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/
ADSS Cymru
http://www.adsscymru.org.uk/

Research, Development and Information Organisations

Cerebral Palsy Symptoms
CerebralPalsySymptoms.com
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
Cerebral Palsy Guidance
http://www.cerebralpalsyguidance.com/
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/