SCIE welcomes government plans to support the social care workforce, including a new collective pension scheme for care workers.

Join 300+ suppliers and 200+ speakers at the UK's leading social care conference. 7-8 October 2026 at NEC Birmingham. Register for your complimentary pass today.

Professional Care Workers’ Week 2026 - The Care Workers’ Charity 2024 Events

Join us for this timely digital conference to find out where CQC inspections are heading and to learn more about sector-specific frameworks.

SCIE and Centre for Care host a Labour Conference panel on embedding care equity within a National Care Service.

By Carrie Bower, Practice Development Consultant Trainer at the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) When I talk about domestic abuse in later life, I often start with a simple observation: ageism creates a petri dish for abuse to thrive. That may sound uncomfortable, but we need to sit with that discomfort. Too often, domestic

A Which? survey in May found that 55% of retired respondents were concerned about being able to afford care in the future, up from 46% in 2024.  These findings aren't...

Six-month leadership programme for children's and adults' social care practitioners — discounts available for individuals and groups.

The Prime Minister has established social care as a key government priority. It is encouraging to hear a Prime Minister acknowledge the importance of reform,

New Supreme Court research reveals how frontline health and social care staff view the AGNI deprivation of liberty ruling.

Profiles on SCIE's Board of Trustees. Read about the background and values of those who help shape our mission to improve the lives of those who draw on care and support.

Six-month leadership programme for children's and adults' social care practitioners — discounts available for individuals and groups.

Monthly AI-focused webinars and quarterly AI surgeries for adult social care leaders, managers and practitioners, Autumn 2026–Winter 2027.

Webinar recordings and slide-deck downloads from Co-production Week 2026 exploring inequities in social care.

Gerard Crofton-Martin reflects on SCIE's Co-production Week, exploring what equitable co-production requires to achieve real care equity.

Earlier this year, SCIE commissioned new qualitative research, carried out by Thinks Insight & Strategy, to better understand how people drawing on care and unpaid carers experience inequities in soci...

Today, 29 July 2026, the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) and Think Local Act Personal (TLAP)  have responded to the launch of the Big Conversation on Care, led by Baroness Casey’s independ...

SCIE research reveals how disability, income and other factors compound over time, creating unequal burdens in social care.

Sector experts explore how the Mental Health Act 2025 reshapes community support, workforce demands, and cross-sector collaboration

Watch our webinar: Understand the Supreme Court's Deprivation of Liberty judgment and its practical implications.

Today, 20 July 2026, the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has written to Andy Burnham, congratulating him on becoming Prime Minister.

The SCIE FLYERS share why valuing lived experience builds trust, improves communication, and empowers people with learning disabilities.

Today, 15 July 2026, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) has published its annual Spring Survey.

The Timms Review is an opportunity to ensure that PIP can support disabled people and people with long-term health conditions to live with independence, dignity, and choice.

The Timms Review is an opportunity to ensure that PIP can support disabled people and people with long-term health conditions to live with independence, dignity, and choice.

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Today, 7 July 2026, the Local Government Association has published its ‘Care Where We Live’ report, which considers the role of local government in a future, reformed system of adult social care.

This webinar will explore how organisations across adult social care are using co-production to shape digital services, data use and innovation alongside the people most affected by them. The discussi...

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Our Co-production Week theme, care equity, starts with a simple question, but one of the most important in social care: who gets care?

SCIE's Co-production Week 2026 explores care equity, inclusive co-production, AI in social care, and valuing lived experience.

SCIE’s first ever National Co-production Week took place in 2016, providing an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of co-production, share good practice and highlight the contribution of people who ...