The workforce development and planning body for adult social care in England has confirmed their Workforce Development Fund (WDF) is now open for grant applications for 2022-23. The WDF supports
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More than 25,000 staff across Britain’s railways have been trained to help prevent suicide. Samaritans said a fifth of rail workers are now equipped with the skills to save lives
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A woman whose charity work helped more than 500,000 Afghan children has been given an honorary degree at her daughter’s graduation ceremony. Dr Sarah Fane set up Afghan Connection in
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Scotland’s colleges are hoping a new online course will help boost the number of people working in the social care sector. There will be 1,800 funded spaces for the new
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Only children are more likely to care for their ageing parents than those with siblings but cope with the pressures just as well, research suggests. Adults without brothers and sisters
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Two UK metropolitan areas have made significant progress in tackling street homelessness but a move away from a “one-size-fits-all” approach is needed to tackle the problem globally, according to a
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Spending more than a week in bed with Covid may be linked to an increase in the risk of long term damage to mental health, new research suggests. The study
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Skills for Care, in collaboration with Supported Loving, Care Quality Commission (CQC), and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), has conducted a learning materials review to provide social
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University researchers have launched the UK’s largest study on the health benefits of community groups and organisations. Led by academics at Glasgow Caledonian University, researchers across the country will look
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People who catch Covid-19 are more likely to go on to suffer depression and anxiety, a study has suggested. Experts said the research backs up previous findings but has a
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