Research Project: Carers, employment and services (CES)
Dates: 02 January 2006 - 31 December 2007
The Centre for International Research into Care, Labour and Equalities (CIRCLE) is responsible for the University of Leeds' research partnership within the £8m EU EQUAL Community Initiative Programme ACE 2 (Action for Carers and Employment) 2005-2007, led by Carers UK.
At the University of Leeds, our activities within the partnership have been focused on the Carers, Employment and Services (CES) study.
The research team has conducted a major new survey of working carers: men and women that provide unpaid care for a relative, partner or friend who is ill, disabled or frail, alongside their paid employment. The survey was nationwide, and included detailed study of ten localities in England, Scotland and Wales: Hertfordshire, West Sussex, Southwark, Leeds, Sheffield, Sandwell, Falkirk, East Ayrshire, Anglesey and Swansea.
The research explored working carers' experiences of combining work and care, and accessing services, with a particular emphasis on the situation of ethnic minority carers, gay and lesbian carers, carers in a variety of financial circumstances, and carers living in rural and urban localities.
Researchers conducted face to face interviews with carers in selected localities, and the team explored service provision and local policy developments relating to carers and those they care for.
The findings are based on the following.
- 1,909 responses to the CES national survey that targeted carers of working age.
- 134 face-to-face interviews with carers, aged 25-64, living in ten selected localities in England, Scotland and Wales.
- Interviews with professionals with responsibility for carer support at the local level.
- Detailed analysis of the 2001 Census.
- Assessment of a wide range of documentary sources.
Project Publications
- CES Report No. 1: Stages and Transitions in the Experience of Caring
By Sue Yeandle, Cinnamon Bennett, Lisa Buckner, Gary Fry and Christopher Price. - CES Report No. 2: Managing Caring and Employment
By Sue Yeandle, Cinnamon Bennett, Lisa Buckner, Gary Fry and Christopher Price. - CES Report No. 3: Diversity in Caring: towards equality for carers
By Sue Yeandle, Cinnamon Bennett, Lisa Buckner, Gary Fry and Christopher Price. - CES Report No. 4: Carers and Services in their Local Context
By Sue Yeandle, Cinnamon Bennett and Lisa Buckner. - CES Report No. 5: Action for Carers and Employment: impact of the ACE partnership 2002-7
By Sue Yeandle and Madeleine Starr. - CES Report No. 6: Carers, Employment and Services: time for a new social contract?
By Sue Yeandle and Lisa Buckner.
In addition to the research reports indicated above, special short reports relating to the 10 study localities are also available.