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
- 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 Newshttp://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/
