Completed research projects at CIRCLE
Completed projects 2011
ICT based solutions for caregivers: Assessing their impact on the sustainability of long term care in an ageing Europe
- Funded by European Commission. CIRCLE acted as a member of a consortium led by the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Vienna
- Gary Fry, Sue Yeandle
- ICT based solutions for caregivers: Assessing their impact on the sustainability of long term care in an ageing Europe
Evaluation of the Caring with Confidence Programme (2008-2011)
- Funded by the Department of Health's Policy Research Programme
- Sue Yeandle, Andrea Wigfield, Gary Fry, Benedict Singleton, Lisa Buckner, Kara Jarrold
- Evaluation of the Caring with Confidence Programme
Evaluation of the National Carers' Strategy Demonstrator Sites Programme (2009-2011)
- Funded by the Department of Health
- This major project will run from 1 September 2009 until 30 September 2011.
- Evaluation of the National Strategy Demonstrator Sites Programme
EU project under framework 7: ethnic differences in education and diverging prospects for urban youth in an enlarged Europe (2008-2011)
- Funded under the EU Framework Programme 7.
- This was a comparative investigation into ethnically diverse communities with second-generation migrants and Roma.
- Ethnic differences in education and diverging prospects for urban youth in an enlarged Europe (EDUMIGROM)
- Professor Fiona Williams was a member of the Ethical Advisory Committee for this project on Ethnic Minorities and Education, based at the Central European University in Budapest. Dr Ian Law from the Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies (CERS) led the project in Leeds.
Completed projects 2010
Developing a clearer understanding of the Carer's Allowance Claimant Group
- Funded by the Department of Work and Pensions
- Gary Fry, Sue Yeandle, Ben Singleton
- Developing a clearer understanding of the Carer's Allowance Claimant Group
Completed projects 2009
Provision of replacement/alternative care for Jobcentre Plus customers who are carers (AUT 2009)
- Funded by the Department for Work and Pensions.
- This study was commissioned to be carried out in Autumn 2009.
- Provision of replacement/alternative care for Jobcentre Plus customers who are carers
Migration and networks of care
- Funded by ESRC Eurocores, the European Collaborative Research Programme.
- A Theoretical Synthesis of Gender, Migration, Care and Welfare Regimes
Regional factsheets on carers
- Funded by the Department of Health
- Regional factsheets on carers
Exploring the impact and potential benefits of telecare for carers in Scotland
- Funded by Carers Scotland and the Scottish Government
- Exploring the impact and potential benefits of telecare for carers in Scotland
Telecare: a crucial opportunity to help save our health and social care
- Funded by Tunstall Healthcare with publication funded by the Bow Group
- Telecare: a crucial opportunity to help save our health and social care
The potential of ICT in supporting the provision of domiciliary care, with particular attention to the case of immigrant care workers and informal carers
- Funded by IPTS (Spain) for the European Commission
- The potential of ICT in supporting the provision of domiciliary care, with particular attention to the case of immigrant care workers and informal carers
Completed projects 2006 to 2008
Equality Statistics in Practice at a Local Level
- Funded by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission.
- Equality Statistics in Practice at a Local Level
Review of Local Authorities’ Use of Carers Grant
- Funded by the Department of Health.
- Review of Local Authorities’ Use of Carers Grant
Cross National Comparison of Child Care Policy Options and Implementations
- Funded by the British Academy Collaborative International Study Scheme with Australia.
- Cross National Comparison of Child Care Policy Options and Implementations
The Carers, Employment and Services Study (CES)
- Funded by Carers UK (via EU EQUAL ESF, ACE2).
- The Carers, Employment and Services Study (CES)
Gender and Employment in Local Labour Markets (GELLM)
- Funded by European Social Fund and twelve co-funding partners.
- Gender and Employment in Local Labour Markets (GELLM)
Research reports
For reports, presentations and publications about our research findings, please see our publication section.