Social care

‘It’s not an infinite resource’: How volunteers are papering over the cracks of austerity
Volunteering

‘It’s not an infinite resource’: How volunteers are papering over the cracks of austerity

From youth work to social care, volunteers are stepping in to compensate for a chronic lack of paid staff

Lack of flexibility in low paid-work means people are having to go part-time, study finds
Flexible working

Lack of flexibility in low paid-work means people are having to go part-time, study finds

Working parents and people with caring responsibilities are increasingly looking to part-time work that gives them greater flexibility

Four in five of the children’s homes in England are run for profit – here’s why that is a problem
Child poverty

Four in five of the children’s homes in England are run for profit – here’s why that is a problem

Can you really deliver good social care for profit? Academics from the University of Oxford share their latest findings.

‘The government takes advantage of our love’: Families caring for child relatives plead for help
Cost of living crisis

‘The government takes advantage of our love’: Families caring for child relatives plead for help

‘There’s no support for us at all’: The realities of caring for a disabled child during a heatwave
Heatwave

‘There’s no support for us at all’: The realities of caring for a disabled child during a heatwave

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Wales launches monthly £1,600 universal basic income payments for care leavers
Universal basic income

Wales launches monthly £1,600 universal basic income payments for care leavers

Why care home staff in the UK are at breaking point
Social care

Why care home staff in the UK are at breaking point

Care leavers campaign for better support: ‘We don’t have a great start in life when we turn 18’
Social Justice

Care leavers campaign for better support: ‘We don’t have a great start in life when we turn 18’

What support is available for unpaid carers?
Employment

What support is available for unpaid carers?

While celebrating her past, the Queen could change the UK’s future
Paul McNamee

While celebrating her past, the Queen could change the UK’s future

Carers ‘devastated’ at end of free Covid tests amid record infections
Cost of Living Crisis

Carers ‘devastated’ at end of free Covid tests amid record infections

Welsh care leavers to receive £1,600 a month in basic income pilot
Universal Basic Income

Welsh care leavers to receive £1,600 a month in basic income pilot

The volunteers helping to make this a special Christmas for care leavers in their community
Christmas

The volunteers helping to make this a special Christmas for care leavers in their community

Social care cap: What is it and what does it mean for me?
social care

Social care cap: What is it and what does it mean for me?

Children in care are being handcuffed on their way to school and foster homes
Social care

Children in care are being handcuffed on their way to school and foster homes

A third of care leavers lose their first home every year. We’re working to change that
Opinion

A third of care leavers lose their first home every year. We’re working to change that

Covid drama Help is the ‘distinctively British’ TV the government wants
TV

Covid drama Help is the ‘distinctively British’ TV the government wants

National insurance rise: What Boris Johnson’s social care plans mean for you
News

National insurance rise: What Boris Johnson’s social care plans mean for you

‘We had to get it right’: Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham on Covid drama Help
TV

‘We had to get it right’: Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham on Covid drama Help

The national insurance hike is a scam — and won’t fix social care
Opinion

The national insurance hike is a scam — and won’t fix social care

Carers Rights Day: Unpaid carers ‘save UK £530 million every day of pandemic’
News

Carers Rights Day: Unpaid carers ‘save UK £530 million every day of pandemic’

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From the climate to Covid, now is the time for a ‘care manifesto’
Opinion

From the climate to Covid, now is the time for a ‘care manifesto’

Women’s unpaid work during crisis means a £15m daily loss for Scotland
Employment

Women’s unpaid work during crisis means a £15m daily loss for Scotland

Peter Capaldi shares stories written by young care leavers during lockdown
TV

Peter Capaldi shares stories written by young care leavers during lockdown

Scottish ministers promise extra one-off cash boost for unpaid carers
News

Scottish ministers promise extra one-off cash boost for unpaid carers