBE (Formerly Kathryn Smith), Chief Executive at SCIE, and Kevin Minier, Co-production Network Member at SCIE, on our website.

Yesterday, 7 July 2025, SCIE welcomed the publication of Dr Penny Dash’s Review of patient safety across the health and care landscape. Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE (Formerly Kathryn Smith OBE), on our website: www.scie.org.uk/news/detail/...

As #CoProWeek2025 draws to a close, we want to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has taken part—whether by attending events, contributing to discussions or engaging with our content on social media💙

At the end of Co-production Week 2025, we want to celebrate the life and legacy of John Evans—a remarkable man, a fearless campaigner and a true pioneer. His tireless advocacy shaped the Independent Living Movement, SCIE’s co-production work, and the broader fight for equality. 1/3

Co-production with people with lived experience of social care and health underpins and informs everything that SCIE and TLAP do. Watch this video of Kevin Minier, Co-Production Network Member at SCIE, to learn more about how we co-produced #CoProWeek2025📷. #InnovationThroughCoProduction

For #CoProWeek2025, join us as we explore how the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) worked with people with lived experience and partners to develop a new vision for co-production: thinklocalactpersonal.org.uk/resources/a-...

Today is the final day of #CoProWeek2025. All week, we have been highlighting the benefits of co-production, sharing good practice, stimulating debate and promoting the contribution of people who use services and carers in developing better social care💙.  www.scie.org.uk/co-productio...

Tomorrow is the last day of #CoProWeek2025💙. We will be sharing a podcast with the Association Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) that will explore how it worked with people with lived experience and partners to develop a new vision for co-production.

SCIE has always been at the forefront of uncovering and promoting the transformational power of innovation in social care. 1/3