SSRG Links

• Government and communities

  • Cabinet Office
    http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/
  • Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF)
    http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/index.shtml
  • Department for Communities and Local Government
    http://www.communities.gov.uk/corporate/
  • Department of Health
    http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/index.htm
  • DirectGov
    http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/index.htm
  • Every Child Matters
    http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/
  • Government Offices for the English Regions
    http://www.gos.gov.uk/national/
  • HM Treasury
    http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/
  • Home Office
    http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/
  • House of Commons
    http://www.parliament.uk/commons/index.cfm
  • Local Government Association (LGA)
    http://www.lga.gov.uk/lga/core/page.do?pageId=1
  • Lifting the burden Task Force
    http://www.communities.gov.uk/liftingburdens/
    
    

    Northern Ireland
    
    

  • Northern Ireland Housing Executive Research
    http://www.nihe.gov.uk/Research2/
    
  • Northern Ireland Office
    http://www.nio.gov.uk/

  Scotland

  • Forthcoming

  Wales

  • National Assembly for Wales
    http://www.wales.gov.uk/

  Research, Development and Information Organisations

  • Community Development Foundation
    http://www.cdf.org.uk/
  • The Compact
    http://www.thecompact.org.uk/
  • Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA)
    http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=1
  • Local Authorities Research and Intelligence Association (Laria)
    http://www.laria.gov.uk/
  • Local Government Analysis and Research (LGAR)
    www.lgar.local.gov.uk
  • Local Government Information Unit
    http://www.lga.gov.uk/lga/core/page.do?pageId=1
  • New Local Government Network
    http://www.nlgn.org.uk/public/
  • Tagish’s list of local government websites
    http://www.tagish.co.uk/tagish/links/localgov.htm
    
    
    
• Audit, inspection and standards

  • Audit Commission
    http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/
  • Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI)
    http://www.csci.org.uk/
  • Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted)
    http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
    http://www.nice.org.uk/
  • Social Care Institute for Excellence
    http://www.scie.org.uk/
  • The Standards Site (DCSF)
    http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/ntrp/ourvalues/reipis/
    
    
• Health and community health

  • Association of Public Health Observatories
    http://www.apho.org.uk/default.aspx
  • Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) Knowledge Community
    http://kc.csip.org.uk/
  • NHS Research and Development Forum
    http://www.rdforum.nhs.uk/index.htm
  • RDInfo (Part of the National Institute for Health Research)
    http://www.rdinfo.org.uk/
  • Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
    http://www.scmh.org.uk/80256FBD004F6342/vWeb/wpKHAL6S2HVE
    
    
• Social care and health policy, research and information

  • Association for Research in the Voluntary and Community Sector (ARVAC)
    http://www.arvac.org.uk/
  • Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) - an ESRC Research Centre
    http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/publications/CASE.asp
  • Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) “Think Tank”
    http://www.cps.org.uk/
  • Dartington Social Research Unit
    http://www.dartington.org.uk/index.shtml
  • Economic and Social Research Unit (ESCR)
    http://www.dartington.org.uk/index.shtml
  • Family Policy Studies Centre
    http://www.fpsc.org.uk/
  • Government Social Research
    http://www.gsr.gov.uk/
  • The Information Centre for Health and Social care
    http://www.ic.nhs.uk/
  • Joseph Rowntree Foundation
    http://www.jrf.org.uk/
  • National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NVCO)
    http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/
  • Research in Practice (children)
    http://www.rip.org.uk/
  • Research in Practice (for adults
    http://www.ripfa.org.uk/
  • Social Policy Net
    http://www.socialpolicy.net/
  • UK Evaluation Society
    http://www.evaluation.org.uk/

  Children: Societies and Networks

  • Child Poverty Action Group
    http://www.cpag.org.uk/
  • Children’s Services Network
    http://www.csn.info/csn/
  • Children’s Services Research Group (CSRG)
    www.csrg.org.uk
  • Children’s Society
    http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/
  • National Children’s Bureau
    http://www.ncb.org.uk/Page.asp
  • National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
    http://www.nspcc.org.uk/
  • National Youth Agency (NYA)
    www.nya.org.uk
  • Norah Fry Research Centre
    http://www.bristol.ac.uk/norahfry/
  • Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association
    http://www.ssafa.org.uk/
  • Thomas Coram Research Unit
    http://ioewebserver.ioe.ac.uk/ioe/cms/get.asp?cid=470

  Parenting

  • Gurgle (Mothercare)
    http://www.gurgle.com/
  • Netmums
    http://www.netmums.com/h/f/HOME/home/
  • Parents and parenting
    http://www.mumsnet.com/

  Adults and Disability

  • Age Concern
    http://www.ageconcern.org.uk/
  • Better Government for Older People
    http://www.bgop.org.uk/home.aspx
  • Centre for Policy on Aging
    http://www.cpa.org.uk/index.html
  • King’s Fund
    http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/
  • Leonard Cheshire Disability
    http://www.lcdisability.org/
  • United Kingdom Disabled People’s Council
    http://www.bcodp.org.uk/

  UK Universities

  • Centre for Disability Studies University of Leeds
    http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/
  • Centre for Housing Policy University of York
    http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/chp/links.htm
  • Centre for Social Gerontology University of Keele
    http://www.keele.ac.uk/research/lcs/csg/index.htm
  • Centre for Research in Social Policy Loughborough University
    http://www.crsp.ac.uk/
  • Centre for Research on the Child and Family University of East Anglia
    http://www1.uea.ac.uk/cm/home/schools/ssf/swk/research/centre
  • Centre for Social Action De Montfort University
    http://www.dmu.ac.uk/faculties/hls/research/centreforsocialaction/index.jsp?ComponentID=13044&SourcePageID=12981
  • Department of Social Policy and Social Work University of York
    http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/spsw/
  • Department of Sociological Studies University of Sheffield
    http://www.shef.ac.uk/socstudies/
  • Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre) University of London.
    http://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/
  • Making Research Count (University of East Anglia)
    http://www.uea.ac.uk/swk/research/mrc/welcome.htm
  • Community Care Works, University of Glasgow (formerly the Nuffield Centre for Community Care Studies)
    http://www.gla.ac.uk/nuffield/index.htm
  • PSSRU (Personal Social Services Research Unit)
    http://www.pssru.ac.uk/
  • School of Social work and Psychosocial Sciences, University of East Anglia
    http://www.uea.ac.uk/menu/acad_depts/swk/
  • Social Policy Research Unit University of York
    http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/spru/
  • School of Health Sciences and Social Work Research University of Portsmouth (Incorporating Social Services Research and Information Unit -SSRIU)
    http://www.port.ac.uk/research/shsswresearch/
  • Social Work Research and Development Unit University of York
    http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/swrdu/
    
    
• Equalities

  • Equality and Human Rights Commission
    http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/Pages/default.aspx
  • Race Equality Foundation
    http://www.reu.org.uk/index.asp
    
    
• Workforce and skills

  • Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC)
    www.cwdcouncil.org.uk
  • General Social Care Council (GSCC)
    http://www.gscc.org.uk/Home/
  • National Skills Academy
    http://www.nationalskillsacademy.gov.uk/
  • Skills for Care
    http://www.topssengland.net/
    
    
• Housing

  • European Network for Housing Research
    http://www.enhr.ibf.uu.se/
  • Housingnet
    http://www.housingnet.co.uk/
  • Shelter
    http://www.shelter.org.uk/
    
    
• Professional organisations

  • Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS)
    http://www.adcs.org.uk/
  • Association Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS)
    http://www.adass.org.uk/
  • Association of Social Care Communicators (ASCC)
    http://www.ascc.me.uk/index.asp
    
    
• Media (Including Journals and Methodology)

  • BBC News
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/
  • British Media on Line
    http://www.wrx.zen.co.uk/britnews.htm
  • Children and Young People Now
    http://www.cypnow.co.uk//news/index.cfm
  • Community Care
    http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Home/Default.aspx
  • The Guardian
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/
  • Questia online library
    http://www.questia.com/library/sociology-and-anthropology/social-work/social-work.jsp?CRID=social_work&OFFID=se1&KEY=Social_Work&LID=15147769
  • Social Care Online
    http://www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/ 

  Electronic Journals

  • Pediatrics
    http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/

  Methodology
  

  • Social Research Methods
    http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/
    
    
• Education, research and information

  • British Education Research Association (BERA)
    http://www.bera.ac.uk/
  • National Education Trust
    http://www.nationaleducationtrust.net/index.html
  • National Foundation for Education Research (NfER)
    http://www.nfer.ac.uk/index.cfm
  • Teacher Net
    http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/

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