Our new podcast episode coincides with House of Lords Adult Social Care Committee's new report, -A “gloriously ordinary life’’: spotlight on adult social care. @DrRachaelablack met with #unpaidcarers Liz & Chris to explore their perspectives on the invisibilities of #SocialCare: centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2022/1… Economic and Social Research Council

New paper exploring what the sociologies of family, relationships and personal life can learn about living relationships (using siblings as an example) through the lens of bereavement studies.

People of Sheffield! Please come on Thursday if you’re interested in the stories the British elite tells itself about who it is, and how it’s changed, and how this compares with our historical analysis of relative continuity in its exclusiveness, snobbishness etc

Our special interest group for justice has a new name and logo 👇 we also have new co chairs Nathan Hughes and Andy McDonald MP for Middlesbrough & Thornaby East and an exciting plan for the year ahead!

'Without #unpaidcarers our health and social care systems would collapse' New research published today by Maria Petrillo Matt Bennett in collaboration with Carers UK finds unpaid carers are providing care worth an estimated £162 Billion each year: centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2023/0… Economic and Social Research Council

Best of luck Sarah! Just stay clear of any global pandemics and you'll be fine. A new chapter starts for me as co-director of CircleShef and deputy director of Centre for Care. Looking forward to getting going.

If you work in any part of the justice system and would like to find out more please sign up on our web page: ukabif.org.uk/page/Acquired_… Acquired Brain Injury Justice Network Andy McDonald MP for Middlesbrough & Thornaby East HMPPSInsights Gemma Buckland Hope Kent Czarina Kirk Brainkind Headway - the brain injury association Nathan Hughes

Join us in Sheffield for a live recording of the Care Matters podcast on Tuesday 7th November! 🎙️ Follow this link for more information and to reserve your place: eventbrite.co.uk/e/ai-sensors-r… Economic and Social Research Council #ESRCFestival Social Sciences | The University of Sheffield

On the Care Matters podcast last week: Prof Catherine Needham & Patrick Hall discuss their recently published book, 'Social Care in the UK's Four Nations: Between Two Paradigms'. Listen here: podbean.com/ew/pb-q3dja-14… More episodes coming soon! #socialcare

'At the Centre for Care, we are about to embark on fieldwork to examine some of the ongoing and recent examples of care worker organising in England.' Read the latest commentary by @duncdos on the Centre for Care website: centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/202…

📢 Job alert! 📢 Come and work with me at University of Sheffield to explore the experiences of CEP who break the care cycle with their own children. Aiming to disrupt the stigmatising messaging that is often levelled against care leavers. jobs.ac.uk/job/DEE997/res…

'Unpaid carers saving Northern Ireland’s health service £5.8 billion per year' Today we publish a new report in collaboration with Carers NI, in which our researchers use Census data to estimate the value of unpaid care in NI. Read the report here: centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2023/1…

This #CarersRightsDay Centre for Care Director Sue Yeandle and researcher Becky Driscoll are presenting to the Department for Work and Pensions on Carer's Allowance, including debates about its design and alternative approaches from Scotland, Australia and Ireland.

The Centre for Care Summer School is a week-long residential programme in Sheffield in September 2024, for students whose #PhD studies align with the themes and research of the Centre for Care. Read about it here, please share: centreforcare.ac.uk/events/2023/12… Economic and Social Research Council National Institute for Health and Care Research

📢New research!📢 Today we launch groundbreaking research with Kingston University funded by Nuffield Foundation analysing 3.6m social work assessments to identify 12 categories of demand present across #ChildrensSocialCare in England. Read the report here 👉buff.ly/3O2ZC2t (1/5)

APPLY NOW! Amazing conference with amazing people in amazing Sheffield,Uk! #EconTwitter #workshop #ApplyNow #socialcare #socialscience

Read this 👇 for a comprehensive account of the many "levers" we can use to change criminal justice experiences for young adults with brain injury

If you want to help tackle criminal justice issues facing so many people after experiencing a brain injury, join us at the Acquired Brain Injury Justice Network Network, led by United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Forum

We will be watching the parliamentary debate later today on 'Potential merits of a cross-Government strategy on #unpaidcarers', which was called by Wendy Chamberlain Watch the debate here at 7pm UK time: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/45… Carers UK

Yesterday in the House of Lords, Baroness Tyler led a debate on adult #socialcare and support for #unpaidcarers, highlighting the need for reform in social care; “the biggest public policy failure of our time” (a thread) 1/9 @esrc Research & Impact at Sheffield