Useful Links Directory
Links to useful websites and resources
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Information about health and social care services in Stockport, including those provided by the Council, as well as links to services provided by central government departments and other organisations.
Stonewall
Stonewall works to achieve equality and justice for lesbians, gay men and bisexual people.
substance.org.uk
Reducing the harm from substance abuse
Suffolk County Council
Welcome to an overview of adult and children's social services in Suffolk
Sunderland County Council
Health and Social Care
Surrey County Council
Social Care and Health
Talk to Frank
Find services that work with young people’s alcohol and other drug use.
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Health and Social Care
The Alfiya Trust
The Afiya Trust is a national charity that works to reduce inequalities in health and social care provision for people from racialised communities. We support and maintain national and local networks concerned with the promotion of BME health and social care issues such as the National BME Mental Health Network, the National Black Carers and Carers Workers Network as well as projects on long term conditions such as stroke, diabetes and cancer.
The Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH)
The Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH) is a progressive new charity and membership forum, creating a focus for everyone working in the field of young people’s health across the UK.
The Barrow Cadbury Trust
The Barrow Cadbury Trust is an independent, charitable foundation, committed to supporting vulnerable and marginalised people in society. The Trust provides grants to grassroots voluntary and community groups working in deprived communities in the UK, with a focus on Birmingham and the Black Country. It also works with researchers, think tanks and government, often in partnership with other grant-makers, seeking to overcome the structural barriers to a more just and equal society.
The BEARR Trust
BEARR has continued to concentrate on health and social welfare issues, with particular emphasis on care of vulnerable groups and reform of the way the state deals with or looks after them. It is based in the UK and managed by a number of trustees with long experience and extensive knowledge of the countries of the region. BEARR has many partners among small and medium-sized voluntary and charitable organisations in the countries of the region. The Trust focuses on: supporting organisations committed to reform in the health and social sectors facilitating networking and exchange of information encouraging sharing of experience and learning helping organisations working in the region to identify potential partners providing seed funding to assist selected organisations to launch or extend partnerships lobbying with and on behalf of organisations that share our objectives.
The Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE)
The Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) is a multi-disciplinary research centre based at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), within the Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD). Our focus is on exploration of different dimensions of social disadvantage, particularly from longitudinal and neighbourhood perspectives, and examination of the impact of public policy.
The Centre for Disability Research (CeDR)
We are an active Centre for research and teaching on disability and disablism. Pride is taken in the impact of our research and scholarship on policy making and social practices in disability arenas – regionally, nationally and internationally. Our core members and supporters bring a mix of disciplines, research methods, and skills to the study of disability and disablism. Sociology, psychology and social policy are our particular strengths. But we welcome the ideas and projects brought by other disciplines, perspectives and personal experiences: inclusion dedicated to enhancing the equality and human rights of disabled people is our watchword
The Centre for Health and Social Care Improvement (CHSCI)
The Centre for Health and Social Care Improvement (CHSCI) is a multi-disciplinary research centre in the School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton. Our aim is to drive and support quality in the planning, delivery and evaluation of local, national and international care services and development of people by working in partnership with health and social care, private business, third sector and public organisations. Our work focuses on the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, promoting health and social wellbeing, and contributes to the development of appropriate policies, professional practice and interventions locally, nationally and internationally. We engage with the business community, utlising our knowledge and expertise through consultancy to address identified needs, drive to improvement projects and contribute to social and economic improvements.
The Centre for Health and Social Care Law
The Centre for Health and Social Care Law exists to promote research in the fields of Health and Social Care law. Its activities are carried out in relation to the theory and practice of substantive law concerning Health and Social Care Law, the focus being principally upon: The Legal Aspects of Medical Practice The Law and Psychiatry Social care law Community care law The impact of human rights and equality law on disabled and other socially excluded peoples
The Centre for Social Justice
The Centre for Social Justice conducts social research to provide evidence and solutions that will help to overcome the causes of poverty and to promote social justice. Our research uses a wide range of methods and draws on the expertise of academics, practitioners, CSJ Alliance members, the voluntary sector and the general public. All policy research results in extensive analyses of the problem, such as prisoner re-offending rates, failing schools, child poverty and recommended solutions, which are published in major reports that are freely accessible on our website. To accompany each publication we host public education events such as roundtables, lectures, conferences, seminars, and engage closely with the media.
The Centre for Workforce Intelligence
The Centre for Workforce Intelligence is the national authority on workforce planning and development, providing advice and information to the health and social care system. We produce quality intelligence to inform better workforce planning, in order to improve people's lives
The Childhood Wellbeing Research Centre
The Childhood Wellbeing Research Centre is an independent research centre with funding from the Department for Education to provide high quality research, analysis and expert advice on the issues that promote or inhibit childhood wellbeing. The centre is a partnership between the Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU) and other centres at the Institute of Education, the Centre for Child and Family Research (CCFR) at Loughborough University and the Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) at the University of Kent. It is a multidisciplinary collaboration combining demography, economics, education, health promotion, psychology, social work, sociology, social policy and statistics.
