Kate A. Hamblin

Social scientist (ageing, social care, technologies). Prof @CentreForCare @Circleshef @SheffSocScience @ImpAdultCare, ex-trustee @in2scienceuk

[CircleShef @CircleShef]

CIRCLE and the Centre for Care are moving away from this platform.

Developments in the platform’s policies and moderation no longer align with our values, or how we want to engage with our communities.

We look forward to connecting with you in our other online spaces.

[Oxford DSPI @DSPI_Oxford]

Next seminar: 'AI in Care: Augmentation or Depletion?'
Prof Kate Hamblin & Dr Grace Whitfield @CentreForCare @sheffielduni will interrogate how #AI is being positioned as a 'solution' to significant challenges in the UK care sector.
📅 4pm, 20 Feb
More: https://t.co/OkcIKdxCwM

[Kinship @kinshipcharity]

Thank you @LizJarvisUK for supporting our calls for more financial support for #KinshipFamilies. 💛

#ValueOurLove

[Liz Jarvis @LizJarvisUK]

New research from @kinshipcharity and @CentreForCare highlights the £4.3bn value of Kinship Care in England. But kinship carers cannot pay for essentials with love alone - that’s why we must invest in kinship care. #ValueOurLove https://t.co/X86is2qoLU

[Centre for Care @CentreForCare]

This week we published a report in partnership with @kinshipcharity, which estimates kinship carers contribute £4.3 billion a year to society without financial support from the government.
Read more here:https://t.co/96BLu9EV1S
@BeckyDriscoll1 @MPetrillo25 @ESRC @SheffSocScience

[Sky News @SkyNews]

'We are sort of this vast invisible army of carers who are largely ignored'

Carer and campaigner Wendy Turner speaks to Sky's @WilfredFrost about her experience of being a kinship carer.

https://t.co/LwX6rYV2VV

📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

[Centre for Care @CentreForCare]

'Analysis carried out in partnership with the Centre for Care, based at the University of Sheffield, looked at census data to try to estimate the likely cost to the state of replacing kinship care with an alternative.'

https://t.co/8oA1Nf4hSU

@kinshipcharity @ESRC

[lan Byrne MP @IanByrneMP]

New research from @kinshipcharity and @CentreForCare highlights the £4.3bn value of #KinshipCare in England. But #KinshipCarers can’t pay for the essentials with their love alone – that’s why we must invest in #KinshipCare. #ValueOurLove https://t.co/MmMd8bdqpr

[Centre for Care @CentreForCare]

Our new report published today in collaboration with @kinshipcharity estimates the economic contribution made by kinship carers at £4.3 billion per year.

Unlike foster carers, most kinship carers do not receive financial support from the government.

https://t.co/96BLu9Enck

[Centre for Care @CentreForCare]

Our new research in collaboration with @kinshipcharity is featured on @BBCNews today: https://t.co/AdjcGB7TdL

In our research we estimates kinship carers contribute £4.3 billion a year to society.

#ValueOurLove

[Maria Petrillo @MPetrillo25]

Come work with us 🙌🏻
Deadline: 7th of Feb ‼️

[Yu-Ching Liu @yuchingliu202]

I am pleased to share my co-authored paper with Prof. Chen-Fen Chen, titled 'A Historical Overview of Policy Perspectives Towards Informal Care in Taiwan

https://t.co/7aLZHAfH6S

[Patrick Butler @patrickjbutler]

Shut away and ignored: thousands of disabled adults are at the frontier of the human rights struggle - great piece by @johnharris1969 https://t.co/Wb1JKBksik

[Jon Glasby @JonGlasby]

Taking stock of recent events with @clentonF, @DrCNeedham and @kateameliah

[Centre for Care @CentreForCare]

Centre for Care Summer School: Applications are now open!
This year's school will be on Monday 15th - Friday 19th September 2025.
Please share with your networks, read more and apply here: https://t.co/KHA9uaMWye

[Centre for Care @CentreForCare]

Our researchers worked with members of @homecareassn to contribute to a formal submission in response to a government call for evidence about the Employment Rights bill.
Read more about here:
https://t.co/AgfRxphCGx
@ESRC @SheffSocScience

[Centre for Care @CentreForCare]

In this new commentary, Emily Burn and @DrCNeedham reflect on their previous research with the @LGiU on Scotland’s proposed National Care Service and outline four areas of key learning for the Government in Westminster:
https://t.co/PHecdvn20T

[NIHR School for Social Care Research @NIHRSSCR]

Under @birksyvonne leadership, the University of York will oversee the SSCR's fourth phase. The other members are the Universities of Bristol, Birmingham, Sheffield, Leeds (in collaboration with Leeds Beckett University) and The London School of Economics and Political Science.

[Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science @OxfordDemSci]

Do you have expertise in computational social science, data science, informatics, or social data science? We have the job for you 😎 https://t.co/uwboQC42gG #PopTwitter

@CentreForCare @LeverhulmeTrust @Oxford_NDPH @ConnectingGens

[Centre for Care @CentreForCare]

In November, the Centre for Care and @ImpAdultCare were invited by the @ESRC to co-convene a workshop on the future of #socialcare research.

Read the subsequent report here:

https://t.co/BPeaqr3sfa
@NIHRresearch @SheffSocScience