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Abt Associates applies rigorous research and consulting techniques to a wide range of issues in social and economic policy, international development, business research and consulting, and clinical trials and registries.

Anne Peaker Centre is the national organisation that promotes and supports the use of the arts in criminal justice.

The Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society promotes British-German understanding. It funds and publishes action-orientated comparative research and discussion of the changing structures and processes of wealth-generation in both countries, and the social, economic and environmental issues they raise.

The Arts Council are the national 'voice for the arts', increasing awareness and support for the arts in this country. It promotes the case for the arts through national debate and research and by identifying important trends. They maintain an overview of the arts and seek to raise standards, as well as working with others to ensure the arts are given priority in sectors such as education and employment.

Benefits address a wide range of social security issues. It is particularly concerned with questions of policy and practice, informed by research and research findings. It commissions and publishes articles, papers, research notes, empirical studies, policy analyses and review articles which promote the exchange of information and broaden understanding, on the boundaries and links between social security and social policy, personal social services and other statutory/non statutory organisations and agencies.

BMG Research was established in 1988 by the current managing director and chairman, Jonathan Bostock. BMG serves both the social public sector and the commercial private sector, providing market and customer intelligence which is vital in the development of plans, the support of campaigns and the evaluation of performance.

BMRB's focus is on providing high quality tailored solutions which enable clients to get maximum value from their research investment.

Burleigh Court is a purpose-built training and conference centre situated on the fringe of Loughborough University Campus, yet operating independently. It is dedicated to attaining the same high standards which have earned the University an international reputation for excellence and achievement.

Care for the Family aims to promote strong family life and to help those hurting because of family breakdown.

Our heart is to come alongside people in the good times and in the tough times - bringing hope, compassion and some practical, down-to-earth help and encouragement.

The aim of the Centre is to maintain and develop programmes of research that will inform, influence and support policy and practice for children and families. The Centre’s formation brings together a substantial body of externally funded research on children and families, including a programme of work directed by Dr Ward on children in need and outcomes for vulnerable children, and work directed by Professor Becker on children with caring responsibilities (‘young carers’). The work of the internationally renowned Young Carers Research Group has been integrated into the Centre.

The Centre for Housing Policy at the University of York (CHP) was established in 1990 with the support of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The Centre was designed to become a leader in policy relevant research and has since established itself as one of the leading centres of housing and social policy research in the UK. CHP policy research is supported through competitive tender, including work for the national governments of the UK, local government, Registered Social Landlords and a wide range of voluntary sector and charitable organisations. CHP also undertakes in-depth policy related academic research, supported by staff making unsolicited applications to research funding organisations such as the Economic and Social Research Council.

The Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS), a Department in the School of Public Policy at the University of Birmingham, is a leading international centre for research and teaching in housing, regional and local economic development, urban policy and regional and urban regeneration. Our work combines the worlds of practice, research and education.

CWDC exists to improve the lives of children, young people, their families and carers by ensuring that all people working with them have the best possible training, qualifications, support and advice. It also helps children and young people's organisations and services to work together better so that the child is at the centre of all services.

Community Development Journal- Oxford Journals Online

Published four times a year and circulated in over 80 countries, the Community Development Journal provides an international forum for political, economic and social programmes, which link the activities of people with institutions and government. Dealing with the theory and practice of the policies, programmes and methods employed, the Community Development Journal covers a wide range of topics including community action, village, town, and regional planning, community studies and rural development.

Three new departments were set up by the Prime Minister on 28 June 2007. They replace the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) is responsible for improving the focus on all aspects of policy affecting children and young people, as part of the Government’s aim to deliver educational excellence.

The overall aim of the Department of Health is to improve the health and well-being of people in England.

That means protecting and improving the nation’s health and ensuring that our health and social services are:

The Department of Social Sciences at Loughborough was established in 1972. It is a major interdisciplinary department within the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. It is unique in British Universities in its combination of academic disciplines - sociology, social psychology, and social policy.

The Department brings together functions from the former Department of Trade and Industry, including responsibilities for productivity, business relations, energy, competition and consumers, with the Better Regulation Executive (BRE), previously part of the Cabinet Office.

DCMS aim to improve the quality of life for all through cultural and sporting activities, to support the pursuit of excellence and to champion the tourism, creative and leisure industries.

The Department for Transport's objective is to oversee the delivery of a reliable, safe and secure transport system that responds efficiently to the needs of individuals and business whilst safeguarding our environment.

The Department was formed on 8 June 2001 from parts of the former Department of Social Security, parts of the former Department for Education and Employment and the Employment Service.

The Department is committed to providing people of working age, pensioners and children with the advice and help they need to achieve financial independence and make the most of life. Their priorities are:

Produced by the Central Office of Information, Directgov provides information from across UK government departments on topics ranging from travel safety and parental leave to special educational needs and local NHS services.

The site also brings together an increasing number of online government services to make your life easier - from booking a driving test and taxing your car to renewing your passport or applying for a student loan.

You can browse by topics - including money, employment, travel and transport, and education - or by audience groups, such as disabled people, the over 50s, and parents. Or you can use our search engine to find content directly.

The site also gives you access to government directories, as well as links to relevant third parties who can offer additional trusted advice and support.

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is the UK's leading research funding and training agency addressing economic and social concerns. We aim to provide high quality research on issues of importance to business, the public sector and government.

ECOTEC is an international research and consultancy organisation. We work alongside our clients to help them find solutions to the challenging economic and societal issues that they face. The focus of these issues ranges from sub-regional to national and European for clients in both the public and private sector.

ESRI is part of the Faculty of Science and maintains its association with the wider base of ergonomists in Loughborough University. It has three centres carrying out basic and applied research, teaching and training:

The Network for European Social Policy Analysis is an association of academics involved or interested in the analysis of social policy in Europe.

The Network encourages and fosters a multi-disciplinary approach to the analysis of European social policy. It is therefore open to people from a range of disciplines, including social policy, sociology, political science, international relations, history, law and economics.

It draws its membership from and defines its remit in relation to countries spanning the European continent, welcoming analysts from western, central and eastern European countries.

The European Commission operates at the very heart of the European Union. Its role as the source of policy initiatives is unique; yet this role is not always clearly understood. The Commission has used its right of initiative to transform the framework provided by the treaties establishing the European Communities into today's integrated structures. The benefits for citizens and companies throughout the Union have been considerable: freedom of movement, greater prosperity, much less red tape.

Change for Children is a new approach to the well-being of children and young people from birth to age 19.

The Government's aim is for every child, whatever their background or their circumstances, to have the support they need to:

The Family Budget Unit (FBU) is an educational charity and private limited company, founded in 1987, with three objectives:

The FSA regulates the financial services industry and has four objectives under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000: maintaining market confidence; promoting public understanding of the financial system; the protection of consumers; and fighting financial crime.

Gingerbread is the leading support organisation for lone parent families in England and Wales. Gingerbread was started in 1970 and is a registered charity maintained by lone parents. At this site you will find valuable information about support for lone parent families.

The Home Office is the Government department responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales. The principal aim of the Home Office is to build a safe, just and tolerant society in which the rights and responsibilities of individuals, families and communities are properly balanced and the protection and security of the public are maintained.

Nottingham Hostels Liaison Group is a registered charity which provides a range of training, information and support services to organisations working with homeless people and others in need of supported housing.

Hostels Liaison Group also provides a range of direct services to homeless people through its Mental Health Support, Resettlement and SmartMove Teams.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) was formed on the 18 April 2005, following the merger of Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise Departments. Work is still continuing on our office restructuring programme. We are here to ensure the correct tax is paid at the right time, whether this relates to payment of taxes received by the department or entitlement to benefits paid.

The Institute for Employment Research is one of Europe's leading centres for research in the labour market field. Its work focuses upon the operation of labour markets and socio-economic processes related to employment and unemployment in the UK at national, regional and local levels. It includes comparative European research on employment and training.

The work of IES embraces all aspects of public employment policy and HR practice. They undertake research and consultancy for a wide range of UK and international organisations and policy bodies, and the Research Networks members are leading employers in both private and public sectors. The research is widely disseminated as reports, articles and papers.

IFS is an independent research organisation which aims to provide high quality economic analysis of public policy.

The Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) specialises in the production and analysis of longitudinal data - evidence which tracks changes in the lives of the same individuals over time. The key advantage of longitudinal data over snapshot or 'single moment in time' information is that it allows researchers to analyse the dynamic links between individuals' life events, living and employment conditions, behaviour and values over the lifecycle. ISER is a department of the University of Essex and is core-funded by the University and the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

The International Social Security Association (ISSA) is an international organization which essentially brings together institutions and administrative bodies dealing with one or more aspects of social security in different countries of the world, namely all forms of compulsory social protection which, by virtue of legislation or national practice, are an integral part of the social security system of these countries.

Intelligence East Midlands is the regional observatory for the East Midlands. It aims to improve access to research and intelligence and to improve the quality and relevance of research undertaken in the region.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is the UK's largest independent social policy research and development charity. It supports a wide programme of research and development projects in housing, social care and social policy.

The LGA has been established to promote the case for democratic local communities which are prosperous, safe, healthy and environmentally sustainable, and which provide equality of opportunity for all citizens.

The LGA gateway provides you with access to all Local Government Association internet websites and to websites of organisations and associations hosted by LGAnet.

Loughborough University with 3,000 staff and 12,000 students has an impressive 216-acre campus - one of the largest in the UK - with easy access from the M1, East Midlands Airport and only 90 minutes from London St Pancras.

For more than 35 years, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., has been known for its high-quality, objective research to support decisions about our nation's most pressing social policy problems. The firm has conducted some of the most important studies of health care, welfare, education, employment, nutrition, and early childhood policies and programs in the United States. This research, which crisscrosses the human life span from children's health and welfare to long-term care for elderly people, provides a sound foundation for decisions that affect the well-being of Americans.

One of the objectives of the Institute is the development and testing of methodical research bases in the field of foreign and international social law, as well as in comparative social law. As in the past, a number of States and their legal systems are studied by the Institute's own research fellows on an ongoing basis (most of the EU Member States, USA, PR China), taking account of the major relevant international organizations (ILO, EU, Council of Europe). On a project-related basis, this spectrum is expanded by the work of the Institute's staff as well as by collaboration with researchers in Germany and abroad. Depending on subject area, investigations may also comprise various non-legal disciplines.

The Multi-National Project for Monitoring and Measuring Children's Well-Being is an ongoing, multi-phase effort to improve ability to measure and monitor the status of children around the globe.

The National Centre is the largest independent social research institute in Britain. It conducts social research among members of the public to provide information on a range of social policy issues in Britain.

The National Consumer Council (NCC) makes a practical difference to the lives of consumers around the UK, using its insight into consumer needs to advocate change. We work with public service providers, businesses and regulators, and our relationship with the Department of Trade and Industry - our main funder - gives us a strong connection within government. We conduct rigorous research and policy analysis to investigate key consumer issues, and use this to influence organisations and people that make change happen.

This site monitors what is happening to poverty and social exclusion in the UK and complements our annual monitoring reports. The material is organised around 50 statistical indicators covering all aspects of the subject, from income and work to health and education.

The National Youth Agency supports those involved in young people's personal and social development and works to enable all young people to fulfil their potential within a just society.

Operating from within the National Archives, the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) is at the heart of information policy, setting standards, delivering access and encouraging the re-use of public sector information. OPSI provides a wide range of services to the public, information industry, government and the wider public sector relating to finding, using, sharing and trading information.

The web is a huge information source, much of which has a commercial basis. These commercial sites are well aware of the importance of high search engine visibility. They therefore spend large amounts of time and money to ensure their sites become highly placed in search result lists.

Oxford Journals

OUP is widely recognised as one of the world’s premier journal publishers, successfully combining traditional values of quality and service together with innovative use of the latest technologies.

Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide.

It is the world's largest university press. It publishes more than 4,500 new books a year, has a presence in over fifty countries, and employs some 3,700 people worldwide. Turnover in 1999/2000 was £324 million. It has become familiar to millions through a diverse publishing programme that includes scholarly works in all academic disciplines, bibles, music, school and college textbooks, children's books, materials for teaching English as a foreign language, business books, dictionaries and reference books, and journals.

The aim of the Policy Library is to place public policy knowledge in the public domain. Placing policy research and analysis in the public realm enables ordinary citizens and non-governmental organisations to compete and contest the opinions and decisions of civil servants, local government officials and politicians.

The Policy Press is the specialist policy studies publisher in the UK, publishing books, journals, reports and guides from leading academics and researchers working in policy and practice. Our publications provide the latest policy research in accessible formats, reaching those who formulate or implement policy at executive and grass-roots levels – as well as academics and students.

The Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey of Britain is the first national study to attempt to measure social exclusion, and to introduce a methodology for poverty and social exclusion which is internationally comparable.

One of Britain's leading research institutes, conducting research which will promote economic well-being and improve quality of life. PSI enjoys a reputation for the rigorous and impartial evaluation of policy initiatives, and the publication and dissemination of research findings is central to PSI's ethos.

Poverty and Social Exclusion

The Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey of Britain is the most comprehensive and scientifically rigorous survey of its kind ever undertaken. It provides unparalleled detail about deprivation and exclusion among the British population at the close of the twentieth century.

Save the Children UK are the UK's leading international children's charity, working to create a better future for children. We are active in the UK, as well as more than 70 countries worldwide. We involve children in what we do - we believe in listening and learning from them.

Loughborough University has long been recognised, nationally and internationally, for its high level teaching and research in the sport and exercise sciences, as evidenced by the latest results in the External Subject Review of its degree programmes (23 out of a maximum possible 24 points) and Research Assessment Exercise (5 star rating). It has played a major role in helping to define the nature of these disciplines and in establishing their academic, professional and sporting credibility. Loughborough provides outstanding opportunities for students and staff to develop their academic interests and abilities, to involve themselves in sport at whatever level they choose and, generally, to get the most out of a higher education environment. Loughborough is a focus for the development of sporting excellence and sport participation. This website is your 'Gateway' into Loughborough's School of Sport and Exercise Sciences and to the other aspects of what is involved in being part of The 'Loughborough Experience'.

SPRC is a highly regarded research centre in the field of social policy and is directed by the eminent international social policy analyst, Professor Peter Saunders. CRSP work with SPRC on the International Social Security Association project ‘Assessing the Coverage Gap’. More information about SPRC can be found on their website: http://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/

The SRA was founded in the UK in 1978 to advance the conduct, development and application of social research. The SRA runs a wide variety of activities, including training days, seminars, conferences and social events.

The Social Policy Research Unit at the University of York is an independent research unit within the Department of Social Policy and Social Work. The Unit has an international reputation for excellence in research in key areas of social policy, including health and social care, and social security and employment.

Sure Start

Sure Start is the Government’s programme to deliver the best start in life for every child by bringing together; early education, childcare, health and family support. Therefore aiming to achieve better outcomes for children, parents and communities.

The Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research was launched on 1st July 1999 at the University of Bristol. It is dedicated to multidisciplinary research on poverty in both the industrialised and developing world.

The Treasury is responsible for formulating and implementing the UK Government's financial and economic policy.

Library services at Loughborough University are part of the Division of Information Services and Systems, which also includes Audiovisual, Computing Services and Corporate Information Services.

Here you will find information about the United Kingdom Parliament, the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

The Urban Institute measures effects, compares options, shows which stakeholders get the most and least, tests conventional wisdom, reveals trends, and makes costs, benefits, and risks explicit.

Since 1973 the National Centre for Volunteering has been promoting excellence in volunteering in England.

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